Shyanne Dickey
Artist Biography
Shyanne Dickey graduated from Oklahoma State University in May 2022. She is a figurative oil painter whose subject matter focuses on African American women farmers in western Kansas. Her work has been regionally exhibited at the University of Oklahoma Spotlight Gallery, Norman, 2023; Momentum, Oklahoma City, 2022; The Art Hall, Oklahoma City, 2022; Oklahoma State University Gardiner Gallery, Stillwater, 2022; 21c Museum Hotel, Oklahoma City, 2022; OSU Orange Gallery, Stillwater, 2022; Momentum, Oklahoma City and Tulsa, 2021; OSU Annual Student Juried Exhibition, Stillwater, 2021; and the Tulsa Race Massacre Exhibition, Living Arts, Tulsa, 2021. Her work has been awarded several prizes: Spotlight Artist in Momentum, 2022; first place at the “Celebration of Black Lives” Exhibition, OSU; Honorable Mention, Momentum, 2021; and second places in the 2D division and 3D division for the OSU Student Juried Art Exhibition.
The artist demonstrates Window Frame in motion, showing the triple portrait contained within the work. See this work next door at the Urban Teahouse.
Shyanne’s work is heavily influenced by her African American heritage; she digs deep into rich ancestral history that has not often been shared. Through the idea of celebrating the “Exodusters” (former slaves who migrated to Kansas during the nineteenth century, as part of the Exoduster Movement or the Exodus of 1879), she connects with her five-times great grandmother who has served as the matriarch for her family’s success. Shyanne’s work depicts her family, focusing on her mother and sisters, often shown in royal clothing and surroundings collaged with historical, archival imagery and family photos.
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Shyanne’s work was featured in our exhibition Shyanne Dickey New Work Created for Momentum 2022, on view in April 2022, and in Shyanne Dickey & Edward Grady: Rising, on view April 26 through August 19, 2023.
