About the Artist

Ton’nea Green was born and raised in Louisville, KY. Coming from a family of artists and crafters, she began her journey in navigating various art mediums young in life.

As a self-taught artist Ton’nea began her career as a portrait artist just five years ago in 2018. With her chosen medium as acrylics. Her artwork centers around young African American children. The perspective in her artwork is that of the child pictured, giving a visual representation of various children with navigating emotions, society, as well as some of the joys and experiences we as adults may take for granted.  The most influential aspect to her art is her son, she has used art to assist in better understanding mother hood, better understanding him, as well as time used to bond with her son.

How grand it would be to be a child and walk into a museum or gallery and see themselves just as they are, and how they look every day. They deserve to know they are beautiful always.

Her accomplishments include receiving the Black Artists Fund Grant from the Fund for the Arts (2020), she was featured in Virtual After Hours at the Speed (2021), and received a grant from “There are black people in the future”. Her work has been displayed at the Living Arts and Science Center located in Lexington Kentucky, for an exhibit titled “Black Lives matter: The Call for Positive Change” (2021) as well as at Galerie Hertz for an exhibition titled “Eight Perspectives” (2021).