| Dawn Okoro | |
| Birth Name: | Dawn Okoro |
| Birth Date: | 1980 |
| Birth Place: | Houston, Texas |
| Nationality: | American |
| Field: | Painting |
| Training: | University of Texas at Austin |
Dawn Okoro (born 1980 in Houston), is a Nigerian American artist who paints figurative art works, as well as practices photography and videography, all inspired by fashion and popular culture. She graduated from University of Texas-Austin in 2002 with a B.A. in Psychology[1] and Fashion Design and graduated with a law degree from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University in 2009.[2] [3]
Okoro currently lives and works in Austin, Texas, but her work has been exhibited throughout the United States and internationally, and has also been commissioned by celebrities.[4]
Born to an American mother and a Nigerian father from the Igbo tribe, Okoro was raised in Lubbock. [5]
Okoro has participated in both solo and group exhibitions throughout her career.
In 2008, Dawn's art works headlined Visual Collaborative's Miami exhibition. In June 2019, she returned as a feature on the platform, under the Voyager series for humanities, she was interviewed alongside 25 people from around the world such as; Seun Kuti, Berla Mundi and Aya Chebbi.[6]
Since 2012, Dawn Okoro has split her time as both an artist and digital producer at Spectrum News Austin.