ABOUT ME
MY STORY"I always have been fascinated with video games and comics growing up. In 1998, I was always drawing certain favorite anime characters as well as game characters. Art is always evolving every day, and overtime it guides me to grow into the artist I intend to be. Although I only experienced drawing for over 15 years on an academic level, it's important for me to make a pivot, so I made the decision to get out of my comfort zone and take in another medium which is photography. Ever since then I played the role of embracing cosplayers to be at their quirkiness!!”
Donelric graduated at Florida International University with a Bachelors degree in Art History and a Masters Degree in Visual Arts, specializing in Photography and printmaking. The intention with his photography is to navigate through a community where people of color such as himself are combating against being underrepresented and embracing belonging in a community.
Publications
Docu Book Vol. 20 (Docu Labs Finland) pp. 138-140
Zine Without a Crown: Online Issue Vol. 5 (https://issuu.com/zine_without_a_crown/docs/
zine_without_a_crown_vol_v) pp. 18-19 & 24-25
Creative Cosplays Magazine: Spring Issue No. 8 (Blurb Publishing) p. 5
Creative Cosplays Magazine: Halloween Issue 2021 (Blurb Publishing) p. 38
CosplayRealm Magazine: September Issue No. 53 (Blurb Publishing)
Exhibitions
2024 Concrete Canvas: Life Unfiltered (Street Photography Exhibition), Botanica Grove Gallery, Brooklyn New York
2023 UPROOT Photography Exhibition, FIU Miami Beach Urban Studios, FL
2021 it feels too familiar (Redux) Exhibition
Frost Art Museum, FL
2020 Zoomed Out, Laundromat Art Space, Miami, FL
2020 MFA Exhibition: it feels familiar (Virtual Exhibition),
Frost Art Museum, FL
2020 We are Here, Don’t Forget Us: Photo Exhibition, Miami
Dade College Wolfson Campus Art Gallery, FL
2020 Translators Notes: Selected Photographs by Mirta Gomez
De Valle, FIU Miami Beach Urban Studios, FL
2020 The Nature of Nature, Graham Center Student Art Gallery
at Florida International University, FL
2019 Children’s First: Photo Exhibition By UNICEF, Graham
Center Student Art Gallery at Florida International University,
FL
2018 Student Photography Exhibition: Office Hours by
Appointment Only, Florida International University, FL
2018 Shape-Shifting, Laundromat Art Space, Miami, FL
Education
2020
Florida International University, Master of Fine
Arts
Disciplinary in Photography, Printmaking and Drawing.
2016
Florida International University
Bachelor of Arts in Art History
Surveying the causes of cynical realism in the arts of China and their limitations of expressing their art.
2012
Miami Dade College
Associates in Arts
Disciplinary in Graphic Design.
Interviews & Articles
Voyage MIA: My Daily Inspiration
https://voyagemia.com/interview/daily-inspiration-meet-donelric-owens/
ShoutOut Miami Interview
https://shoutoutmiami.com/meet-donelric-owens-portrait-street-photographer
CANVAS REBEL: How it all started. Coming up with DemetrImagery
https://canvasrebel.com/meet-donelric-owens/
Highbrow Magazine: The Frost Museum of Art Showcases the 2021 MFA Exhibition (https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/12053-frost-museum-art-showcases-mfa-exhibition)