from DETROIT’S EAST SIDE
with expertise & insight.
bre’ann’s story
Bre’Ann White is a self-taught multidisciplinary artist and creative producer born on the Detroit’s East Side. Despite the blight and struggle she witnessed growing up, she found beauty in the ways her community leaned on one another, expressed themselves, and transformed creativity into a means of survival. That perspective continues to shape a practice rooted in memory, identity, justice, and the power of representation.
Working across many mediums, White creates work that challenges perception and expands conversations around race, history, identity, and belonging. Her practice blends cinematic storytelling with portraiture, moving between intimate human stories and larger cultural narratives that ask audiences to reconsider what they believe they know about the people and communities in front of them.
Over the past 16 years, White has built a career that moves fluidly between fine art, film, commercial production, cultural institutions, and community-centered work. She has curated exhibitions at the Detroit Institute of Arts and Norwest Gallery, while her work has been exhibited at the African American Museum in Philadelphia and the Christian-Green Gallery at the University of Texas at Austin. She has also curated spoken-word programming at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History featuring acclaimed artists including Mama Sol and Jessica Care Moore.
As a filmmaker, photographer, and creative producer, White has collaborated with Halle Berry, Rick Ross, Big Sean , and Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. She has directed visual productions connected to NBA Foundation x HBCU initiatives in New York, documented Detroit artists in Paris for Art Basel, led creative teams across NASCAR and NHRA productions, and documented The Hustle exhibition for the Detroit Historical Museum.
Detroit has remained central to that journey. Through her work with Rock Ventures, the City of Detroit’s Office of Arts, Culture and Entrepreneurship, Foxxtecca , Founder Junior Council at Detroit Institute of Arts, and organizations throughout the city’s creative community, White has helped tell stories that document Detroit’s people, culture, institutions, and evolution while building connections between artists, organizations, brands, and communities.
Community partnerships with organizations including Michigan Central, she produced and photographed the HOMEBOUND Family Portrait Project, providing professional family portraits to more than 240 families while helping raise approximately $9,000 for three Detroit nonprofit organizations. In 2026, she also co-produced and programmed Occupy the Summer: Arts & Culture Night in partnership with Mayor Mary Sheffield, bringing artists, creatives, and community programming together for Detroit residents.
Across every medium, White’s work is driven by a singular belief: art has the power to preserve history, shift culture, strengthen community, and change the way we see one another.
