Bria Edwards is a Washington, D.C. native who has spent over a decade navigating the visual arts circuit, developing her visual language, and finding her voice. She strives to dismantle monolithic myths about Black life, approaching them through the lens of her own experience as a Black woman. Often working from surveys and interviews with her subjects, Edwards grounds her practice in research and personal narrative to create space for Black people to be represented in ways that are honest, multilayered, and truthful. Edwards holds a B.F.A. in Graphic Design from St. John’s University and maintains an interdisciplinary practice spanning painting, graphic design, and photography. This cross- disciplinary approach enables her to engage form, surface, and visual language with conceptual rigor. Her work has been included in the 2019 juried exhibition Inside Outside, Upside Down at The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., as well as in her solo exhibitions More Time In A Day (2023) at Eaton D.C. and What We Do We’ve Always Done (2026). Collectively, these exhibitions mark her growing presence within Washington, D.C.’s contemporary cultural landscape.