Nicole David

The Dutchess of Desire

Painting

2025

Oil on canvas

24 x 36 inches

A visual expression of a defiant, independent and witchy woman who constantly asserts herself over others who constantly deny her agency and autonomy. She takes on the artifice of the confrontational gaze while at the same time reimagining intellectual, emotional, social and spiritual power in the form of a Black heroine.

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2025, Grad Ex

OCAD University, Toronto, ON

Work by

Nicole David

Drawing & Painting

“My work is about desire. The strange and murky landscape of desire. The loose threads of historical, cultural, social, political and emotional experiences that become entangled with the white,...” [More]