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 

 

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