DEMETRI J. BROXTON
VISUAL ARTIST
Oakland, CA
EDUCATION
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA
M.A. Museum Studies, 2010
UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
B.F.A. Art Practice, 2002
GALLERY AFFILIATION
2018 – Present
Patricia Sweetow Gallery
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023
· Group Exhibition, Stitched: Recent Contemporary Acquisitions, Crocker Art Museum; Sacramento, CA (9/30/2023 - 1/07/2024)
· Group Exhibition, Second Skin, Art Gallery of Alberta; Edmonton, AB, Canada (9/30/2023 - 12/31/2023)
· Group Exhibition, Crafting Radicality, de Young Museum; SF, CA (7/22/2023 - 12/31/2023)
· Demetri Broxton & Amalia Galdona Broche, Patricia Sweetow Gallery (5/6/2023 – 6/24/2023)
2022
· Group Exhibition, We Are Bruce Lee: Under the Sky, One Family, Chinese Historical Society of America; SF, CA (4/2022 - 4/2024)
· Group Exhibition, The Potential of Objects, MarinMOCA; Novato, CA (4/02/2022 – 6/5/2022)
2021
· Featured Artist, Patricia Sweetow Gallery Booth, UNTITLED Art Fair, Miami, FL (11/29 – 12/04/2021)
· Group Exhibition, Currents + FLUX: Recent Acquisitions Pop-Up, Monterey Museum of Art; Monterey, CA (8/06 - 8/21/2021)
· Group Exhibition, Art Kala 2021, Kala Art Institute; Berkeley, CA (3/11/2021 – 5/16/2021)
2020
· Group Exhibition, Imagine Freedom: Art Works for Abolition, Artsy exhibition and auction for Critical Resistance, (9/29/2020 - 10/13/2020)
· Featured Artist, Patricia Sweetow Gallery Booth, UNTITLED Art Fair, San Francisco, CA (1/17 – 1/19/2020)
2019
· Group Exhibition, Performing Labor, Patricia Sweetow Gallery; San Francisco, CA (5/29/2019 – 7/06/2019)
· Group Exhibition, African American Art Show (Organized by SFMOMA Artists Gallery), TPG Global, San Francisco, CA (2/17/2019 – 3/24/2019)
2018
· Group Exhibition, Passed by This Way, Patricia Sweetow Gallery; San Francisco, CA (9/08/2018 – 10/13/2018)
2010
· Group Exhibition, The Box Art Auction, Pro Arts Gallery; Oakland, CA
2009
· Group Exhibition, Turbulent Times, Photo Central; Hayward, CA
2007
· Group Exhibition, New Visions (Juried), Pro Arts Gallery; Oakland, CA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2016 - Present
Senior Director of Education
Museum of the African Diaspora; San Francisco, CA
2014 – 2020
Curator
City of Berkeley; Berkeley, CA
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
· Permanent Collection of the Crocker Art Museum
· Permanent Collection of the de Young Museum
· Permanent Collection of the Monterey Museum of Art
· Commissioned piece for Julius ‘J’ Erving (Los Angeles, CA)
· Private collections of:
Rana and Artie Davis (Los Altos, CA)
Drs. Janet Mohle-Boetani & Mark Manasse (San Francisco & Elk Grove, CA)
Jill Cowan-Davis (San Francisco, CA)
Lorenzo Fertitta (Las Vegas, NV)
Arthur Lewis (Los Angeles, CA)
Clara Kamunde (Oakland, CA)
Daniel Nevers (Berkeley, CA)
Michelle Branch (San Francisco, CA)
SELECTED PRESS
2023
· Faingold, Noma, “Demetri Broxton’s ‘Save Me Joe Louis’ Packs a Punch at de Young”, August 2023
· Waiters, Hannah, “Q + A: Crafting Liberty”, June 2023
2022
· Hotchkiss, Sarah, “de Young Museum Acquires 42 New Works by Bay Area Artists”, July 2022
· Gerrity, Jeanne, “Critic’s Pick: The Potential of Objects”, May 2022
· Schwartz, Alexis, “9 Artists to Watch in 2022”, L'Officiel Art, January 2022
2021
· Urist, Jacoba, “Six Discoveries to Make at Miami’s Untitled Art Fair 2021”, Cultured Magazine, November 2021
· Morales, Lisa, “Untitled Art Miami Beach: Five Galleries That Will Stop You in Your Tracks”, Widewalls Magazine, November 2021
· (Forthcoming) Dodson, Jewels, “Demetri Broxton: Ancestry & Artistry”, TBD
· Couzens, Julia, “Patricia Sweetow Gallery at Untitled Art Miami 2021”, Medium, November 2021
. Ogle, Patrick, “Untitled Art Miami Beach 2021, A Group Of Exceptional Galleries And Artists (Part 2)”, Mapanare.us Constantly.Consuming.Culture., November 2021
· Terry, Bryant, “Black Food: Stories, Art, and Recipes From Across the African Diaspora”, October 2021 (art featured, p. 92-93)
· Todd, Jessica, “Contemporary Beadsmiths,” Metalsmith Magazine, April 2021
· Kahn, Heather, “Conversation with the Artist: Demetri Broxton”, Museum of Beadwork Blog, March 2021
2020
· Linker, Caldwell, “The Art of Beadwork: Black Bead Artists”, October 2020 https://www.mrxstitch.com/black-bead-artists/
2019
· Rhodes Mueller, Elena, “Artist Spotlight,” Stevenson Alumni Magazine, Winter 2019
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2023
· Kala Parent-Artist-in-Residence, Berkeley, CA (2022-2023)
2022
· Sustainable Arts Foundation Awardee, San Francisco; May 2022
2021
· Kala Master Artist Award, Berkeley, CA; May 2021
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