Bio
Selena Scott is a British artist based in San Francisco, USA, whose research-led practice explores colonial memory, the formation of identity through rage, and the afterlives of Caribbean exploitation. Working primarily across oil painting, and textiles, she uses portraiture, symbolism, and archival research to examine the relationship between visibility, inheritance, trauma, and repair. Her work seeks to redefine the portrayal of Black subjects within a medium historically used to perpetuate Western ideals.
Scott’s practice extends into education, publishing, and curatorial work. She is the author and illustrator of the 'Cambridge Black History Colouring Book,' created with the Fitzwilliam Museum, and illustrated 'Billy Waters: Songs from the Shadows,' a graphic novel used in secondary school education to share the true story of a disabled Black street performer in Regency London. She has delivered lectures and workshops with institutions including the University of Cambridge and has contributed to exhibitions through the Fitzwilliam Museum’s Black Atlantic exhibitions, Cambridge Black Creatives, and the Museum of Cambridge. Her paintings are held in the collections of The Benjamin Franklin House and Robinson College, University of Cambridge. She is currently creating a stained glass window commemorating Olaudah Equiano in the Grade I listed church where his daughter is buried.
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