About Kamari Bright

About Kamari

Driven by the desire to chronicle history-in-the-making through the innovative use of text and visuals, the work produced by Kamari Bright aims to inspire all creative souls, from young to seasoned. She often pulls inspiration from introspection and observation; examining history, current events, and her own growth journey to inspire her next creations.

The St. Louis-born creative has had poetry featured in “NILVX: A Book of Magic,” “2018 Jack Straw Writers Anthology,” “Moss,” and Bellwether Arts Week. Her videopoems have been awarded at the Tacoma Film Festival, Seattle Black Film Festival, and the Film & Videopoetry Symposium; and have screened widely in festivals from the United States to Germany.

Press

Exhibits

My Bae: America, July 2018, curator/organizer/artist. An examination of the relationship between marginalized citizens and a personified America.
For the '99 & the 2000s: An Exploration of C.R.E.A.M., July 2017, co-curator/organizer/artist. A nostalgic look at the messaging that saturated media, particularly rap music and television, from the late ‘90s to the early 2000s.
Trill Effect: A Dissection of Dominoes & Dogma, November 2015, co-curator/artist. An exploration of duality and the identities cloaked behind the masks of assimilation.

Featured Work

"Family Recipe",
- Coronado Island Film Festival, November 2022
- Toronto Food Film Fest, October 2022
- Skyline Indie Film Fest, September 2022
- 10th International Video Poetry Festival, September 2022
- Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival, September 2022
- Deep in the Heart Film Festival, July 2022
- Woods Hole Film Festival, July 2022
- Indy Film Fest, June 2022
- North by North International Film Festival, April 2022
- Seattle Black Film Festival, April 2022
- Toronto Black Film Festival, February 2022
- Monologues and Poetry International Film Fest, November 2021
- Festival International du Film Panafricain de Cannes, October 2021
- Charlotte Film Festival, October 2021
- Tacoma Film Festival, October 2021
- HollyShorts Film Festival, September 2021
- Local Sightings Festival, September 2021
- DC Black Film Festival, August 2021
“Royaltee (Perfect Black Bodies)” (installation),
- Shunpike Storefronts Program, June 2023
- Collective Power Fund Group Exhibition, June 2021
"RESPEK",
- Tricky Women/Tricky Realities International Animation Film Festival, March 2022
- 6th Art Visuals & Poetry Film Festival, November 2021
- Walla Walla Movie Crush, July 2021
- Seattle Film Festival, December 2020
- Film & Video Poetry Symposium, November 2020
- Rapport Festival, September 2020
- Seattle Black Film Festival, July 2020
- San Francisco Black Film Festival, June 2020
- Cadence Video Poetry Festival, April 2020
- 8th International Video Poetry Festival, December 2019
- Tacoma Film Festival, October 2019
- Festival International du Film PanAfricain de Cannes, April 2019
"Royaltee (short film)",
- Helios Sun Poetry Film Festival, Ciudad de México/Centro Historico/Oaxaca MX, four juried screenings, July, October, November 2022 & February 2023
- 10th International Video Poetry Festival, September 2022
- Artists of Color Expo & Symposium, Shunpike, April 2022
- Our Blue Planet: Global Visions of Water, Seattle Art Museum, March 2022
- Poetry Film Festival, April 2022
- Airstream Poetry Festival, October 2018
- Tacoma Film Festival, October 2018
- Arts in Nature Festival, August 2018
- Cadence Video Poetry Festival, April 2018
"Royaltee (photoseries)", Perspectives in Portraiture, January 2018
"Interconnected",
- CA$H 4 GOLD, August 2018
- Nothing Compares 2 You, January 2018
Selected poems,
- UN-[TITLED], invitational multi-site performance, Seattle WA, 2023
- BANGER, invitational sound installation, Museum of Museums, Seattle WA, 2023
- “Joy Has A Sound”, invitational anthology, 2021
- Merge Literary Magazine Summer Issue, 2022
- “COASTnoCOAST” Issue No. 2, invitational anthology, 2020
- Moss: Volume 4, 2019
- Jack Straw Writers Anthology, May 2018
- Bellwether Arts Week, September 2018
"They Don't Know 1 & 2", Our Daily Armor III, December 2017
"Programming" & "Kamari", NILVX: A Book of Magic publication, Fall & Winter 2017 (respectively)
"Gunshine", Cornish Playhouse Gallery Artists Up exhibit, November 2017
"GangGang", We the Public exhibit, November 2017
"Looking Glass v. Self"
- Artists of Color Expo & Symposium, Shunpike, April 2022
- Warsaw Ave Film Festival finalist, 2017
- Community Underground Film Festival semi-finalist, 2017
- Cine-City, September 2017
“Black Coffee”
- Make America Create Again exhibit, March 2017
- Public Access/ Open Networks exhibit, March 2017
- 60 Seconds or Less video festival, May 2016
- Grand IndieWise Convention, 2016
- The Monthly Film Festival, 2016