Is there a bigger professional wrestling fan in the world than Deatra Colbert? Probably not. Though Luis Estrada loves wrestling, too.
Deatra shows her fandom of sports entertainment primarily on paper, though she works across numerous media. Her drawings obsessively detail the goings-on of her favorite athlete/actors. Buried within the dense schemata of her works are names, phrases and important dates from various match-ups. And like professional wrestling, Deatra’s works are a lively celebration of the continuing battle between good and evil.
// Deatra’s available work //
recent exhibition history
The Witnesses // organized by Cliff Hengst and Scott Hewicker NIAD Art Center 2017
Affinity // organized by Tim Buckwalter Museum of Northern California Art Chico 2017
The Fourth Dimension, organized by Marja Galpin van der Loo // NIAD Art Center 2017
Handbills // NIAD Art Center 2017
Word Play // organized by Kate Klingbeil NIAD Art Center 2017
Transformation // Walt Disney Family Museum San Francisco 2016
Can You Dig It: The Drawings Of Deatra Colbert // NIAD Art Center 2015
Absence of Deliberate Silence // organized by Lacey Haslam NIAD Art Center 2015
Telling It Slant // organized by Courtney Eldridge Richmond Art Center 2015
The Wild Bunch // NIAD Art Center 2014
Ebony + Ivory // organized by Katie Johnson NIAD Art Center 2014
Yes To The Dress Pop-Up Shop // organized by Peter Gravener NIAD Art Center 2013
Spring Training // NIAD Art Center 2013
…at cafes, public spaces and similar venues
Where Have All The People Gone 2? // Walnut Creek Community Center 2018
Mayor Tom Butt selects Richmond’s New Logo x NIAD Art Center // Richmond Mayor’s Office Suite 2018
Hanging On a Thread: Fiber Art From NIAD Art Center // Contra Costa County McBrien Administrative Building Martinez 2017
Deatra Colbert // Yali’s Cafe Stanley Hall Berkeley 2017
We’re Here // organized by Peter Cavagnaro Yali’s Café Oxford Street Berkeley 2016
The Wild Ones // Women’s Cancer Resource Center Oakland 2014
Breaking Barriers // organized by Patricia Watts Marin Community Foundation, Novato 2013