Tasanee Durrett American, b. 1994
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Tasanee invites viewers of her work to explore emotions, healing, and celebration within the Black diaspora, showcasing the transformative power of overcoming challenges and finding happiness and prosperity.
Tasanee Durrett (1994) is a visual artist, originally from Chicago, who lives and works in Orlando, Florida. Throughout her years of college at the University of Arizona (2017), she studied architecture where the Black human experience became influential. After escaping an abusive relationship of eight years, she began translating her architectural influences through painting. Durrett’s paintings became an outlet for releasing emotions and regaining strength. Her artistic journey began as a quest for personal freedom and breaking the psychological and emotional chains that held her back from embracing her true self. Durrett’s figurative paintings express vibrant narratives of the Black diaspora. A principal theme in her work is emotional healing, spiritual connectedness and space. Through abstraction, pointillism, and continuous contour line techniques, she takes an intricate and detailed approach to her work, capturing moments of connection to the Black inner-self and Black ancestral roots. Her body of work has been exhibited at the Orlando Museum of Art, Hyatt Regency Hotel in Orlando, and the Spectrum Art Show during Art Basel Miami (2022). Notably, she has been awarded the 2023 Timucua Artist Residency in Orlando, FL, and the 2023-2024 TILA Gardens Fellowship in Atlanta, GA. She has also exhibited at the PRIZM Art Fair and AfriKin Art fair in Miami during Art Basel/ Miami Art Week in 2023. Expounding her art career, she will be a part of a 2024 group exhibition at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, IL and ArtFields in Lake City, SC. Her recent accolades include features in the Orlando Foundation for Architecture, 1919 Mag, Blacque, and Sugarcane Magazine. Durrett invites viewers to explore emotions, healing, and celebration within the Black diaspora, showcasing the transformative power of overcoming challenges and finding happiness and prosperity.
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