2020-21 TDG Equity in the Arts Fellowship Exhibition:
Jer’Lisa Devezin, Nitashia Johnson, Kevin Owens
Talley Dunn Gallery
June 12 – August 21, 2021
Talley Dunn Gallery strongly believes in creating opportunities for racial equity in the Texas arts community. The Talley Dunn Gallery Equity in the Arts Fellowship strives to foster the development of emerging Black and Indigenous artists and other artists of color in North Texas, whose artmaking forms the backbone of our cultural landscape.
Talley Dunn Gallery is honored to present the inaugural Talley Dunn Gallery Equity in the Arts Fellowship Exhibition for emerging Black and Indigenous artists and other artists of color. The fellowship provides three artists with mentorship and resources to further their practice and artistic endeavours. The gallery team works closely with fellows to support their aspirations in contemporary art and share knowledge of the inner workings of the art world.
Meet each artist from the 2020-21 Cohort.
Jer’Lisa Devezin
Pedestal: 41 x 23 1/4 x 23 1/4 inches
Pedestal: 41 x 23 1/4 x 23 1/4 inches
Nitashia Johnson
Nitashia Johnson is a multimedia artist from Dallas, Texas. Her photographic series The Self Publication endeavors to uplift the Black community in showcasing the beauty of her subjects and their stories. Johnson attended Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, received her BFA from Texas Woman’s University in 2012, and received a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) in Art & Design Education from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2015. She is a first-round Sony Alpha Female Creator-in-Residence and the creator of The Smart Project, a creative after school program for artistic teens.
Kevin Owens
Dallas-based painter Kevin Owens discusses his theater background, artistic influences and current work.
Kevin Owens is a Dallas-based painter and arts educator invested in questions of representation and abstraction. In his work, the artist explores how the world is seen through the eyes of others. His practice reflects on the subconsciously destructive effects of instability on society through the use of traditional painting techniques, drawing media, and gestalt principles. He received his BFA in painting and drawing from Stephen F. Austin University. He was a resident artist with La Reunion, TX and City Square, where he worked on community based public art projects as a teaching artist.