Artistic Statement

In my art, I try to capture the moments of normal among the wild storm of life. My stories are written for everyone, but with a focus on the lives of people of color, and living within predominantly white spaces. Living in a world where black trauma is so often the narrative, I want to flip that increasingly somber genre on its head and lift up the optimistic voices of black people and show that we are more than our struggles.

Rhys Washington

Artistic Statement

In my art, I try to capture the moments of normal among the wild storm of life. My stories are written for everyone, but with a focus on the lives of people of color, and living within predominantly white spaces. Living in a world where black trauma is so often the narrative, I want to flip that increasingly somber genre on its head and lift up the optimistic voices of black people and show that we are more than our struggles.