After her passion for the dramatic arts inexplicably dissipated, Tawny Chatmon—no longer keen on the theater career she pursued from her teenage years—devoted her early 20s to learning and experimenting with photography...

One-on-one conversations between an artist featured in the Women Heal through Rite and Ritual exhibit and Myrtis Bedolla. Offered as a twist on the formal teas held in the gallery, the virtual chats promise to be lighthearted and spontaneous...

As a professional speaker and playwright, Spirit speaks and hosts workshops in k-12 classrooms, colleges, universities and organizations about her legacy as the daughter of Minnijean Brown Trickey (Little Rock Nine) who desegregated Little Rock Central High School in 1957 – inspiring people from all walks of life to discover their own roots and our interconnected history...

You do not need to look at Tawny Chatmon ’s artworks twice to feel their power. In an effort to celebrate Black beauty and pride, the African American artist creates original portraits of her children and friends which promote ...

Oh. My. Word. This is the absolutely stunning work of American photographer Tawny Chatmon. Yes, photographs. Well, that’s where...

Photography-based artist Tawny Chatmon celebrates the beauty of Black hair through her glittering series titled The Redemption. The collection of portraits features young people wearing their hair in an array of styles—no two are alike. ..

UTA Artist Space here in Los Angeles is currently hosting, Renaissance Noir, a virtual exhibition from June 9- July 3, 2020. The show features works from 12 emerging Black artists and is curated by Myrtis Bedolla, the owner of Baltimore based gallery, Galerie Myrtis.

This body of work addresses, informs, and investigates Blackness via historiographies of Black artists’ narratives: the state of mind and state of being Black....

In The Redemption, photography-based artist Tawny Chatmon (previously) celebrates the beauty of Black hair through a series of arresting portraits superimposed with 24 karat gold flourishes. Each photograph features...

Fotografiska New York is now open in the historic Church Missions House in Manhattan. The photo museum for the modern world emphasizes experience—it's open late and guests can stay for a glass of wine—while enjoying more current work than is available in traditional museums...

Not until taking photographs of her father (who was diagnosed with prostate cancer) did she decide to take a new approach to her work. She chose to make storytelling and cultural identity the main focus, especially because Black girls in her environment are discouraged from identifying with their culture because it is not the Eurocentric norm...

“We were looking for something to do art-based and community-based for our son,” said Urquilla of Hyattsville, whose family was visiting for the first time. “This is an incredible space and really powerful. The artwork is amazing.”

Visitors, members and other guests strolled inside the 4,000-square-foot building to view “Deeply Embedded,” a new exhibit by local artist Tawny Chatmon that opened Saturday and will be on display through Sept. 17....

Since its debut in Sweden in 2010, Fotografiska has embedded itself as a Haven for innovation and free expression. Synonymous with contemporary photography, its goal is to bring forth rich history and culture through more than 200 exhibitions...

Galerie Myrtis and The Agora Culture present Blackface: A Reclamation of Beauty, Power, and Narrative. In asserting the beauty of the black body, affirming its power — and societal and historical place, curators Myrtis Bedolla and Jessica Stafford Davis offer a counter narrative to the racist archetypes that evolved from 18th century minstrelsy, and its negative stereotyping of African Americans that prevails today.

“Artists selected for this show project their own gender identity in a powerful and unabashed way. The exhibition’s title, “King Woman,” intends to subvert the cultural notion that women should aspire to be just a ‘goddess’ or a ‘queen.’ Each artwork selected for “King Woman” emotively positions ... 

Location:
Galeria Carmen Montilla
Norma Jimenez Iradiz, Directora
Calle de los Oficios No. 162, Old Havana
Opening Reception: April 13, 2019, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Curators Myrtis Bedolla and Ana Joa reunite for the second iteration of Building Bridges II: The Politics of Love, Identity, and Race. In bridging peoples, politics, and cultures, the exhibition investigates the dogma of love, gender politics, and prevailing assumptions about identity and race. We thank Eusebio Leal Spengler, Old Havana Restoration Project for his support...

Her father’s death devastated her, but it also changed the way she viewed her work. “With his passing, something in me died but something else awakened,” she explains. “I realized that I couldn’t go back to my career as a commercial photographer, taking pictures of things that didn’t have a deep meaning for me. I’d come to see my camera as a way to communicate such pain, passion, frustration, and joy.”...

As a part of this initiative, the company used its own Instagram account to highlight the work of creators like Uzumaki Cepeda, Tawny Chatmon, and Paola “Pao Pao” Mathé...

Maryland-based artist Tawny Chatmon combines traditional portraiture with digital collage, layering elements of antique patterns, vintage botanicals, and wildlife illustrations onto images of her children and other relatives. Once printed, Chatmon often revisits the digital textures she has superimposed, physically adding layers of gold ornamental elements or paint...

Galerie Myrtis is proud to announce The Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art acquisition of works by Alfred Conteh and Tawny Chatmon...

Motherhood did not curtail Tawny Chatmon’s ambition as an artist —rather, it reinforced it. Amid the complex intersection of both roles, her work jumps across time and space to define some shared human truths: the search for representation and the desire to shape a better world for our children.

Her portfolio is brimming with blends of multiple genres of visual art, and her photographs speak volumes. With her precise and detailed execution and her beautiful and well-thought concepts, her distinct style stands out from the crowd....

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Sweet faces emerge from lush flowerbeds, vulnerable but resilient. An allusion to the Mexican proverb,”They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we were seeds,“ fine artist Tawny Chatmon’s work is the embodiment of historic black resistance, ancestral pride, and the unreal magic of black girlhood.

Maryland-based visual artist, Tawny Chatmon's latest work The Awakening, is just that—a rousing collection of intricate, melanin-enriched pieces that truly awaken the visual sense...

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