Demarcus Mcgaughey

Demarcus McGaughey, a Texas native and New York-based mixed media artist, passionately captures the beauty, strength, and vibrancy of people of color. Inspired by his mother as a child, he sharpened his artistic talents by coloring within the lines of her tracings. Eventually, he tapped into his storehouse of magic that pushed him to color outside the lines and chart an artistic path of his own. 

McGaughey specializes in a style that combines painting, photography, mixed media, and graphic design. This elixir of artistic elements stems from his fruitful stint in corporate advertising and graphic design. Post undergrad, he licensed his time and talents to ad agencies and corporations as a freelance designer. Since then, he’s developed a mastery of graphics, product development, branding, and brand coaching. 

In the early days of his career, he found graphics to be the ideal catalyst to tell stories for other people. But it was through painting that he discovered an avenue to tell stories, his way. His vibrant portraits capture elements of his world travels, his family, and his community. Each painting, a love letter to the world, declaring, “I see you and I hear you.” 

Behind his art, resides a lifelong fascination with hum...

1998 B.A. Advertising Art, Prairie View University, Prairie View, TX

SOLO EXHIBITION
2024
"Oak Cliff", Established Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
"Hueman", Business Council for the Arts, Dallas, TX
2023
“Kindred”, Sweet Lorraine Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
“Kindred”, Southampton African American Museum, Southampton, NY
"Manifest", Oscar Molina Gallery, Southampton, NY
"Hueman", Kente Royal Gallery, New York, NY
"Hueman", Daisha Board Gallery, Dallas, TX
2020
“Culture”, Msanii Hous Fine Art, Carrollton, TX
2019
“Vibrant Thing”, Estudio Nomada Gallery, Barcelona Spain
2018
“Handsome Art”, The Switch Gallery, New York, NY
2018
“POP ART”, Akwa Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
“Broken Boxes”, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
“Small Works Show,” 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
“Gen-Art,” East End Arts, Riverhead, NY
“How I Got Over,” Rowe Gallery University of North Carolina Charlotte, NC
“Ancestral Voices”, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
"Black Artists In The Spotlight", Rye Arts Center, Rye, NY
“Dreams”, Frisco Art Gallery, Frisco, TX
2023
“Disruptors”, Tanya Weddemire Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
“Seamless”, Pro Arts: Art150 Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
“Black Love”, African Diaspora Art Museum of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
“15th Annual Harlem Fine Arts Show “, The Glasshouse , New York, NY...