Violet Newborn (b. 1979, Inglewood, CA) is a Memphis-based visual artist and Star Artist of the Memphis/Germantown Art League. She is the founder of Color Your Story Onto Mine (CYSOM) and the creator of The Newborn Method™, a trauma-informed artistic practice that merges symbolism, storytelling, and text into healing-centered works of art.

Her visual narratives—seen in series such as Hands of Survival and Sanctuary on the Corner—explore themes of resilience, faith, and collective memory.

Newborn’s curatorial and exhibition history spans libraries, correctional institutions, and public galleries, including A Memphis of Hope Art Show (WKNO Digital Media Center), the Healing Arts Recovery Museum (Goodwyn Gallery, Benjamin L. Hooks Library), and Worth the Risk Youth Arts Exhibit (Orange Mound Library). She has received recognition and awards from the Tennessee Arts Commission and the Center for Transforming Communities, and was selected for the 2025 Tennessee Arts Academy Summer Institute. In 2025, she also received the NAMI Lionel Aldridge Champions Award.

Rooted in a creative family legacy—her relatives include Memphis jazz legends Phineas Newborn Sr. and Calvin Newborn, and her cousin, comedian Sinbad—Newborn continues to bridge art, music, and social justice in her practice. Her work has been featured on WKNO Radio and acknowledged by musician Jelly Roll, further amplifying her mission to transform art into a vessel for healing, connection, and collective renewal.