ABOUT
Añamarié America Edwards
Anamarie Edwards received her BFA in New Studio Practice from the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee and her Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Studio Art at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts, Boston. When Anamarie Edwards emerged from the Post Baccalaureate program she was considered a pioneer in world building and conceptual installation. Her passions around identity, black history, and representation drive her interdisciplinary arts practice. Edwards’ art is self-analyzing, focusing on the ways in which personal and collective histories helped shape her identity. She works to engage with cultural narratives in order to offer a space for reflection on strength, resilience, and the contradictions that coexist within communities and individuals. Edwards’ creative process is grounded in the belief that art can preserve a variety of true histories while simultaneously housing different perspectives of any narrative. Through her art, she invites viewers to reflect on their own experiences as well and engage with the universal themes of change, memory, archival history, and transformation. Her work has been featured in numerous exhibitions, and she continues to push the boundaries of her artistic practice, exploring new ways to represent the complexity of the black American experience.
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Recent Happenings
The Home of Joy​
On View :
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OCT 31 2025 - JAN 11 2026
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Opening Reception:
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November 15th
5:30-7:30pm
James Watrous Gallery
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Solo show
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What does healing through joy look like for Black and Brown communities? Añamarié America Edwards seeks to create welcoming, joyful spaces for these communities through her artwork, inviting opinions, conversation, celebration, and open-ended expression. Raised in Alabama, Edwards has made Milwaukee her home. Her brilliantly colored paintings and mixed-media sculpture reflect her experience as an Afro-Latin woman in America.
Throughout different series of works, Edwards highlights joy not only as a source of healing, but as an act of resilience. For Black and Brown communities, cultivating joy is a way of resisting erasure, reclaiming space, and affirming life in the face of struggle. This exhibition positions joy as a radical practice as well — one that carries memory, strengthens connection, and opens pathways for collective future-making. Welcome to "The Home of Joy."
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This project is funded in part by a grant from the Madison Arts Commission, with additional funds from the Wisconsin Arts Board.
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Satellite Teen Internship:
Teaching Artist
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DEC 4
Milwaukee Art Museum​
I will be working directly with staff at the Milwaukee Art Museum for the satellite teen internship program :
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Art of Writing Conference
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Teaching Artist
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DEC 8
Milwaukee Art Museum​
I will be working directly with staff at the Milwaukee Art Museum for the Art of Writing Conference :
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https://www.artofwritingconference.com/
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Efforts in Youth Education
Anamarie has participated in a number of educational programs to help creative youth become and remain successful in their careers.
Interviews, Media, and more
Learn more about Anamarie in the community and beyond!
