Brittney Frantece

Brittney Frantece is a scholar, educator, artist, and curator whose work delves into Black speculative literature and visual arts, with special attention to horror and science-fiction. Her research questions and reading methods are rooted in Black studies, addressing philosophical concerns of alternative epistemology, ontology, and world-building. She completed her Ph.D. in English Literature and Cultural Studies from the University of Washington in the fall of 2024. Her writing has appeared in ASAP/Review, Variable West,  A Year in Black Art (Black Embodiments Studio Journals), and various art writing collections and chapbooks. She curated Black Invention in 3 Parts (2023) at Soil Art Gallery, Portraits of Ecstatic Feeling: Al Smith Collection (2022) at MOHAI, and We Black, We Surreal (2023) and Queer Imaginations (2021) at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery.