Artist Brandy Antonio will greet the public to kick off the new exhibit in the Museum Gallery. This exhibit is of large-scale gestural collage and mixed-media portraits.
Brandy Antonio (b. 1982) is an artist and educator from New York specializing in drawing, painting, and collage, incorporating influences from her time living in Tokyo and Berlin. Bold brushstrokes, gestural marks, and vibrant color characterize her work, with a focus on themes of identity, human development, and spiritual enrichment. Brandy earned a BFA in Illustration from the Fashion Institute of Technology and an MA in Art Education from New York University.
She is the co-founder of Legacy Foundation Japan, an organization established in 2020 to encourage and foster cross-cultural relationships between the Japanese and African American communities. She also designed her own curriculum and founded The Paper Mosaic Portrait Project (2023), a community-based project exploring identity and portraiture through paper mosaics. Brandy has exhibited throughout the United States as well as internationally, continuously expanding upon ideas of play and process-based art.
Gestures of Community is on view in the Library’s Gallery from February 7 to March 29, 2026.
AGE GROUP: | Families | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Art Exhibit and Gallery Opening |
