Daya Tiye
Multidisciplinary Artist
Black Boy Fly, 2024
For Boys on 87th Street, 2024
For the Girls They Made on Commmerical, 2024
Commissioned Work for Evanston Fourth of July Association's Seeds of Change, 2024
Commissioned Work for ACLU Illinois Legislator Awards Ceremony, 2023
Written in Our own Hand, Work from Self Curated Group Exhibition, Written in Our own Hand, 2022
How we heal?, Work from Self Curated Group Exhibition, Written in Our own Hand, 2022
In Out Flows, Comissioned Work for Colorado Chautauqua x Cal-Wood Education's Art in the Park Project, 2021
About
Daya Tiye is a multimedia artist and writer from Chicago, Il. Through her work, She strives to paint vibrant portraits of Black American life, specifically focusing on the experiences of Black Chicagoans.
Awards & Residencies
Chuquimarca's Tanda Collective Learning Incubator, Virtual 2023
The dots between Fellowship, Virtual 2021
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Gold Key: Personal Essay 2018
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Gold Key: Poetry 2018
Exhibitions
Group Exhibition, Black Lives Matter Exhibition: A Reckoning, Dragonfly Gallery, Chicago, IL 2025
Group Exhibition, She Safe, We Safe , BYP100, Chicago, IL 2024
Commissioned Work, Seeds of Change, Evanston Fourth of July Association, Evanston, IL 2024
Commissioned Work, ACLU Illinois Legislator Awards Collage, ACLU Illinois, Chicago, IL 2023
Outdoor Installation, When the Seal Breaks, Terrain Biennial, Chicago, IL 2023
Outdoor Installation, Another Letter Home, Silver Room Block Party Design Pavilion, Chicago, IL 2023
Group Exhibition, Floyd D. Tunson: Hearts & Minds, The Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO 2022
Self Curated Group Exhibition, Written in Our own Hand, Taylor Theatre, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO (In collaboration with Aaliyah Moton, Coko Oshun, Jae Carter, Krystle Nesmith, Lianah Moon and Lindsay Maroney) 2022
Group Exhibition, inPublic Art Installation Festival, Design Studio for Social Intervention, Boston, MA 2021
Commissioned Work, Art in the Park Project, Colorado Chautauqua x Cal-Wood Education, Boulder, CO 2021
Publications
Spirit Break, When We Exhale: An Anthology of Black Women: Rooted in Ancestral Medicine – Black Freighter Press Edited by Alie Jones, Danielle Mason, & Janae Newson Pending Publication
Tangles, Poet Speak Magazine – Poet Speak Magazine 2021
No.41, Edited by Jefferey Brown
My Skin, Poet Speak Magazine – Poet Speak Magazine 2021
No.41, Edited by Jefferey Brown