Conceptual Mixed Media Fine Art
B.N. Blithe de Carona is a multidisciplinary conceptual artist and the founder of Seventh Dead World Studios. Born and raised in St. Louis, MO, her work reflects themes of Blackness, queer feminine identity, religious trauma & radical self-actualization.
Bee is a Black, queer Islamic Anarchist and her work depicts facets of her identities as such; her collages often feature images of Black women donning metaphysical head coverings, her portraiture is based on the concept of the averted gaze & thus omits and/or obscures faces, and her sculpture work is often composed of deconstructed antique American flags interwoven with synthetic braiding hair & adorned with beauty supply store accessories typically used in Black hair care routines.
The artist currently resides in St. Louis, MO.
“Sometimes, I just feel like…I could swallow the sun and never blister my throat.”
B.N. Blithe de Carona is a mostly self-taught radical, queer woman & artist making work that seeks to heal herself & other Black people of the trauma caused by the constant politicization, policing & commodification of their very existence by society at large.