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Artist Statement
Marley Billie D.
The 22-year-old awakes to Chicago skylines each morning--her home away from home--but her native town of St. Louis will forever live in heart. Matter of fact, it was in her hometown that she started hitchhiking her way to masterpieces, becoming inspired by her mentors Byron Rogers and Kevin McCoy. It is also in St. Louis where Marley had the opportunity to travel to Ghana as a young girl, which sparked her evolving interest in African art. Her traveling shoes most recently led her to New York City where she worked for Natasha Morgan NYC and under the direction of Michael Solis at Sandbox Studio. She has recently been found doing live painting in Navy Pier at The Bistro on Wednesdays. She's a backpacking, thrift-shopping, camera-shooting, Photoshopping junkie who just wants to produce good art. Join her if you'd dare, but make sure you wear comfortable shoes because her journey is never ending.
"In this series of work I wanted to display a few different elements. I wanted to take you through the history of the civil right movements in a modern way. Today I feel as if modern injustice has taken place. We are only able to go so far as a society. In this series, you will see how modernized injustice has depicted our mind. For instance, the piece "Mute" speaks about Trayvon Martin. We all are constantly seen fighting for something but our voices will never be heard." -Marley Billie D
Marley Billie D.
The 22-year-old awakes to Chicago skylines each morning--her home away from home--but her native town of St. Louis will forever live in heart. Matter of fact, it was in her hometown that she started hitchhiking her way to masterpieces, becoming inspired by her mentors Byron Rogers and Kevin McCoy. It is also in St. Louis where Marley had the opportunity to travel to Ghana as a young girl, which sparked her evolving interest in African art. Her traveling shoes most recently led her to New York City where she worked for Natasha Morgan NYC and under the direction of Michael Solis at Sandbox Studio. She has recently been found doing live painting in Navy Pier at The Bistro on Wednesdays. She's a backpacking, thrift-shopping, camera-shooting, Photoshopping junkie who just wants to produce good art. Join her if you'd dare, but make sure you wear comfortable shoes because her journey is never ending.
"In this series of work I wanted to display a few different elements. I wanted to take you through the history of the civil right movements in a modern way. Today I feel as if modern injustice has taken place. We are only able to go so far as a society. In this series, you will see how modernized injustice has depicted our mind. For instance, the piece "Mute" speaks about Trayvon Martin. We all are constantly seen fighting for something but our voices will never be heard." -Marley Billie D