Zoë Gamell Brown (she/they)
Chinook Illahee, Oregon
Howdy, how are you? My name is Zoë, and I am a conduit, scientist, and storyteller whose life flows through the Bouruma, Jishikibo, and Wimahl rivers. I aim to honor Boviander worldviews through ceramics, creative nonfiction, film, and projections. I am the founder and co-steward of Fernland Studios and a doctoral candidate in the University of Oregon Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies' inaugural cohort.
Through critical autotheory and art practice, I use emotional decolonial healing and Indigenous trauma theory as a conceptual framework to understand how coloniality in Guyana requires embodied and ecological erosion. I explore how art manifests emotional and environmental elasticity, extending from our spirits to the soil. I am a Seeding Justice Lilla Jewel Awardee and received fellowships from the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute, the Pacific Northwest Racial and Climate Justice Futures Institute, and the National Education for Women’s Leadership.
Let’s get to know each other: zoegamell.com