Curriculum Vitae
DANIA WRIGHT
STORYTELLER + VISUAL ARTIST
P: 510-501-0755
E: dania@fluffyjo.com
EDUCATION
2013 Master of Public Administration, University of San Francisco, CA
2006 Bachelor of Arts, Animation, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2020 - Current Freelance Illustrator, YES! Magazine
2020 - 2022 Adjunct Professor of Animation and Digital Media, Florida State College at Jacksonville
2020 - 2021 Animation Instructor, Groundwork Jacksonville, Inc.
2016 Visual Art Instructor, Southside Middle School, Jacksonville, FL
2007 - 2009 Visual Art Instructor, Attitudinal Healing Connection (Oakland, CA) and African American
Art & Culture Complex (San Francisco, CA)
SOLO EXHIBITION
2015 W-2 Warriors, Concept Forty-Seven, Oakland, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Hapeville Celebrates Black History, Academy Theatre & Hapeville Depot Museum, Hapeville, GA
2019 Through Our Eyes - The REVOLUTION will be DOCUMENTED by the ARTISTS, Ritz Theatre & Museum, Jacksonville, FL
2019 Through Our Eyes - Journey to America, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Museum of Art, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
2018 Through Our Eyes - Journey to South Africa: A Cultural Exchange, Ritz Theatre & Museum, Jacksonville, FL
2017 Oakland Art Con Vol. 5: GOAT Edition, Warehouse 416, Oakland, CA
2017 KESHA: A Black Female Experience of Identity and Race, Jacksonville Public Library, Jacksonville, FL
2016 #ArtNJax, 700 Union Studios, Jacksonville, FL
2016 Oakland Art Con Vol. 4: The Social Justice Edition, Warehouse 416, Oakland, CA
2015 The Art of Living Black Satellite Show, American Steel Studios, Oakland, CA
2015 The Art of Living Black, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2014 Place/Displaced, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
2010 Emerging Artists of the Bay Area, African American Art & Culture Complex, San Francisco, CA
2010 ZOMBIE: The Resurrection of Fela Kuti, African American Art & Culture Complex, San Francisco, CA
2009 Simply Nina, African American Art & Culture Complex, San Francisco, CA
2008 Adidas Originals, Adidas Store, Berkeley, CA
2008 Stone’s Throw Appreciation Party, Mighty, San Francisco, CA
COMMISSIONS
Portrait for Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, Annual Women’s Empowerment Brunch, Gray, Greer, Shelby, and Vaughn, Oakland, CA
PUBLICATIONS
- Africana Tea: A Global History of Tea and Black Women’s Health, Balboa Press, 2023.
- The Night Before the Dream [illustration], Southern Poverty Law Center – Teaching Tolerance, 2021.
- Norman Studios Meets Animation Pioneer Floyd Norman, Norman Studios Blog, April 2028.
- Emergence Recap: The Working Process of Innovation in the Arts, Emerging Arts Professionals San Francisco/Bay Area, June 2012.
- Pine Sol advertorial [graphic design]. Ebony Magazine, April 2005, pages 45 - 47.
- Clorox Bleach Pen advertisement, Cosmo Girl Magazine, October 2004, page 70.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Carrie McClain, The Carcosa Interview: Dania Frink and the Responsibility of Black Artists, Black Nerd Problems, September 2015.
Radio/Television/Podcasts
We Control How We Document the Revolution: Dania Wright. The Black Artivist Collective podcast, September 22, 2020.
LECTURES/WORKSHOPS
2017 BLACK IDENTITY & THE ARTS: Representation, Politics & Social Climate, Florida State College at Jacksonville
2016 Behind the Click - The Intersection of Women of Color in Technology and Arts, Black Girls Code, Oakland, CA