Biography of Inga Kimberly Brown
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Inga Kimberly Brown (b. 1970, Philadelphia, PA) is an artist, psychic medium, and educator whose work bridges the physical and spiritual realms. The daughter of a television producer and a carpenter, Brown grew up in a household filled with creativity, empathy, and an openness to the unseen. She first experienced contact with Spirit at the age of five and has continued to cultivate her gift throughout her life. For Brown, painting became the language through which she could safely and meaningfully communicate with Spirit, transforming her artistic practice into a site of dialogue between worlds.
Brown holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Alongside her studio practice, she is a practicing psychic medium and serves as a public school art teacher and artist-educator. Her work has been recognized through awards, fellowships, and both solo and group exhibitions.
At the heart of her practice is the belief that art can serve as a vessel for communication, evidence, and connection with Spirit — offering viewers a deeper encounter with the unseen.
My Mind
Meditation, Mediumship, and Portraiture
By Inga Kimberly Brown
My oil paintings are rooted in spiritual inquiry, portraiture, and mediumship. As both a visual artist and a psychic medium, I create work that bridges the physical and spiritual realms. Each painting becomes a site of communication — with the viewer, with ancestral memory, and with the Spirit World.
Meditation is central to my practice. It is how I prepare for mediumship readings with clients, and it is also how I enter the space of painting. While painting itself is a form of meditation, I begin by sitting with my thoughts and feelings, opening myself to Spirit. This process allows me to move into a deeper conversation with Spirit, and to bring forward evidence of that dialogue and clairvoyance within the paintings for viewers to witness and connect to.
I approach composition intuitively, allowing forms to emerge without restriction. Moving beyond the traditional rectangle of portraiture, I extend my canvases with shaped wood, transforming them into sculptural forms. These extensions release the paintings from confinement, opening space for spiritual energy to flow. In this way, ritual, tradition, and dialogue with Spirit become embedded in the very materials of the work.
I paint from live observation, family photographs, and visions revealed by those in Spirit. At times, I practice “spirit gazing” — meditating on images of individuals who have passed, inviting their presence and stories to guide the painting. The resulting portraits function as sacred correspondences, visual letters exchanged between this world and the next.
Each work carries evidence of this exchange. Through texture, shape, and gaze, I honor the spirits who come forward and invite viewers into a point of connection with something larger, deeper, and unseen.
