Brenda Singletary: We Hold These Truths…
July 11 – September 19, 2026
A personal and collective history observing our nation’s 250th anniversary
The Brenda Singletary: We Hold These Truths… solo exhibition features sculptural, mixed-media paintings by internationally-acclaimed, Toledo, Ohio artist Brenda Singletary, celebrating her family’s history of military service—and our nation’s 250th anniversary.
Included in the exhibition are all-new paintings from Singletary’s “Love Letter to a Complicated Nation” series, wherein she combines photography, paint, wire, found objects, textured canvas and other fiber mediums—capturing emotionally complex stories layered with history. As the nation marks its Semiquincentennial anniversary, Singletary shares a body of work that records & reflects on her and her ancestral reality in the United States.
The exhibit will open with a free, Public Reception on Saturday, July 11, 2026 from 6 – 8 p.m.
The exhibit continues through September 19, 2026.
Brenda Singletary (Toledo, Ohio) received her BA from Morris Brown College, an HBCU in Atlanta (Georgia) and received her MFA-IA from Goddard College (Plainfield, Vermont). A native of Detroit (Michigan), Singletary began her career working in public affairs for broadcast news in Atlanta, before embarking on her profession in the fine arts. She served for two years as a panel judge for the President’s Commission on White House Fellows in Washington, D.C. and, in the category of ArtMaker, her oral history of family memories is included in the Library of Congress’ HistoryMakers project, the digital repository for the Black experience.
Among her many art awards and grants are recognition from the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus, Atlanta Business League, American Express, as well as The Golden Sable from The College Fund, Daimler-Chrysler Motion through Expression Award, an artist residency at Camac Centre d’Art in Marnay-sur-Seine (France) and a 2021 Merit Award and 2022 & 2024 Accelerator Grants from The Arts Commission (Toledo, Ohio), as well as solo exhibitions—most recently at the Savage Community Gallery of Toledo Museum of Art (Ohio) in 2024. Her work is represented in numerous corporate collections including AT&T, Ford Foundation, Fox Television, Kaiser-Permanente, Marriott and McDonald’s Inc., among others. Her artwork forms part of the White House Collection and hangs in the conference room of the Whitehouse Fellows Administration Office.
Additionally, Singletary serves as an arts instructor at the Toledo Museum of Art, as well as in her Downtown Toledo studio. She is a proud descendant of generations of U.S. military veterans.
For purchase inquiries, please contact
20 North Gallery:
419-241-2400 or info@20northgallery.com
Gallery Hours:
Wednesday – Saturday
Noon – 4p.m.
Or by appointment
Brenda Singletary: We Hold These Truths… Installation Images:
