Twyana Davis
About Twyana
Twyana Davis is a creative artist, inspirational speaker and playwright born and raised in Columbus, Ohio. Her art pieces are thought provoking and heart felt. Twyana’s vision is to bring light to a wide range of issues from overcoming trauma, to injustice in the justice system, system-impacted people, and social injustice.
From an early age, Twyana has been a creative thinker who pushes others to think outside of the box. In 2016, she transitioned from creative thinking to creative works of art on canvas, and in theater plays and is blazing a trail for other artists.
Selected Past Exhibitions/Independent Bodies of Work
2022
The Loann Crane Gallery (at Greater Columbus Art Council)
2021
All People Art (Columbus, Ohio)
Carnegie Gallery at the Main Library (Columbus, Ohio)
Pop Up Event at Wild Goose (Columbus, Ohio)
The Stone Age (New York, NY)
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (Cincinnati, Oh)
Be the Light (Columbus, Ohio)
Free 2 Be (Columbus, Ohio)
2019
Contemporary Art Center (Columbus, Ohio)
Vineyard Church “The Mix Magazine” (Columbus, Ohio)
2018
Ohio Department of Transportation (Columbus, Ohio)
2016-18
Union County Fair (Marysville, Ohio)
2016
Tiffin University Art Exhibition (Tiffin, Ohio)
Riffe Center (Columbus, Ohio)
The impact of incarceration on a person is profound, often leaving traumatic, mental and emotional scars long after they’ve stepped out of a prison.
The impact of incarceration on a person is profound, often leaving traumatic, mental and emotional scars long after they’ve stepped out of a prison.
As Represent Justice Ambassador Twyana Davis shows in her short film Broken Systems, restrictive and sometimes arbitrary parole terms wind up extending incarceration, and make it easier for a person to recidivate. Parole should be a tool to help people successfully reintegrate into their communities, not another form of punishment.
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