Summer 2023

Artist in Residence

Join me in welcoming Bria Edwards to the Abstract Sisterhood artist residency family! Quick reminder: Abstract Sisterhood is the artist collective and community I started in 2018 to support and promote Black and Indigenous women-identifying artists working in abstraction and conceptually-driven art. Bria is the second artist in the Abstract Sisterhood Art Residency (the first was Aliana Grace Bailey), and I am very excited to have her. 

Bria Edwards is a Washington, D.C. native who has spent over a decade scouting and scaling the visual arts circuit before finally finding her voice. She strives to debunk the monolithic myths about Black people. Working through the Black female lens, Edwards approaches these myths from a personal point of reference. She often conducts research through surveys and by interviewing potential subjects. Ultimately, she has a desire to use her artistic practice to create a space for Black people and present Black life in an honest, multilayered, and truthful manner.

Bria is an incredibly gifted artist, designer, photographer, and overall good human, and I am honored that she took me up on the invitation to be a resident artist with the Sisterhood. I can’t wait to see what comes of her time here!

Purchase her prints here: https://www.briaedwards.com/prints. 

IN GRATITUDE, 

Lory