Affiliations
Cultural Council of Palm Beach County
IATSE Local 477
Education
2019 to 2022 - University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - MFA in Costume Design
2008 to 2012 - Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) - BFA in Painting
Film | Theater | Dance
2023- (post-production) “Untitled Miami Project”, feature-film written and directed by Edson Jean - Assistant Costume Designer
2023- (post-production) “The Ballad of Suzanne Cesaire”, feature-film written and directed by Madeleine Hunt-Erlich - Costume Designer
2023- (post-production) “Omni Loop”, feature-film written and driected by Bernardo Britto - Costumer
2022- ”Pippin”, UCLA theatrical production directed by Corey Wright - Costume Designer
2021- “How to Cure Insomnia”, short film written & directed by Khiam’e Fields- Costume Designer
2021- “Shadow Work”, short film written & directed by Gabriella Wiltz- Costume Designer
2021- “Deer Girl”, short film written & directed by Giovanna Molina- Costume Designer
2021- “Terra Incognita”, short film written & directed by Jenny Reed- Costume Designer
2020- “The Write Choice”, UCLA theatrical livestream production written by Daysha Veronica and directed by Tyler Thomas- Costume Designer
2020- “JOAN”, short film written & directed by Giovanna Molina- Costume Designer
2020- “PEE/RAVER”, short film written & directed by Paloma Lopez- Costume Designer
2019- “The Last Living Gun”, UCLA theatrical production written by Ryan Stevens and directed by Sara Lyons- Assistant Costume Designer
2019 - “T”, award-winning short film written & directed by Keisha Rae Witherspoon - Costume Designer
2019 - “PULSE”, Ballet Florida, contemporary dance performance choreographed by Amber Tutwiler and Lauren Carey - lead Costume Designer
2016 - “Pink”, short film written, directed & designed by Mumbi O’Brien/ co-directed by Ates Isildak - Writer, Director, Costume Designer
Commericals | Editorials | Music Videos
2023- Space Coast Office of Tourism, commercial & photoshoot - Stylist
2023- Brandon Blackwood, photoshoot - Stylist
2023- Garmin, commercial & photoshoot - Stylist
2019- Fashion to Figure, photoshoot - Assistant Stylist
2019- L’Officiel, photoshoot - Stylist
2019- Marie Claire, photoshoot - Stylist
2018- i-D, photoshoot - Stylist
2018- Pansy Magazine, photoshoot - Stylist
2018- Contributor Magazine, photoshoot - Stylist
2019 - “Butterfly Get Me Honey”, Le Poodle music video - Stylist
2018 - “Tropical Depression”, Le Poodle music video - Stylist
Solo Art Exhibition
2018 - “Smiling Frown: Holy Room”, Post.Script. Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Group Art Exhibitions
2019 - “Here: Local/ Non-local”, Palm Beach State College Art Gallery, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
2019 - “Beloved”, Space Mountain, Miami, FL
2019 - “Inhabited”, FATVillage, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
2018 - “2040”, (F)empower Art Basel Pop-Up, Miami, FL
2018 - “Path to College Exhibition”, Hatch 1211, Lake Worth, FL
2018 - “Secret Garden”, Henao Contemporary Center, Orlando, FL
2017 - “Liminal Encounters”, Fritz Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
2017 - “South Florida Cultural Consortium Exhibition”, MOCA North Miami, Miami, FL
2016 - “Annual Smash & Grab”, Locust Projects, Miami, FL
2016 - “Florida Femme”, The Box Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
2016 - “Intersectionality”, Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, Miami, FL
2016 - “Something Out of Nothing”, Cultural Council of Palm Beach County Gallery, Lake Worth, FL
2016 - “Ascent: Black Women and the Visual Expressions”, NSU Gallery, Davie, FL
2016 - “Free Hugs”, Arthouse 429, West Palm Beach, FL
2014 - “Outside the Box”, Whitespace, West Palm Beach, FL
2014 - “Faculty Exhibition”, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
2013 - “You Are Here”, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
2013 - “Thank You, Come Again”, So What Space, Brooklyn, NY
2013 - “Sustain”- ArtHouse- Delray Beach, FL
2013 - “Who Does She Think She Is?”- ArtHouse- Delray Beach, FL
Awards/Honors
2022 - Subculture Film Festival - Best Avante Garde Film - “Pink”
2022 , 2021 - Mildred Blount Scholarship - Costume Design - UCLA
2021 - Allies for Advancing Diversity Equity & Inclusion Scholarship - UCLA
2020 - Judith and Milton R. Stark Scholarship – Costume Design - UCLA
2014 - South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship
2010 - America: Now and Here Project by Eric Fischl - Painting - RISD
2008 - Scholastics Art and Writing Award- Silver Medal - Apparel Design
Press
2020- Quest Magazine, October Issue, “We Are Family At The Royal”, print
2019 - L’Officiel USA, print “Tony Gum Breaks Out of Her Comfort Zone”, 2019- L’Officiel USA, print “Tony Gum Breaks Out of Her Comfort Zone” https://www.lofficielusa.com/audemars-piguet/tony-gum-interview-
2019 - Marie Claire, June Issue, “What I Love About Me: Miami”, print
2019 - Voyage Miami, “Conversations with the Inspiring Mumbi O’Brien”, http://voyagemia.com/interview/conversations-inspiring-mumbi-obrien/
2019 - Dazed, “A Future World: The Radical art collective fighting to stop Miami becoming Atlantis” https://www.dazeddigital.com/art-photography/article/44350/1/fempower-art-collective-climate-change-miami-2040
2018 – i-D, “Fempower is the Collective Inspiring a Black and Brown Awakening in Miami” https://i-d.vice.com/en_us/article/zmdydy/fempower-is-the-collective-inspiring-a-black- and-brown-feminist-awakening-in-miami
2018 – Pansy Magazine, “Prince of Nothing” https://www.pansymag.com/prince-of-nothing
2018 - Sticks and Stones Agency, “Point & Shoot Picnic” https://www.sticksandstonesagency.com/person/mumbi-obrien/
2018 – Contributor Magazine, “Beach Goth” https://contributormagazine.com/fashion-story-beach-goth/
2018 – Bernard Alexander, “Smiling Frown Interview” https://bernardalexanderphoto.exposure.co/smiling-frown
2016 – The Lone Palm, “Talking with Mumbi O’Brien: Artist, Model, Creative, and Jeweler www.thelonepalm.com/smiling-frown-jewelry-mumbi-obrien/?rq=mumbi
2014 - Boca Newspaper, “Cultural Council Names 2014 South Florida Cultural Consortium Palm Beach County Fellowship Winners” bocanewspaper.com/cultural-council-names-2014-south-florida-cultural-consortium-palm-beach-county-fellowship-winners-2-12978