About the Artist


Jasmine Best uses her personal memories and archival research to analyze subtext created by how black and southern American cultures influence, clash, and are turned into mainstream American culture.

Best holds a Master of Fine Arts with Distinction in Studio Art from the University of Georgia. She also holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in New Media and Design from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Best has shown at the Contemporary Art Museum in Raleigh, SECCA, and the African American Museum in Dallas. Best’s work has been published by Vox Populi, Paper Machine, and Commonthreads Press.

She works with a variety of fiber mediums as well as digital art-making. Her work is based on drawing as an improvisational and research practice.

Press

Burnaway

Jasmine Best: Buried the Roots for Now at Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Greenville

https://burnaway.org/daily/jasmine-best-buried-the-roots-for-now-at-tiger-strikes-asteroid-greenville/

Artwork Archive

Jasmine Best on the No-Rules Path to Being an Artist

https://www.artworkarchive.com/blog/jasmine-best-on-the-no-rules-path-to-being-an-artist

BLK IRL

Season 3, Episode 4: Manipulating Memories with Jasmine Best

https://www.blkirl.com/season-3-episodes/episode4jasminebest

WUNC 91.5 The State of Things

The Power Of Public Art: Artists Tackle Protests And The Pandemic

https://www.wunc.org/post/power-public-art-artists-tackle-protests-and-pandemic

Jasmine Best is a mixed media artist currently based in Greensboro, North Carolina. She discusses her unplanned journey into the creative world, her experience studying new media and design at UNCG and creating dialogues about the black female identity in the south.

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