Bria M. Royal
My work is for all people marginalized by their identities.
For Black and Brown womxnhood, femininity, and gender fluidity
For the elements of our natural world and beyond.
For our ancestors and our future liberated descendants.
Bria M. Royal
My work is for all people marginalized by their identities.
For Black and Brown womxnhood, femininity, and gender fluidity
For the elements of our natural world and beyond.
For our ancestors and our future liberated descendants.
bria royal | Chicago, IL • Los Angeles, CA
Artist Bio: bria royal
bria royal is a multidisciplinary artist who considers their animation, comics, paintings, and zines to be the result of a radical healing process that they hope others will benefit from seeing unfold, and an attempt to construct intersectionally black and indigenous mythologies for ourselves and our future liberated descendants. Much of their work centralizes black and brown imaginations of womxnhood, femininity, and gender fluidity through a lens of eco-feminism, Afro-futurism, and contemporary mythology.
bria is a 2016 graduate of Northwestern University, where they studied Communications, Film, and Psychology, and uses these fields to guide their approach towards implementing creative modes of storytelling through technology and digital environments. bria is deeply invested in the liberation of marginalized communities of color worldwide and has organized with the People’s Response Team, For The People Artists Collective, and The #LetUsBreathe Collective in Chicago. bria currently directs and produces animation, motion design, and visual effects in Los Angeles while organizing alongside local water protectors to amplify environmental media and advocacy.
Alongside the arts, bria often facilitates workshops around themes of contemporary mythological storytelling, trauma-informed media journalism, transformative justice imagination, and issues related to mental health in activist spaces. Other special interests include skateboarding, wildlife refuge, and astrophysics.
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Featured: MISSING DADDY
Missing Daddy has been selected as one of Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best Books 2019!
Missing Daddy, written by Mariame Kaba and illustrated by bria royal, is a story about a little girl who misses her father because he’s away in prison and shares how his absence affects different parts of her life.
New York Times bestselling author Daniel José Older describes the book as “a crucial book for our times. Using storytelling and gorgeous artwork, this book brings heart, soul, and deep compassion to the challenges facing kids with incarcerated parents. A much needed piece of children’s literature.”
Hard cover copies of Missing Daddy are now available through Haymarket Books. GET A COPY >
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