Dede Brown was born in Freeport, Grand Bahama and grew up in Nassau. She studied at SCAD in Savannah, Georgia and has a BFA in Interior Design, with a minor in Photography. For the past thirteen years she has practised as a freelance artist and photographer. She has completed three permanent sculptures, two in the Nassau Airport and one at BahaMar Resorts. She has had two solo exhibitions, participated in several group exhibitions in The Bahamas, The USA, as well as two international residencies abroad.

Through social experiences and observation, she investigates themes surrounding her role and the roles of other women, including their gender, sexual and racial identities in society, in The Bahamas and more broadly, throughout The Caribbean. She begins by digitally composing her works, using a layering of imagery, subtly weaving in emotionally charged narratives. Final works are a combination of several techniques such as photography, screen printing, image transfers, painting and etching, layered with a variety of other materials and objects that she gathers and collects, such as beads, palm thatch, seed pods, threads, confetti and more – to create very detailed and intimate figurative works or portraits on paper, sailcloth, wood or metal.

Dede currently resides in Spanish Wells, Eleuthera, where she works from a home based studio.