Meet The Artist: Danisha Edwards

I am a vessel for stories—told through symbols, sculpted through memory, and stirred by the ocean’s call. I was born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida, where the Atlantic's tides whispered to me long before I knew how to listen. My hands create what my soul remembers.

Through Afrocoastal, I channel ancestral memory, sacred materials, and visions that rise through dreams. My work is not for decoration—it is for remembrance, reclamation, and return.

Artist Statement

For generations, art has been a language of connection — a way to pass down history, celebrate identity, and give voice to the unseen. Like music, visual art holds the power to tell the story of a people. My work is a bridge between past and present: a dialogue with the worlds that came before, expressed through form, symbol, and spirit.

Like my grandmothers and mother before me, I find meaning in dreams — mirrors of past lives, coded messages, and visions of what is or what will come. I treat each dream as an ancestor’s footprint, guiding my hand. Where I once ran from these visions, I now honor them, transforming them into works of art that speak their emotion and story.

The materials I choose — cowrie shells, glass beads, wood, clay, and metal — are steeped in cultural tradition. These elements, shaped by both land and sea, help me weave a narrative that invites the viewer into my journey. Afrocoastal Art & Design is the home for this storytelling — where heritage and shoreline meet, and every piece is a tribute to the past, carried forward by the tides.