Danai Graham

“I don’t think about art when I’m working, I try to think about life” after hearing this quote from Jean Michel
Basquait and watching “Radiant Child” a few hundred times it helped me change my entire creative process. I went
from only painting things because they were popular to really digging deep into my own mind and pushing my artistic
envelope. Now art work is loud. Deeply rooted in concepts that can spawn from thoughts, conversations to music. I
really like to use colors that will attract you from the other side of a room to come up to my paintings and become
intrigued. I believe that art should have a story, it should spark conversation. Every paint brush stroke I make on a
canvas I think about that, “How can I make this painting tell my story?”. I have fallen in love with the process, from
days staying up till 2am, going to work and rushing back home to paint more. To showing my art to people and
getting various responses. Because of this I want to show my art work to the world, to people from all walks of life. I
want to hear different opinions and views. I know this is what I am here for. It’s more than a hobby or passion it’s my
lifestyle and as long as I am physically able I want to do this for the rest of my l...

Self Taught and still learning

The Other Art Fair (Brooklyn NY), City of Ink Show (Atlanta GA), Clio Art Fair (New York, NY) MAD Gallery Show (New York, NY),My solo art show (Jersey City, NJ),
Creative Minds Showcase (London, England), Mural paintings in high
schools in Denver, CO and Newark NJ, Rutgers University art show (New
Brunswick, NJ), Sehiii Gallery (Brooklyn, NY), Colorado University Art Show
(Denver, CO), The Seed Gallery (Newark, NJ), A DOPE art show (Atlanta,
GA), JC Arts Festival (Jersey City, NJ) and many more