Anastacia-Renee is a writer, interdisciplinary educator, pushcart nominee, multi-modal artist and the 2017-2019 Seattle Civic Poet during Seattle’s inaugural year of UNESCO status. She is the author of Here in the (Middle) of Nowhere(HarperCollins/Amistad), Side Notes from the Archivist (HarperCollins/Amistad), (v) (Black Ocean) and Forget It (Black Radish).Side Notes from the Archivist was named one of New York Public Library’s “Best Books of 2023,” as well as The American Library Associations “Notable Books of 2024.” Renee was selected by NBC News as part of the list of "Queer Artist of Color Dominate 2021's Must See LGBTQ Art Shows," for the installation, (Don’t be Absurd): Alice in Parts, exhibited at the Frye Art Museum in 2021. Her experimental mixed media art has been exhibited at, Stand4 Gallery, Frye Art Museum, The Center of Contemporary Art’s Storefronts UN(contained), Northwest African American Museum, Virago Gallery and the Specialist Gallery. As a playwright, Renee has written and directed: Talking With the Lorde: A Choreopoem, Not My Size, 9 Ounces, and Queer Mama Crossroads. She has received fellowships and residences from Baldwin for the Arts, Cave Canem, Hedgebrook, VONA, The White Center, Mineral School, Ragdale, 4Culture, Artist Trust, and The New Orleans Writers Residency. Their work has been published and anthologized widely.
Her full CV is available here.
These three photos and the clothes featured on this page are from a series by Jacob Sutton; custom art on the homepage by Sarah Salcedo.
To contact Anastacia-Reneé for speaking, teaching, or interviews, contact her here.
