Addie was born in 1997 in Denver, Colorado and received a BFA in Studio Art, with an emphasis in drawing and painting, as well as a four years of training in Animation, Film, Photography, and Motion Design at Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction Colorado. Finding her voice and acceptance through representing her racial background of half African American, and half Caucasian. After graduating College she moved back to Denver, residing in her father's childhood home in Five Points, where many of the photographs her paintings are based off, were taken. Like her family members, she is currently in a mixed relationship with her significant other, Angel.

Statement

I work primarily with acrylic paint. It can be moved and maneuvered smoothly. It doesn’t blend easily and allows me to work between thick and translucent strokes. Color is extremely meaningful in my works, along with my figurative forms; it is how I express interpreted emotions from the photos into my paintings.

My works are primarily based from photos of my African American side of the family. Being mixed race, I struggle to find my place of belonging between my own two cultures. I am ashamed of my light skin, and that I am considered “passing” as a white person. Attempting to fit into either category of black or white, I find myself in a gray paint stroke overlapping the two, not completely blending into one color or the other. My paintings explore the complicated and controversial relationship our country has developed between black people and white people. Through my imagery I aim to educate others on the minority figure as beautiful, relatable, powerful, and belonging in art just a much as the white figure.

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