Dariane Beamon is an organizer, visual artist, and arts educator from Oakland, California. She currently serves as the Education Programs Manager at the Museum of the African Diaspora(MoAD), where she develops programs that sit at the intersection of art, history, and community-based learning.Her artistic practice is deeply rooted in the political and cultural realities of New Afrikan people living under ongoing colonial Subjugation. Through visual storytelling, community engagement, and education, Dariane uses art as a tool to clarify the material conditions of New Afrikans in present time, while simultaneously envisioning liberated futures. She is committed to making art accessible as a form of both truth-telling and resistance, using it to amplify universal experiences of struggle, survival, and joy. At the heart of her work is a desire to cultivate collective unity and self-determination within New Afrikan communities, building pathways for shared learning, healing, and sovereignty.
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Education
2016: University of California, Berkeley
Interdisciplinary Studies- Concentration in Business Management
Solo Exhibitions
2025: A Village of Voices, Bricole LLC, Oakland, Ca
2021: Reflections, The Plant Queen, Berkeley, Ca
2020: The Fluid Collection, Neyborly, San Francisco, Ca
2018: 25 Reasons Neyborly, Berkeley, Ca
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023: Gen(ocide)trification, “Tales of the Town”, Ciel Space, Berkeley, Ca
2023: Gen(ocide)trification, “Tales of the Town”, Jaguar Architecture, Los Angeles, Ca
2023: Gen(ocide)trification, “Tales of the Town”, de Young Museum, San Francisco, Ca
Commissions/ Public Works
2024: Liberation Mural, The People’s Youth and Family Center, Oakland, Ca
2024: Education Behind Bars, Sumud Mural, Oakland, Ca
2023: Tales of the Town: Exhibition, Co-curator, de Young Museum, San Francisco, Ca
2020: We Are Our Own Liberators Public Mural, Oakland, Ca
2019: Bridging Families Public Mural, Lincoln Families, Oakland, Ca
Grants and Awards:
2022-2023: East Bay Fund For Artist Grant Recipient
Publications:
2025: People Over Profit, Acorn Tenants Fight Back! SF Bayview National Newspaper https://sfbayview.com/2025/07/people-over-profit-acorn-tenants-fight-back/