Kenturah Davis

American artist

Kenturah Davis (dem born am 1984)[1] be American contemporary multidisciplinary artist den designer. She dey work insyd de mediums of sculpture, drafting, printmaking, painting, den performance art. Davis live between de cities of Los Angeles, New Haven insyd de United States, den Accra, Ghana.[2][3][4]

Kenturah Davis
human
Ein sex anaa genderfemale Edit
Country wey e be citizenGhana Edit
Name in native languageKenturah Davis Edit
Name wey dem give amKenturah Edit
Family nameDavis Edit
Ein date of birth1984 Edit
Languages edey speak, rep anaa signAmerican English Edit
Ein occupationartist Edit
Educate forOccidental College, Yale University Edit
Has works in the collectionHessel Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Pérez Art Museum Miami Edit
Copyright status as creatorworks protected by copyrights Edit
Artist files atSmithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library Edit

Ein Education

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Davis earn ein BA from Occidental College[5] den ein MFA from Yale University School of Art.[6][7]

Ein Artistic practice

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Davis ein work dey explore de relationship between identity, language, den figurative mark-making. Davis dey work for range of media from drawing to painting to sculpture to performance.[8] Ein work be de collection of de Walker Art Center.[1]

For 2020 insyd, Davis collaborate plus de fashion label: Osei Duro.[9] Los Angeles Metro commission Davis say he create large-scale work wey go be permanently installed for site-specific location for de new K Line (Crenshaw/LAX) rail line.[6][10]

For 2022 insyd, National Portrait Gallery reveal Davis ein Ava DuVernay's portrait.[11][12][13]

Ein Selected exhibits

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  • 2013 "Sonder" for Papillion for Los Angeles - ("Sonder" at Papillion insyd Los Angeles)[7][14]
  • 2019 "Blur for de Interest of Precision - (Blur in the Interest of Precision)" for de Mathew Brown for Los Angeles[14][15]
  • 2020 "Everything wey no go fit be Known - (Everything that cannot be Known)" for de SCAD Museum of Art for Georgia[16][17]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "Kenturah Davis". Walker Art Center. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  2. "Kenturah Davis". Los Angeles Times. 10 November 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2020 – via PressReader.com.
  3. "Kenturah Davis". Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art. 10 June 2018. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  4. Burris-Wells, Mae. "Kenturah Davis delivers Plonsker Family Lecture".
  5. Gilstrap, Peter. "Kenturah Davis '02". Oxy Stories, Oxy. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  6. 6.0 6.1 "Kenturah Davis – NXTHVN". Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  7. 7.0 7.1 "Sonder - an exhibition by Kenturah Davis". PAPILLION. 2013. Archived from the original on 25 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  8. "Kenturah Davis: 'Everything That Cannot Be Known'". Visit Savannah. 2020-06-22. Archived from the original on 2020-06-25. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  9. "Kenturah Davis Collaboration - Cloth #1". Osei – Duro. Archived from the original on 25 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  10. Stromberg, Matt (10 October 2022). "LA's New Metro Line Opens With 14 Public Artworks". Hyperallergic. Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  11. White, Abbey (1 November 2022). "How Kenturah Davis Crafted Ava DuVernay's Portrait for the 2022 Portrait of a Nation Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 2 November 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  12. "National Portrait Gallery Announces "Portrait of a Nation: 2022 Honorees," Exhibition of Newly Commissioned Portraits, To Open Nov. 10". Smithsonian Institution. 1 November 2022. Archived from the original on 1 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  13. Holliday, Kayla (1 November 2022). "Anthony Fauci, Clive Davis, Ava DuVernay, and More Take Their Place in the National Portrait Gallery". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on 1 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  14. 14.0 14.1 "Kenturah Davis: Blur in the Interest of Precision at Matthew Brown Los Angeles". Curate LA. 2019. Archived from the original on 5 November 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  15. "Kenturah Davis @ Matthew Brown Los Angeles". The LA Bae. 1 March 2019. Archived from the original on 23 June 2020.
  16. "SCAD Museum of Art - Everything that Cannot be Known". Art Forum. 2020. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  17. "Kenturah Davis: Portraits". Africanah. 20 February 2020. Archived from the original on 23 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.