Brianna Noble
Artist Statement
I’m Brianna Noble, an artist. I create figurative oil paintings. The essence of my work is an exploration of my experience in my body. I describe myself as an extremely American Black Mexican. Black girls have always and will always exist, in all of our multitudes. I feel that I must do my part in making art with a purpose. I express what choices I make with my body, my life, my surroundings. I explore the tangle of existing in America in a Black body that was raised with Mexican values. I work to evolve the complications of being in this country so it can no longer hinder my cultural roots, but instead find the freedom to exist outside of its oppression. I strive to depict a future where I can see me and my people as actually free. Often seeming “fantastical”, I work to discern why it isn’t immediately deemed realistically possible. This allows me to be able to explore what the future could be, what euphoria looks like, and the world I want to see.
Bio
Brianna Noble began their career showing at Harry Wood Gallery at Arizona State University where they received their BFA. Since then they have had the opportunity to be a member of Eye Lounge in Downtown Phoenix, shown in Mexico, Arkansas, and Chicago, and regularly in galleries across The Valley. Noble’s work was recognized as a “Noteworthy Artist” in New American Painting West #156. They have also had the opportunity to attend a 3-week residency in Oregon with Caldera Arts, and exhibited in a group show at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. They continue to work out of Phoenix, Arizona..
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