The Niagara Arts & Cultural Center (NACC) is delighted to announce our next exhibition taking place in the Kudela Gallery (2nd Fl.) with Dee Edwards: Portraits in Black. This exhibition is curated by Ray Robertson, Co-Director of Galleries for the NACC, and is on view June 5 – July 30, 2022.
Dorthea (Dee) Edwards is a contemporary visual artist and native of Buffalo, New York. She studied graphic design at Daemen College, and transferred to Memphis Academy of Art (Memphis, TN) where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.
Returning to Buffalo, she continued to explore the fine art aspects of her education and developed an interest in painting. She joined a small group of local artists called Crafts, Arts, Things and Sculpture, which allowed her a platform to exhibit her first set of paintings depicting family life and the inner-city community around her. In 1989 she founded Visually Speaking, her own art and design studio.
Currently she is a member of the Buffalo African American Museum committee, the Western New York Urban Arts Collective, and Buffalo’s Own Artists and Designers, where she continues to exhibit work. Doretha has participated in various exhibitions, including the University at Buffalo’s “East Side Artists, the Castellani Art Museum’s “20/20 Vision: Women Artists of Western New York”, and the Annual Artists of Color exhibition at the Niagara Arts & Cultural Center, among others.