B Dukes

Over And Over

Digital photography / collage

"Self-portrait reflecting on the road towards physical liberation post gender-affirming top surgery. These portraits reflect the internal and external landscapes that contributed to the path and purpose as an artist.

My body is a vessel for Spirit, and through deep listening as an artist, I transmit experiences and artwork that communicate potent messages that oftentimes I process post-creation. As an artist, it is a pleasure-filled duty to use these gifts to inspire, release, prepare, and instigate the growth spurts needed to create the future yet to be seen."

— B Dukes

About the artist

B Dukes

American

Inspired by the voices of the ancestors and plant medicines — big ma’s baby — Back Woods, Deep South raised. B Dukes (they/them) is a Leesville, South Carolina raised multidisciplinary non-binary artist, healer, medicine maker, spirit B who approaches their writing, sonic creations, dj mixes, visual art, filmmaking and ceremonies with the transformational healing of their Black & Brown queer kin in mind. embracing the sacred art of playing with nature, inquiry, pleasure and rest, B Dukes is currently exploring birthing sacred spaces, interactive art, films and visual art that liberates, heals and grounds. Dukes is the winner of the 2023 International Robert Giard Emerging Photographer grant hosted by Queer Art as well as the creator and lead facilitator of the When We Are Free artist residency. A space where Black and Brown, queer, trans creatives are given the space and time to connect with themselves, their practices and each other.

Guided by the ancestral matriarchs and medicine of the earth, Currently occupying Ohlone territory (Oakland, CA).