ABOUT
Cassady Fulbright is an abstract artist whose work explores memory, movement, and place through a pixelated abstraction of photography. Holding a Bachelor of Arts with a concentration in painting and photography, her practice is rooted in travel-inspired imagery, broken down and reassembled through bold color relationships, rhythmic shapes, and layered patterns. Her work reflects a sensitivity to visual tension, where structure meets play, and an ongoing curiosity about how images evolve through reinterpretation.
From Toccoa, Georgia, Cassady’s artistic direction crystallized during a formative year spent in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where immersion in a deeply ingrained art culture ignited a commitment to painting. She later studied abroad at John Cabot University in Italy, focusing on Ancient Roman history, monuments, and film photography. Her time in Europe expanded her cultural perspective and lived experience in shaping creative expression. Cassady is currently completing her Master of Business Administration at Georgia State University and will graduate in the spring, bringing a strategic and interdisciplinary lens to her creative practice.
Cassady works full-time at a creative ad agency startup, Murder Hornet, as their Brand Manager. She is also on the Virginia Highland District Association Marketing team creating content for the community. Together, these roles inform a practice that bridges creativity and strategy, allowing her to engage with art not only as expression, but as a living, connected force within culture and community.
VIEW MY PHOTO JOURNAL
Get to know me through a collection of digital and film photos from years of travel.
Artist Statement
I paint from photographs I’ve taken while traveling and fishing. Photography allows me to capture moments quickly, while painting slows them down. As I work, recognizable images begin to break apart into color, shape, and pattern.
I’m drawn to how simple elements can shift when they’re layered together. Individual colors and forms feel straightforward on their own, but their relationships change as the composition builds. That process guides the work more than a fixed outcome.
My paintings aren’t meant to document a place exactly. They’re a way of revisiting images, paying attention to structure, rhythm, and color, and letting the painting develop through response and repetition.
“We are bombarded on a daily basis with images meant to provoke, persuade and sometimes just
plain shock us. Imagery is all about ‘the extra,’ and it can deceive us into thinking ‘the ordinary’ of everyday life has little if any,
value or beauty.” Joetta Maue