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Venise Keys

Fine Artist. Educator. Activist.

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Chunky Braid Out April 8, 2014
Braid Out Day 3 April 1, 2014April 1, 2014
Overnight Braid out March 28, 2014
Elegant Updo for Zulu!! March 12, 2014
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For all my nature lovers missing better weather. LEAF TATTOO SALE🌿🌱 1 leaf for $50 3 leaves for $75 Entire piece for $125 during the month of February. I created this diverse arrangment of leaves because I'm very passionate about spending time with plants for mental and physical healing. Email me for appointments. Looking to be a guest tattoo artist in the summer👀✨ #tattooflash #tattoo #leaves #nature #drawing #linedrawing #tattooist
The feather fan update. I appreciate the follows, comments, shares, and overall consistency from my tribe. I will always evolve and grow artistically and intellectually. #painter #painting #contemporaryartist #selfportrait #lashonfoucheart
IN PROGRESS! Self portrait in acrylic paint on hardboard. This has been 3 weeks of building layers. I'm really feeling this idea of showing my inner self. The universe is apart of my matter and I am emerging from it. I'm holding a peacock fan over my shoulder, Egyptian scales in the background of Ma'at feather of truth weighing a heart. I'm so excited to finish this and continue a series of introspective and cultural works. I still remember myself before painting. When it was romantic and on a pedestal. Now it's integral to my daily existence and I need it to feel whole. Always surprised at my skill when I allow intuition and confidence to take hold. #painter #painting #contemporaryartist #selfportrait #lashonfoucheart
On Saturday, February 1, 2020 I taught a painting class in honor of Black History Month, and especially dedicated to Black Art History. I show respect to my legacy by carrying it on and keeping it fresh. ✨✨✨💛 Our session was inspired by the work of Lois Mailou Jones. Color, shape, line, form, movement and rhythm were the main objectives. We used a limited palette to push boundaries and infuse a color theory educational piece. ✨✨✨💛 The art room was packed with 8 participating guests who got to enjoy a complementary drink with their experience. ⚖️✨✨✨💛 Join me for my next painting party at the Beverly Arts Center on February 14th. Must be 21+
Showing my artistry at this event Saturday.
🎨✨🎨💛🕯️☀️🔥⚖️ I am currently in progress on a series of acrylic paintings inspired by Lois Mailou Jones. This particular piece has an African ancestor feminine spirit surrounded by line, shapes, and colors reminiscent of kente cloth. I plan to add floral elements, an animal mask, and a figure to complete the composition. 📞💻📝 Register for my painting class on February 1st at the Beverly Arts Center from 7pm - 10pm to make a unique piece of cultural artwork in honoring Black history and Black artists. ✊🏾✌🏿🖐🏻🤟🏽👋🏾💯💥✨ 21+up 🍷🍸🍹🥃 Register w/ BAC #acrylicpaint #acrylicpainting #paintingclass #blackfeministart #blackwomanartist #blackhistorymonth2020 #contemporaryart #comteporaryartist #lashonfoucheart #lashonfouche #lashonfouchéart #africandiasporaart #kente #masks #loismailoujones
✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ 💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛 UOCOMING CLASS ALERT‼️ 🕯️🎨🖌️I am teaching a painting class at the Beverly Arts Center on February 1st to celebrate Black history and Black artists. ⏳The price in parentheses are member prices. Please contact BAC to register. Materials are provided! 21+ up Share and tag other people #paintingclass #beverlyartscenter #chicagoartist #artclass #blackwomanartist #blackhistorymonth2020 #scholarartist #lashonfoucheart #lashonfouchéart #lashonfouche #acrylicpaint #contemporaryartist #africandiaspora #blackhistorymonth
Working on a dragon tattoo for a client. What people don't understand is that I spend hours and sometimes days crafting my drawings until it settles right with me. The process is just as meaningful as the end product. I rarely use pencils, I like to go in with a pen and redraw images for muscle memory. #lashonfoucheart #lashonfouche #lashonfouche #lashonfouchéart #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #flashart #dragondrawing #dragontattoo #drawing #chicagoartist #thightattoo #pendrawing #studiodrawing #research #fineart #processart
Tattoo flash sheet for the witches, brujas, and rootworkers and everything interconnected. Burning bundle with a wooden handle of raw she's butter. More custom tattoo drawings to come. #penonpaperdrawing #penonpaper #pen #fabercastell #pendrawing #linework #lines #lashonfoucheart #lashonfouche #lashonfouchéart #contemporaryartist #chicagoartist #artist #instaartist #illustration #artistofinstagram #diasporaart #witchy #sheabutter #cleanse #breathe #selfcare #tattooflash #tattoo #flashart #flashdrawing #linework #illustration #fineart
Update on the painted pants. Sankofa bird to begin the design #refashion #paintedclothes #paintedjeans #afrocentric #limitedpalette #contemporaryartist #customclothes #lashonfoucheart #lashonfouchéart #lashonfouche #acrylicpaint #painteddenim #goldenpaint #liquitexpaint
I haven't painted on a medium sized canvas in a while. So Im sprucing up some old faded black jeans....this is in progress #refashion #paintedclothes #paintedjeans #afrocentric #limitedpalette #contemporaryartist #customclothes #lashonfoucheart #lashonfouchéart #lashonfouche #acrylicpaint #painteddenim #goldenpaint #liquitexpaint
Go to SIXTY INCHES FROM CENTER and READ the interview I did with Jenn Freeman, a.k.a. Po'Chop, about her exhibition performance at Blanc Gallery. I have artwork featured in the article also! *Freeman commissioned me to draw four portraits for this same exhibition. #artistwriter #writer #sixtyinchesfromcenter #interview #womenartists #thankthelorde #audrelorde #tribute #burlesque #performanceart #contemporaryartists
Alignment was on point this fall season. Got to exhibit at SOFA and made sales! Grateful and motivated of my purpose and value. #sofaexpo2019 #SOFA #womanartist #womanmade #womanmadegallery #paperart #paperartist #papercut #handmade #contemporaryartist #contemporaryart #chicagoartist #blackwomanartist #navypier #specialexhibition #lashonfoucheart #lashonfouche #lashonfouchéart
FEBURARY🌨️🌬️☀️🎨🖌️ I'm teaching two painting parties at the Beverly Arts Center on 111th Western in Chicago, IL. 👇🏾 Sign up with your sweetheart(s) or solo for a Valentine's Day love inspired painting class. Details in the photo!... 👇🏾 Sign up with your squad, your homies, and/or your family for my Black History Month painting class at the Beverly Arts Center. Learn history and honor the ancestors through fine art! 👇🏾 Thank you to the outreach department of the Beverly Arts Center for consistently hooking me up with gigs as a teaching artist. @bacchicago #teachingartist #paintingclass #acrylicpainting #canvaspainting #blackhisotrymonth #valentinesday
Love these shots of paper cut nudes at Project 1612. Thank you for including me in the exhibition @project1612

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