Simone Brewster (b. 1983, London) is an artist, designer, educator, and cultural innovator whose practice bridges the worlds of fine art and design. Trained in Architecture at the Bartlett School, University College London (2003), and later in Design Products at the Royal College of Art (2007), Brewster’s work reflects both rigorous discipline and daring experimentation.
Rooted in her Caribbean heritage, Brewster’s paintings pulse with vibrant color and lyrical brushwork. They act as a visual language through which she shares her narratives of Black femininity—stories that are diverse, nuanced, and deeply personal. Her canvases speak of resilience, joy, struggle, and transformation, offering viewers not just images, but speaks of lived experience through abstracted forms.
Through abstract strokes informed by her own intuitive process, Brewster explores the layered nature of identity. Her paintings are less about depiction and more about evocation: fluid forms, gestures, and rhythms that echo the complexity of inner worlds The absence of literal figures opens space for introspection—inviting collectors and viewers alike to find their own reflections within her work. Her abstract language becomes a mirror for the multifaceted self, capturing the tension, depth, and beauty of identities that resist simple definition.
Brewster's paintings, far from the constraints of conventional representations, encourage viewers to delve into the familiar yet often unnamed organic shapes that exist beyond definition of geometries. Rejecting the idea of using ‘named’ shapes, Brewster underlines the profound familiarity that comes with experiencing these forms, as well as the emotional sentiment, value, and comfort they hold with their loose and spreading outlines.
