Tameka Norris

T.J. Dedeaux-Norris
Born
Hagåtña, Guam[1]
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUCLA School of the Arts and Architecture (2010)
Yale School of Art (2012)
OccupationArtist
Years active2002–present
Websitemekajean.com

Tameka Norris, also known as T.J. Dedeaux-Norris and Meka Jean,[2] is an American visual and performing artist. Norris uses painting, sculpture, and performance art to create work about racial identity and the simultaneous visibility and invisibility of blackness through cultural appropriation in modern society.[3] Her work critiques the presence of the Black body in the history of painting and fine art.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference mp was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Tameka Norris on Meka Jean: How She Got Good". Fresh Art International. 2015-03-19. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
  3. ^ "T.J. Dedeaux-Norris | Grant Wood Colony". grantwood.uiowa.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
  4. ^ "Tameka Norris | Radical Presence NY". Retrieved 2019-03-23.