Dedren Snead is an artist, developer, creative consultant, emerging technologist and futurist from Atlanta, Georgia. Dedren uses graphic novels, animation, gaming and augmented reality to build inclusive storytelling platforms in the Metaverse that performs for social good.
His futures company SUBSUME looks to close the digital Divide between marginalized voices and cultures through inclusive shared media works that fosters technology equity and makes the transmedia experience accessible and sustainable for all. A serial entrepreneur, his most recent project is an educational technology platform that connects K-12 and early-career students to pathways in creative and technical careers through gamified project-based learning modules and workforce development.
Dedren hosts SUBSUME SUMMIT a series of virtual and hybrid engagements centered around Afrofuturism and Speculative Fiction in comic books, games, film and art to foster growth for Black and BIPOC+ creatives a space to develop and share their expertise.
Also known for his award-nominated fantasy comic book series SORGHUM & SPEAR, Dedren created an anthology-centered saga featuring African folklore and history to highlight a world of warrior women.
Dedren is a current Innovator of Residence at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Global Studies and Economics with the Shuford Entrepreneurship Program and an Artist In Residence at Georgia State University’s Creative Media Industries Institute in Digital Media, Game Design, and Futurism for 2022-2023. He also is a program consultant with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Digital Media Labs Lifelong Kindergarten Digital Education team. Devout Southerner. Wandering Creative Technologist. Happy Dad.