Kenturah Davis

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Kenturah Davis (born 1984)[1] is a contemporary artist working between Los Angeles, New Haven and Accra, Ghana.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Education[]

Davis earned her BA from Occidental College and a MFA from Yale University School of Art.[8][9]

Artistic practice[]

Davis' work explores the relationship between identity, language, and figurative mark-making.[10] Davis works in a range of media from drawing to painting to sculpture to performance.[10] Her work is in the collection of the Walker Art Center.[1]

In 2020, Davis collaborated with the fashion label: Osei Duro.[11] Davis was commissioned by Los Angeles Metro to create large-scale work that will be permanently installed in a site-specific location on the new Crenshaw/LAX rail line.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Kenturah Davis". Walker Art Center. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  2. ^ "PressReader.com - Your favorite newspapers and magazines". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  3. ^ "EVERYTHING THAT CANNOT BE KNOWN". www.artforum.com.
  4. ^ "KENTURAH DAVIS @ MATTHEW BROWN LOS ANGELES". thelabae.com.
  5. ^ admin (2020-02-20). "Kenturah Davis: Portraits". AFRICANAH.ORG. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  6. ^ "Kenturah Davis". Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  7. ^ Burris-Wells, Mae. "Kenturah Davis delivers Plonsker Family Lecture".
  8. ^ a b "Kenturah Davis – NXTHVN". Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  9. ^ "SONDER an exhibition by Kenturah Davis - Photo Gallery - PAPILLION". www.papillionart.com. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  10. ^ a b "Kenturah Davis: 'Everything That Cannot Be Known'". Visit Savannah. 2020-06-22. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  11. ^ "Kenturah Davis Collaboration - Cloth #1". Osei – Duro. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
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