About the Artist
Dawud Anyabwile is an Emmy Award winning animation director and illustrator with over 30 years of experience in visual storytelling. His work spans animation, comics, and fine art, with a focus on creating images that carry presence, emotion, and narrative depth.
Through decades of experience in animation and sequential art, Dawud brings a strong sense of movement, structure, and storytelling into his fine art practice. Each piece is approached not just as an image, but as a moment, capturing character, history, and internal life within a single frame.
He has directed work for major studios including Lion Forge Animation, Turner Studios, and Klasky Csupo, and served as a director on the animated series Iyanu: Child of Wonder. He is also the co creator of the independent comic series Brotherman: Dictator of Discipline, a project that has maintained a dedicated following for over three decades.
His current body of work reflects a deeper exploration of identity, presence, and personal expression, building on a lifetime of visual storytelling while pushing into new territory through painting and drawing.
Whether through original artwork, limited edition prints, or speaking engagements, Dawud continues to create work that connects across generations and disciplines.
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Artist Statement
“My work is rooted in storytelling. Each piece begins with a story, sometimes personal, sometimes observed, always human. I paint what I feel, what I see in the people around me, and what I hope to preserve for future generations. Art is how I make sense of the world and share that understanding with others.”
— Dawud Anyabwile
Selected Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
- Unleashing the Black Imagination — Auburn Avenue Research Library, Atlanta, GA2017
- Drawing From The Soul V — Urban Yoga Foundation, Harlem, NY2012
- Drawing From The Soul IV — Virginia Tech Perspective Gallery, Blacksburg, VA2011
- Drawing From The Soul III — Auburn Avenue Research Library, Atlanta, GA2010
- Drawing From The Soul II — Studio Clout Gallery, Atlanta, GA2009
- Drawing From The Soul I — Art on 5 Gallery, Atlanta, GA2009
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 17: The Revolution Will Be Visualized — Brooklyn / New Rochelle / Harlem2014
- Fantastic Blackness: Politics of the Black Superhero — Cal State Northridge, LA2012
- Out of Sequence — Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois2008
- The Souls of Black Manga — Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan2008
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