Tribeza: How Austin Artist Dawn Okoro Painted Her Way to International Success
When artist Dawn Okoro was a young girl growing up in Lubbock, Texas, she leafed through the pages of “Ebony” and “Jet” magazines, inspired by the glamorous shots of Black models wearing the latest runway fashions. She started sketching her own fashion-forward world and longed to be an artist, but her family didn’t travel much, and she had no real-life examples to follow. She remembers sitting on the floor of her Austin apartment as a young adult, making art while devouring every episode of “Sex and the City.”
Even well into her 30s, through decades of school and day jobs, Okoro had no idea her paintings would one day be featured on “And Just Like That,” grace the pages of some of the magazines she once worshiped, and be included in the permanent installation of Meow Wolf Houston.
November 2024
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