Meet Britnee Scott | Visual Contemporary Artist

We had the good fortune of connecting with Britnee Scott and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Britnee, what habits do you feel play an important role in your life?
I think one of the most beneficial habits that helped me succeed was consistency. I don’t think I could have continued to create on my good or bad days without consistency. Being consistent helped me to continue to broaden my mind and become more determined at the things I want in life. I don’t think I could have followed through with my dreams if I lacked consistency. Even though we all have different definitions of success one of the main things that defines success is how consistent you are to become successful. Also being a mentor has helped me tremendously and become more focused, like I now have more to look forward to and helping and guiding someone always pushed me to stay positive no matter the outcome. Being able to bring cultural differences to my work has also pushed me to succeed. When I see the expressions on the audience faces when viewing my work it shows and tells me a lot which are usually good signs.

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?

Being a black female artist isn’t easy and let alone being an artist in general. I never thought that I would meet so many great people and artist. There’s artist who don’t respect each other’s work and will degrade your artistic ability but that shouldn’t stop you. I’ve noticed that older artist looked out for each other and when one door opened for them, they opened it for many others. These days you don’t get too much of that, and it’s okay, to many people want to compete. There’s artist that form groups and want you to be and do what fits their clique but I don’t think that’s where I fit. I believe in standing out and doing what your art at heart tells you. I learn from artist who’s been here before me, and their techniques by using what they had to make a beautiful outcome. That’s the only way to become sufficient.

I think being determined, open minded, and confident has helped me continue to grow and push more. I had my first solo exhibition in October 2023, at Homme Art studios, and it helped me understand who I was as an artist. I would’ve never thought I would even be in a studio let alone have my own solo exhibition. The owner of the gallery whose name is Amir, who’s really cool. I reached out to him and instantly he was like I seen some of your work I love it and its pretty cool and then him and I met in person, and chopped it up and from there he instantly presented me with the opportunity. That made me feel more confident and the willingness to grow within my work.

I’ve learned that your work has to tell a story and do what you feel confident about within your work. You have to do a lot of studying. Be persistent and know that there’s people who will try to duplicate your work or at least try to but look at it as a compliment to show and know you’re motivating and inspiring someone. The credit will be given when it’s due. You are your biggest critic and people that you think will support you first won’t be the first nor be the last, and if or when they don’t support you don’t get discouraged. You have to support yourself. A female legend artist stated that sometimes you have to be your own boss and I kept that in the back of my mind.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
Being from DC and seeing the growth and development in my city is very very exciting. I love to travel the most though and LA was definitely a great place to visit for everything such as fashion, art, and just understanding your work and visiting galleries. I find myself buying books so a great books store and cafe is definitely my go to these days. There are so many cool ones I have no favorite. I love a good record store as well. Ive been purchasing some vinyls and lots of them so that’s another place Im probably hanging out in. When I go to Philly Im usually with my cool friend Vtg.Not.Retro viewing his cool collection of vintage clothing, and records.

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
My parents, and love ones. There’s so many people that push me to continue to pursue my dreams and make sure that I stay dedicated to do so. Hearing them tell me how proud they are of me always remind me that my God given gift is appreciated and Ive came to far to stop. I have been doing a lot of research on artist from the past especially black female artist who paved the way like Faith Ringgold, Elizabeth Catlett, Barbara Earl Thomas, Alma Thomas, and the list has grown since I picked up my paint brush. My mentee has really helped me to grow more into being for confident within my work and myself.

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Image Credits
Renee Neptunes HOMME ART STUDIOS