De’Anne Crooks
Artist-Educator

Birmingham based artist, De’Anne Crooks (b.1990), prides herself on being an intersectional advocate for the visual arts; prioritising pertinent themes and making contemporaory visual art more accessible.

De’Anne read Graphic Design at De Montfort University giving her the vocabulary to visually communicate and debate in a refined manner. As De’Anne trained to become an educator in 2016, her desire to explore the visual arts was reignited and she explored the harmony between visual art and graphic design.

De’Anne’s current position as college lecturer allows her to accurately present the curriculum primarily using drawing and painting. De’Anne recently hosted a solo exhibition entitled ‘Two Truths and a Lie’, a project about identity, race and mental health. The exhibition was followed by a series of workshops that invited the community to engage and respond to the work on display with tutors working as critical partners in a creative and educational environment. De’Anne’s next body of work debates identity politics; posing new questions and continuing old-age theoretical conversations.

In a recent interview, De’Anne listed 5 aspects of her practice as essential: A core message, a profound pedagogy, technical skill, an unbiased moral compass, and an inclusive approach to curatorial practices.

Engendering a more philosophical and diverse art education infrastructure is De’Anne’s ‘Everest’.

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