Abayomi Brownfield
Artist | Community Art Practitioner
Education
Mills College — B.A. in African Decoloniality in Art & History
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law — Master’s in Public Administration
Group Exhibitions
2025
Astral Noir, House of Common Good Collective
The Nu Black Art Show, House of Common Good Collective
Black August Art Show, Sacramento, CA
2024
Black Artist Foundry Art Auction Vol. 1, Sacramento, CA
Black Girl Magic Art Exhibition, Sacramento, CA
2022
Root Division 20th Anniversary, Root Division
Indigo Project, SFMOMA
Different Families, UNLV Barrick Museum
2021
Intrinsic Value Art Series, UCSF
Through Her Eyes, Gallery 3000
Ancestors, We Are Here, 2727 California Street
The Blueprint – Black Woman Is God, SOMArts
The Blueprint – Black Woman Is God, SF State
Solo Exhibitions
2025 – Just Cultured, Just Cultured Barber Studio, Sacramento, CA
2021 – The Water Carries Us, Frank Ratchye Studio, Root Division
Murals
Malcolm X and Assata Shakur, Acta Non Verba, 83rd Ave, Oakland
Garnet for Black Power, Downtown Oakland
Reimagining Black & Afro-Indigenous Futures, Mural for MIXT
Seize the Time, Black Joy Parade
The Future Is Ours – Afro-Futurism Mural, Oakland Museum of California
All Power to the People, Aerosoul Collective, Jack London Square
Reparations, Mural SF MOMA
Just Cultured, Sacramento, CA
Experience
2025
Founder & Lead Artist, Yomiinritual – Community-based art practice serving communities in Sacramento and Stockton
2023
Education Associate, Verge Arts Center
2021
Lead Artist, The Future Is Ours mural, Oakland Museum of California
Supporting Artist, Reparations mural led by Emory Douglas
Arts & Culture Coordinator, Black Cultural Zone
Co-Lead & Artist, Grace Cathedral Carnival Celebration
2020
Black Teaching Artist Fellow, Root Division
Awards
2021
Artist Grantee, 2727 California Street
2020
UROP Grant Awardee, Mills College
Youth Organizer Grant, Oakland Promise
Black Artist Foundry Grant Recipient
Black Teaching Artist Awardee, Root Division