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About the Artist

Jasmine Best is a true Southern Artist,

gathering narratives from her Carolinian family and childhood. The Georgia-based artist uses her memories and manipulations of her memories to create dialogues about the black femme identity in the South.

She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Best is enrolled in a Master of Fine Arts program at the University of Georgia.

Best has shown at the Contemporary Art Museum in Raleigh, SECCA, and the African American Museum in Dallas. Best’s work has been published by Vox Populi, Paper Machine, and Commonthreads Press.


Press

Burnaway

Jasmine Best: Buried the Roots for Now at Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Greenville

https://burnaway.org/daily/jasmine-best-buried-the-roots-for-now-at-tiger-strikes-asteroid-greenville/

Artwork Archive

Jasmine Best on the No-Rules Path to Being an Artist

https://www.artworkarchive.com/blog/jasmine-best-on-the-no-rules-path-to-being-an-artist

BLK IRL

Season 3, Episode 4: Manipulating Memories with Jasmine Best

https://www.blkirl.com/season-3-episodes/episode4jasminebest

WUNC 91.5 The State of Things

The Power Of Public Art: Artists Tackle Protests And The Pandemic

https://www.wunc.org/post/power-public-art-artists-tackle-protests-and-pandemic

Jasmine Best is a mixed media artist currently based in Greensboro, North Carolina. She discusses her unplanned journey into the creative world, her experience studying new media and design at UNCG and creating dialogues about the black female identity in the south.

Support

Support

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