Darryl DeAngelo Terrell
Born1991 (age 32–33)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Alma materWayne State University,
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Occupation(s)photographer, videographer, performance artist, curator
Websitewww.darryldterrell.com

Darryl DeAngelo Terrell (born 1991) is an American artist, curator and activist, known for their photography and videography. They identify as Queer, femme, and African-American, which has informed their art work.[1][2][3] Terrell's work explores issues of history, displacement, femme identity, sexuality, and gender, amongst other issues.[4][1]

Biography

Darryl DeAngelo Terrell was born in 1991 in Detroit, Michigan, where they were also raised.[2] They attended Wayne State University, where they graduated with a B.F.A. degree in 2015.[5][6] Followed by study at School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where Terrell received a M.F.A. degree in photography in 2018.[3][7][8]

While attended graduate school, they began experimenting with performance art, and explored gender expression; and for this they created an alter-ego, "Dion".[1][2] The performance work by Dion was foundation to his photograph, I Look Like My Momma (Self-portrait 1980).[2] Their 2017 work, #Project20s, was photographs of 200 black or brown people in their 20s before Terrell turned age 30.[2][9]

Terrell has been awarded the Kresge Arts Fellowship (2019),[1][10] Document Detroit Fellowship (2019), and the Luminarts Fellowship in Visual Arts (2018). Terrell's work is included in the permanent art collection at the Art Institute of Chicago.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Detroit photographer uses gender-bending self-portraits to explore black and queer identity". Michigan Radio. NPR. February 15, 2020. Archived from the original on September 27, 2021. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Works for the Now, by Queer Artists of Color". The New York Times. June 29, 2020. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Darryl Deangelo Terrell". Chicago Artists Coalition. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  4. ↑ Hooper, Ryan Patrick (May 27, 2021). "In its 2nd year, Art Mile is expanding its programming — and its reach across the region". Detroit Free Press. Archived from the original on May 27, 2021. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Darryl DeAngelo Terrell". Foundwork. Archived from the original on September 27, 2021. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Making Way to Visibility and Inclusion: In Conversation with Darryl DeAngelo Terrell". Detroit Cultural. December 20, 2020. Archived from the original on December 21, 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Darryl DeAngelo Terrell Named Kresge Artist Fellow". School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  8. ↑ "See It Now: The Overlook surveys black masculinity". Newspapers.com. Chicago Tribune. August 17, 2017. pp. 4–6. Archived from the original on September 27, 2021. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  9. ↑ DeVito, Lee (August 7, 2020). "Why this Detroit photographer is taking 200 pictures of young people of color". Detroit Metro Times. Archived from the original on August 10, 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  10. ↑ Hinds, Julie (June 20, 2019). "Artists get 'life-changing' $25K grants through Kresge Arts in Detroit". Detroit Free Press. Archived from the original on June 20, 2019. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Darryl DeAngelo Terrell". The Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved September 27, 2021.


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