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Dwayne "Dubelyoo" Wright

Dwayne “Dubelyoo” Wright is an Atlanta-based illustrator and curator. For well over a decade, Dubelyoo has been curating the traveling art exhibition called Art, Beats + Lyrics. These urban art and music showcases provide an accessible experience for seasoned collectors, first-time art buyers, music lovers, and today’s social media selfie-taker. What was once a one-night-only show, promoting Atlanta art and music, is now a national tour with over 100 art exhibitions and counting.

A Black man stands at a doorway casually holding a screwdriver. A hand holding a gun points at him. Yellow police tape wraps the hand holding the gun, with loose yellow tape flowing in the air.
An illustration of a right hand hanging down with an open palm, a screwdriver falls out of the hand and onto the ground with 5 bullets scattered about. A yellow crime scene tape reads “do not cross, police line” that wraps tightly around the forearm.
Two Black men walking down a driveway, one has an arm wrapped around the shoulder of another in comfort. The yellow police tape is shredded and lying on the ground, with the screwdriver sitting atop.

BEHIND THE SCENES

"Conveying the police shooting of James Harrison accurately and artistically was very challenging. Repeatedly watching the body cam footage was the hardest part.  After viewing the video several times I was horrified by what I saw. What I also found horrifying were the things I didn't see like compassion, or a rush to save Mr. Harrison's life. These are the things that were on my mind when deciding how to approach the illustrations. I didn't want the focus of the art to be about the individual cops involved, so I decided to use crime scene tape as a symbol of policing."

A work desk showing a work in progress sketch on a sketch pad, illustration pens and pencils, and a real yellow police crime scene tape in the corner.
Artist Dubelyoo works on an early sketch showing a hand with a screwdriver.
Artist Dubelyoo works on an illustration on his iPad.

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