Brittney Frantece

Brittney Frantece is a scholar, 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 Variable West, 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.