Biography

                           photo by Fred Towne

Sadee Brathwaite, is an artist, curator and arts advocate.  Her drawings and paintings explore issues of beauty, universal womanhood and the metaphysical.  Often combining realistic representation with abstract imagery her work dwells in many realms.  

Brathwaite was born in Barbados and moved to New York in the late 1980s.  She studied art history at Kingston University in London, 2003, and holds a BFA in Painting/ Drawing from the State University of New York at New Paltz, 2004.  Brathwaite has worked in the Hudson Valley at art institutions such as Dia: Beacon and the Deep Listening Institute.  As an independent curator, Brathwaite collaborates with a variety of galleries and art spaces to exhibit art that reflects our diverse cultures.  Her curated shows include a four year traveling cultural series in the Hudson Valley, Woman Scorned at Varga Gallery, Woodstock, NY and African Inspirations at Arts Society of Kingston, Kingston, NY.  

In 2008, Brathwaite was a guest on Toni Quest's Screaming Woman Talks radio program for PIVR.  She has appeared frequently on episodes of Christina Varga's Apocalyspe Varga TV Show.  She organizes networking and community building events and has been the co-coordinator of the Kingston Open Studio Tour for the 2008 and 2010 seasons. Brathwaite and her arts organization have been featured in regional publications including Hudson Valley Life Magazine, Ulster County Press, Kingston Times, Hudson Valley News, Times Herald Record and Daily Freeman.  She was also featured on the May 2008 cover of Art Works.  Brathwaite sits on the gallery committee of the Arts Society of Kingston and is on the board of Arts Etc., Newark, NJ.  Her art has been exhibited in galleries throughout the Hudson Valley, Metropolitan New York, New Jersey and abroad.  

As a creative consultant, Brathwaite works with artists in different stages of their careers to help them get organized, motivated and functioning efficiently in their artistic endeavors.  She holds freelance and consulting positions, most recently as the Editorial Coordinator for BORO Magazine and the Communications Manager, AUMI for Deep Listening Institute.  Brathwaite is currently curating 100 Artists/ 100 Dreams, an international dream exploration project featuring a film, an exhibit and an installation.  The project focuses on the creative, prophetic, and recurring dreams of visual artists, musicians and performers, and explores the question - if artists are the creative visionaries of our cultures what do their dreams say about our societies?  Brathwaite offers support to women artists through community in the form of La Leona Women Painters' Guild.  She continually advocates and appreciates the importance of diversity in the visual arts.  

Selected Private Collections

Jennifer Altman, Hastings, NY

Janice Anderson, Newark, NJ

Kate Ayers, Indpls., IN

Jane Clarke, NYC

Rosemary Coleman, Rochester, NY

Penelope Cookson, Toronto, ON

Barbara Dorfman, New Paltz, NY

Andrea Goodman, Boothbay, ME

Lisa Maria, NYC

Ione & Pauline Oliveros, Kingston, NY

Tara Rainstrom, Albany, NY

Jesse Scherer, Rosendale, NY

Selected Public Collections

Aurora Healing Arts, Brooklyn, NY

Logotech, Fairfield, NJ

Joni Wellness, Newark, NJ