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Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley (b. 1995, London) is a Berlin/London-based artist. They received an BA from the Slade School of Fine Art, London in 2019. Brathwaite-Shirley works predominantly in animation, sound, performance, and video game development. Their practice focuses on intertwining lived experience with fiction to imaginatively retell the stories of Black Trans people. Danielle’s work has been the subject of solo exhibitions and performances at institutions such as Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona (2024), LAS, Burghein berlin (2024), ,Studio Voltaire (2024), SCAD, Savanna (2023) Artnight Dundee (2023) Villa Arson, Nice (2023) Fact, Liverpool (2022) David Kordansky, LA (2022) Project Arts Centre, Ireland (2022); Skänes konstförening, Malmö, Sweden (2022); Arebyte Gallery, London (2021); QUAD, Derby, England (2021); Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo (2021); Focal Point Gallery, London (2020); Science Gallery, London (2020); and MU Hybrid Art House, London (2020). Their work has been included in group exhibitions at institutions such as Julia Stoschek Foundation, Berlin (2022); Münchner Kammerspiele, Munich (2019); Les Urbaines, Lausanne (2019); and Barbican, London (2018).

Circa Commissions

TRANS & CONDITIONS

Digital Platform

Trans & Conditions is a major new commission by Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley and CIRCA presented across digital, physical, and public platforms. Centering Trans lives in the uk, the project invites audiences to reflect on the frameworks that shape, restrict, and challenge how gender is lived and recognised today.

At transandconditions.com, the public are invited to write open letters of support for trans communities. These letters will form part of a growing digital archive and, in collaboration with uncle, will be displayed in public spaces across the uk – amplifying voices that too often go unheard.

To accompany the project, CIRCA presents four limited-edition screen prints by Brathwaite-Shirley – each a powerful visual statement on identity, autonomy, and solidarity.

20% of proceeds will be donated to the Trans Legal Clinic, a community-led initiative providing essential legal support and access to justice for trans people across the UK.

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Trans & Conditions (I)

£200 +VAT

Trans & Conditions (II)

£200 +VAT

Trans & Conditions (III)

£200 +VAT

Trans & Conditions (IV)

£200 +VAT