Art has always been a way for me to explore identity, history, and community. My work often reflects on Blackness, the search for belonging, and the role Black women play in holding culture, memory, and truth together.
I’m honored to be part of Frist Art Museum’s exhibition In Her Place: Nashville Artists in the Twenty-First Century, celebrating the powerful work of women artists shaping Nashville’s creative landscape.
If you haven’t seen it yet, make plans to stop by before April 26. There’s so much incredible work in this show, and it means a lot when the community shows up to support artists who are sharing their voice and vision. 🖤
#QueenBeeInk #InHerPlace #NashvilleArt
Time is winding down to experience In Her Place.
This exhibition has been a powerful reminder of just how many dope women are out here doing meaningful, culture-shifting work and why it matters that we show up and see it.
My piece, Culture Commodity, lives inside that conversation… exploring the journey of Black women as culture bearers, the search for identity, and the paths we take trying to trace where we truly come from.
This show is bigger than one artist. It’s about community, history, and the voices of women who have been building, teaching, creating, and shaping Nashville for years.
If you haven’t made it yet, you still have time but not much.
In Her Place is only up until April 26th.
Come through. Take it in. Support the artists. Let them know you see them.
Honored to be recognized by the @nashvillepostofficial as part of the In Charge 2026 list under the Arts category.
This moment means a lot, not just personally, but for the work we’ve been building through @37208creates and the creative community here in Nashville.
Grateful for every opportunity to create, collaborate, and pour back into the culture.
Along with the @mom_blooms and @mendingheartsinc my kids got to meet the legendary @queenbeeink to paint the BLOOM farmstand mural. My daughter Maya dreams of being an artist one day. Thanks to the @the37208fund and the @metroartsnash . These grants made this possible!
Yesterday was powerful.
We gathered at Frankie Pierce Park to honor the land, our mothers, our ancestors, and the spirit of community together.
Chief Walking Tall led a beautiful ceremony rooted in remembrance, healing, and gratitude. With the fire lit, we wrote down our intentions and offerings, giving thanks collectively for those who came before us and for the paths being created ahead.
Thank you to everyone who showed up with open hearts and good energy. Deep gratitude to Chief Walking Tall, @chicnhair , @anthonybillups , and @babamusa.3 for the powerful drumming that carried through the gathering. And of course, thank you to the ancestors who continue to guide us. The unveiling of the women’s empowerment mural made the day even more meaningful.
These are the moments that remind us how important it is to gather, reflect, honor, and create together.
Not every body carries freedom the same way.
Some carry survival. Some carry silence. Some carry generations of stories the world tried to erase.
The Freedom Holds The Body Series by Black Mythology Project invites you into a powerful artistic experience centered on identity, resilience, healing, and the lived realities of Black existence through the eyes of visionary artist Elisheba Israel Mrozik.
Through bold visual storytelling, personal reflection, and deeply rooted cultural expression, Elisheba explores what it means to live, create, and thrive in a world that often attempts to define Black bodies before hearing their stories.
This forthcoming spotlight experience is more than an art event — it is a conversation about truth, beauty, pain, survival, motherhood, audacity, and the power of reclaiming one’s narrative.
From the striking Good Life installation to the intimate reflections on self-worth and identity, every piece speaks with intention and purpose.
Come witness art that does not whisper.
Art that remembers.
Art that heals.
Art that holds freedom in the body.
Stay connected for the official event date, location, and exclusive behind-the-scenes previews.
#FreedomHoldsTheBody #BlackMythologyProject #ArtistSpotlight #BlackArt #ContemporaryArt #MemphisArtist #BlackWomenArtists #ArtWithPurpose #CulturalStorytelling #FineArt #CommunityThroughArt #elishebaisraelmrozik
@queenbeeink led our @mom_blooms mom_blooms Mothers at @mendingheartsinc to start the process of painting the BLOOM farmstand to open this summer! The ladies were able to select flowers that were meaningful to them and create the mural. We are incredibly grateful to @metroartsnash and @the37208fund for funding this@community driven effort for our flowers as art program! We cannot wait to open our farmstand which is another way we will help moms to bloom!
#socialenterprises #slowflowers #endhomelessness #momsinrecovery #farmerflorist
Throwback Thursday to Culture Commodity being featured inside the In Her Place exhibit at the Frist Art Museum.
This piece carried so much history, emotion, research, and reflection inside of it. Every fabric, color, and symbol was intentional. From ancestry and identity to displacement and survival, this installation asked difficult questions about what happens when culture becomes something bought, sold, repackaged, and disconnected from its roots.
Being part of an exhibit centered around women shaping community through art was something I’ll never forget. Thank you again to everyone who came through, experienced the work, shared conversations with me, and supported this journey. Y’all continue to make space for art that tells deeper stories, and I’m forever grateful for that.
For those wanting more in-depth looks into my artwork, creative process, research, and behind-the-scenes moments, make sure to join my Patreon. I’ll be sharing deeper breakdowns and personal reflections there. 🖤
Patreon: patreon.com/c/Queenbeeink
#TBT #CultureCommodity #QueenBeeInk
I want to take a moment to acknowledge something important.
In a previous post, I left off the name of someone who is central to this gathering, and that matters. I want to properly acknowledge Chief Walking Tall, who will be leading the ceremony.
Chief Walking Tall is an Indigenous healing artist who will guide the sacred land acknowledgment and ceremonial dance, honoring the Native peoples of Tennessee, our mothers, our ancestors, and those who came before us.
We’re grateful for the grace extended and for the opportunity to move forward together in the right way.
This Mother’s Day, we’re coming together at Frankie Pierce Park for a Land Ceremony rooted in respect, connection, and intention. This gathering is for everyone, and especially for mothers, as we honor Mother Earth and the role of mothers as life-givers, protectors, and carriers of legacy.
Alongside the ceremony, we’ll also be unveiling a women’s empowerment mural created with purpose and care.
🗓 Mother’s Day�⏰ 10:00 AM�📍 Frankie Pierce Park, Nashville
Come as you are, with respect and an open heart.
I love this photo of artist, muralist, and tattooist @queenbeeink standing in front of my art. I love who and what she stands for. I remember the first time I noticed her. I was at a show at the Analog Club at the Hutton Hotel. She floated across the room attired in an African ensemble, her husband in matching attire by her side. Who is that? I remember thinking I want to know this artist. We met a few times after that but it wasn’t until a reception for the Germantown street art project that I had the occasion to really speak to her. Sometime during the conversation, I mentioned to her that I had always wanted to tattoo over my breast cancer scars. She jumped on the idea and although she is one of the most sought-after tattooists in Nashville she made an appointment for me soon after that. The decision to get a tattoo was not easy. I grew up Seventh Day Adventist so I had all the dos and donts embedded in my brain about my body being a temple. But this same temple had malfunctioned leaving me with scars that depressed me. I needed to do something about it and what better way to deal with it than to cover it with art.
So on the day before Thanksgiving, while most Americans were marinating their turkeys, I went up to Jefferson St in North Nashville and allowed Elisheba to work her magic on my body. She showed me her design and I especially loved the way she managed to incorporate series of bits (1s and 0s) throughout the design. For those of you who are new here, I am a computer scientist. I have a PhD in computer science from the University of Notre Dame and although my online persona is all art, I do spend 40 hours every week developing and maintaining systems that help protect corporations against malicious activity. And now I wear that on my skin.
I’m thankful to artists like Elisheba who incorporate their entire being into their art and more importantly use their art to brighten other people’s lives. Thanks Queen!
