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Dec 91 min read

Sheila Pree Bright's Young American series: A 2008 Vision Amplified for Today.

Throwback to 2008 to 2024: My Young Americans series has become part of Atlanta’s cultural legacy and is still sparking conversations...

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Nov 291 min read

Land of Blood and Dirt at California African American Museum

T he World Without End exhibition at the California African American Museum highlights how contemporary artists and thinkers engage...

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Oct 251 min read

Sheila Pree Bright’s Plastic Bodies Series Takes the Atlanta Inaugural Art Fair by Storm: A Coast-to-Coast Tour in 2025

I’m excited to announce that the 'Plastic Bodies Series' made a powerful impression during Atlanta Art Week, standing out at the...

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Sep 121 min read

'breathe' Exhibition at Emory University

2020 Behold the land series, 45x30 chromogenic print. This is my first experimental installation at Emory University Library ,...

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Sep 41 min read

Reckoning: Protest Defiance Resilience

I'm honored to be part of the exhibition and publication Reckoning: Protest, Defiance, Resilience at the Smithsonian's National Museum...

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Aug 311 min read

We Are Here: Scenes from the Streets, on view at ICP New York

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Aug 311 min read

Free As They Want To Be: Artist Committed to Memory

" Freedom is not something that anybody can be given: freedom is something people take and people are as free as they want to be." -...

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Aug 261 min read

Legacy in Motion: Black Women Leading the Charge for Kamala Harris in 2024

When VP Kamala Harris announced her 2024 presidential campaign on July 21, 2024, I was thrilled to receive a special email invite to join...

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Aug 111 min read

INTO ACTION 2024 Chicago

I am excited to be part of INTO ACTION 2024 in Chicago, where my image, New Beginnings commission by Moss Art Center in 2021 will be...

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Jul 181 min read

Cultural Engagement Lab Commission

I was commissioned by the Cultural Engagement Lab, a non-profit organization, as a part of the Thread of Change Cultural Engagement Lab....

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Jul 181 min read

David J Sencer CDC Museum

As our world has undergone a shift since COVID-19, my work is in spaces that intersect scienc and art to foster a deeper understanding of...

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Jul 181 min read

Figge Art Museum

My eight years of photographing the Black Lives Matter Movement. My series #1960Now are featured in the exhibition, Reckonings and...

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Jul 181 min read

Boca Museum

My Young American series is now featured at the Boca Museum, Secrets, Lies, and Truths thru October 13, 2025. Young American seres was...

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Jul 181 min read

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Reclaiming My Time exhibition opened May 31 through the year 2025 at the Smithosonian National Museum of African Histroy and Culture...

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Riverside Art Museum

Plastic Bodies exhibition is currentlly showing at Riverside Art Museum until September 8, 2024. The series confronts society's ideals...

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Oct 1, 20231 min read

Femme Noire Public Art Exhibition

I'm deeply honored to be a part of the 'Femme Noire' public art exhibition showcasing 'The Re-birth of Us,' a piece I poured my heart...

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Sep 23, 20232 min read

Suburbia

Suburbia is featured in the exhibition, A Long Arc: Photography and the American South since 1845 at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta GA...

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Jul 31, 20232 min read

Plastic Bodies Series: A Captivating Reflection on Society's Perception of Beauty

2007 Self Portrait FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 31, 2023 Sheila Pree Bright's Plastic Bodies Series: A Captivating Reflection on Society's...

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Jul 28, 20231 min read

Barbie on the Brain ?

7 Artworks featuring the world's most famous doll as model and muse featuring my series Plastic Bodies. Sheila Pree Bright, Untitled 14...

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Apr 24, 20231 min read

Reclaiming Georgia’s Stone Mountain Through Haunting Landscape Images

Photographer Sheila Pree Bright wanted to find a new way of seeing the site and its connection to centuries of racism. BY LINE SIDONIE...

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