Antonio Darden (b. 1983) is an Atlanta-based interdisciplinary artist whose sculpture, video, sound and performance draw on pop culture, politics and the Black American humorist tradition. The son of an Indo-Trinidadian mother and an African American father, he grew up in North Carolina before his family moved to a suburb of Atlanta in 1990. His work spans popular culture, belief systems and, unmistakably, grief; satire is central to his approach, and he mines his own memories of Black family life, redefining narratives and splicing together fragmented truths. Darden earned his BFA in sculpture from Georgia State University and his MFA in sculpture from the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College. He was named the 2022 Southern Prize State Fellow for Georgia by South Arts, received the Juror's Choice award at "Gathered V" at MOCA Georgia, and his work is in the collection of the City of Atlanta.
