Kashira Dowridge is a Detroit-based interdisciplinary artist and filmmaker whose work explores personal and collective identity within BIPOC communities. Working across experimental film, photography, sound, and installation, her practice centers healing, memory, and transformation.
Self-taught in her practice, Kashira’s approach is informed by early studies in fashion, photography, and collaborative storytelling. Her projects include Time Will Tell, an experimental film examining self-discovery and authenticity, and Drive-By, Drive-By, a public installation creating space for families affected by gun violence to process grief collectively. She has also contributed to commercial and editorial projects with Apple, Target, Refinery29, Dazed, and Free the Work.
Across her work, Dowridge creates spaces where emotion becomes archive — where sound, image, and participation reveal how individuals and communities adapt, survive, and transform.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Contact: info@Kashiradowridge.com
My practice interprets humanity and emotional processing through sound, film, and photography. Rooted in lived experience and social realities, my work examines how people navigate grief, memory, and transformation.
I create what I consider “rupture works” — projects that disrupt traditional modes of photography and filmmaking by merging installation, sound, inquiry, and community collaboration. Works such as Drive-By, Drive-By transform personal and collective pain into spaces of care, while Time Will Tell explores memory and selfhood through experimental narrative and environment.
Across my practice, emotion functions as an archive. Sound, image, and participation become tools for reflection and connection, centering healing, resilience, and the ways memory lives within our bodies and shared environments.
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