Kenturah Davis - Wanlass Artist in Residence 2022-23

Kenturah Davis is an artist working between Los Angeles and Accra (Ghana). Her work oscillates between various facets of portraiture and design. Using text as a point of departure, she explores the fundamental role that language has in shaping how we understand ourselves and the world around us. This manifests in a variety of forms including drawings, textiles and objects. Her work is in several institutional collections and has been included in exhibitions internationally. She has also been a contributing writer for publications including the LA Times and Brooklyn Rail. She currently teaches at Occidental College in the Art and Art History department. Davis earned her BA from Occidental College and MFA Yale University School of Art.
This exhibition and related programming are made possible by generous support from the Kathryn Caine Wanlass Charitable Foundation.
Video by Christian Nguyen