Davion Coleman painting live in New Orleans.
Davion Coleman posing next to a younger picture of himself hanging inside his old classroom at South County Technical.
Davion Coleman is a multidisciplinary designer/artist currently residing and working in St. Louis, MO. His area of focus is mainly print design, illustration, and digital media. The eagerness to start gaining knowledge in the design field lead him to the enrollment in the summer program of Game Design/Animation at the Art Institute of Downtown Chicago. Furthermore, he spent two years at South County Technical School studying the fundamentals of graphic design. He excelled and graduated at the top of his class, receiving an individual honors’ award his graduating year. After graduating, he freelanced for several local businesses and marketing agencies. Soon after, he received his AAS degree in Graphic Communication at St. Louis Community College.
In December of 2013 Davion joined the RAW: Natural Born Artist organization. Since his joining Davion has been featured in eleven showcases in eleven different cities sponsored by RAW. Months after joining RAW, Davion was selected for a solo exhibition in St. Charles MO. Davion continued spreading his artwork through festivals, showcases, and live painting. Davion creative workings have been featured with prestigious companies such as Adobe and distinguished wine and spirits such as Seagram’s Gin. As well Seagram’s Gin displayed his painting in a gallery in Miami for Art Basel week. In 2014 Davion founded an online e-commerce art gallery called The Kre8ive Shop. Davion was nominated by his peers and fans in 2015 to receive the RAW: Natural Born Artists: Visual Artist of The Year award. In most recent, Davion has begun speaking with students about art and design, which he began at Marygrove for the Your Words after school program.
In 2017 Davion received the Royal Dragonfly award for his illustrative work on a children's book entitled Smile Big Dream Bigger. Davion was featured in Voyage Chicago publication for his art in 2018. In 2019 Davion released his first children's book he wrote and illustrated called Paw Paw How Did I Get My Gigabytes. Davion is currently continuing his passion for the field, designing for several companies, and spreading his art around the country.
Clientele list:
Seagrim's Gin
Adobe
Culver's (Fenton MO location)
Kirkwood Theatre Guild
The Kre8ive Shop
Kandy Like
Dream It
Innovative Living Solutions
Cuts R Us
Beautiful Butterfly Fitness
DnA Transportation
Med Star
ECCHIC
M-Slice
Sweepy Clean
Allure party bus
Mari Wine
and more...
Published Children's Books:
A Good Morning With My Father!
Paw Paw How Did I Get My Gigabytes!
No Limit To Greatness
Bigger The Fro The More I Know
Smile Big Dream Bigger