Grant Awards
2016
–California Community Foundation (CCF) & Grand Park LA, We Are Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Selected Reviews & Publications
2022
-Forbes, Nolcha Shows Returns to Art Basel Miami Beach Featuring Leading Web3 Brands
–Kolaj Magazine, Many Americas: Art Meets History
–Artnet, This Black History Month, Get to Know 7 African American Artists Who Are Building a New Legacy
-Architectural Digest, Issa Rae Curates a South Los Angeles Airbnb Stay for Super Bowl Weekend
–Black Enterprise
2021
-Kolaj Magazine, Vakseen Opens a Gallery
–Fine Art Connoisseur, “Iconic Is…”
-American Art Collector, “Iconic”
–Fete Lifestyle Magazine, Vakseen A Cure Through Art (cover art)
–Coindesk, These Black Artists Say NFTs Help Them Monetize Their Work
–Korea IT Times, First major NFT museum exhibition to support the black NFT artist community
–Saatchi Art “New Voices” 2021 Special Edition Catalog
–The Connoisseur, “Why Black Artists Matter”
2020
–Artsy
–HBO’s Insecure Season 4 Episode 8
–Jerry Jazz Musician
–The Tempest
–American Art Collector
–CANVAS by Saatchi Art
–BBC World News
–LA Weekly
–Refinery 29
–Beautiful Bizarre
–Basic Magazine
2019
–FishFood Magazine
–Art and Cake LA
–Supersonic Art
–LA Weekly
–Basic Magazine
-Poets Artists, Adorn Me
–Supersonic Art
2018
-The Kairos Podcast – Vakseen: Addressing the Beauty Standard Through Art & K-Pop
–Gay Times, Love Beyond Borders, Issue 4 (Nov. 2018)
–Boshemia Magazine, Issue 4 – Power (cover art)
–Young Jefe, Interview
-Poets Artists, Anything But Painting the Figure, Issue #98
–Raw Magazine, Vakseen’s Vanity Pop Paintings!
-SD Voyager, Art & Life with Otha “Vakseen” Davis III
–Art and Cake, Art Sounds a Rallying Cry at Remix: The Art of Music
-Jaamzin Creative Magazine, Visual Artist Vakseen
–Red Milk Magazine, Rework by Vakseen
-LA Weekly, 16 Best Things to do in LA this week
–Imirage Magazine, August Issue 253, (cover art)
–BOOOOOOOM, Vakseen – Vanity Pop Paintings, July 7, 2018
–Boshemia Magazine, Issue 3 – Bodies (cover art)
–Gertrude Press, Issue 26 (cover art)
2017
-Boshemia Magazine, Issue 2 – Winter 2017
–VoyageLA Magazine, Meet Otha Davis III of Vakseen in Hollywood
-Vine Leaves Literary Journal, A Collection of Vignettes From Across the Globe
-The Lost Sparrow, Porcupine
–COUNTER CLOCK, Autumn 2017 (cover art)
-Average Art Magazine, October 2017 – Issue 15
–POP ELLAY, Change of heart, Change of Art
–OSSO MAGAZINE, ARTE: Le donne ‘Vanity Pop’ di Vakseen
–SKYE POET, Artistically Sound in the Music of Art with Otha Davis III
–EAT SLEEP DRAW, Sept 11, 2017
–EAT SLEEP DRAW, Sept. 1, 2017
-THE CURIOUS ELEMENT, Vakseen: In conversation with an LA-based artist and music executive
–THE CURIOUS ELEMENT, August 2017 (cover art & feature interview)
–ART AND CAKE, Cratedigger Vol. 2 at Gabba Gallery – An Homage to the Album Cover
–DESIGN FAVES, Vakseen’s hyperrealistic, gallant “Vanity Pop” portraits
–BLNC MAGAZINE, Metro Dreams, Issue 7 “The New Hype”
–POP ELLAY, Vakseen & your layers of complexity
–KOLAJ MAGAZINE, Vakseen & Sean Stepanoff, July 13, 2017
–SUPERSONIC ART, July 7, 2017
-HI FRUCTOSE MAGAZINE, July 2017 issue
–THE LOST SPARROW, June 2017
–WATCHING THE THRONE, Vakseen, First Look: Mood Kanye
-FAHRENHEIT MAGAZINE, Vakseen and the art that celebrates the creation of women
–HI FRUCTOSE MAGAZINE, Laluzapalooza 2017 Brings Work from 64 Artists to Space
–CARTWHEEL ART, Laluzapalooza 2017 at La Luz de Jesus – March 3rd
–CULTURE HOG, Collage Painting and Photorealism Need Flesh and Blood
-GESTALTEN, February, 15, 2017
–ART MUZEO MAGAZINE, Issue 1
-ILLUSION SCENE 360, January, 19, 2017
2016
–EMPTY SINK PUBLISHING, Artist Interview: Vakseen
–EAT SLEEP DRAW, December 21, 2016
–EAT SLEEP DRAW, December 13, 2016
–EAT SLEEP DRAW, December 14, 2016
–LAIST, Weekend Planner: 20 Cool Things To Do In Los Angeles, December 8, 2016
–DIVERSIONS LA, Cratedigger: The Lost Art of Album Cover Art, August 29, 2016
–SUPERSONIC ART, August 9, 2016
–INDIE SOLEIL MAGAZINE, Abstract Edition, August 2016
–POMONA VALLEY REVIEW, Issue 10, Summer 2016, California State Polytechnic University
–BUNBURY MAGAZINE, Issue 13 (cover art)
–ART QA, Pop Surrealist Vakseen, Summer 2016, Issue 5 (cover art)
–MOD Magazine, Vakseen: Vanity Pop, Volume 5, Issue 2
-LOS ANGELES STREET ART GALLERY, Meeting with Vakseen, May 19, 2016
–KALTBLUT MAGAZINE, Focus On: Vakseen April 30, 2016
–THE EXPERIENCE MAGAZINE, Rebirth of a Nation, April 2016
–VULKAN MAGAZINE, Illustrious Ratchet, April 12, 2016
–SAATCHI ART, New Portraiture, April 11, 2016
-EMBOSS MAGAZINE, April 3, 2016
–JUXTAPOZ MAGAZINE, March 21, 2016
–CREATIV MAGAZINE, March 2016
–SAATCHI ART, New Contemporary Surrealist Works
–SAATCHI ART, Chinese New Year Collection 2016
–EAT SLEEP DRAW, January 24, 2016
–DIVERSIONS LA (Gabba Gallery’s “Metro Dreams” review), January 18, 2016
–TRIV MAGAZINE, January 18, 2016
–KOLAJ MAGAZINE, January 6, 2016
2015
–KOLAJ MAGAZINE, November 5, 2015
–BACKSTYLE, Issue 18, November 2015
–LA CANYON NEWS, October 25, 2015
–IN PARENTHESES MAGAZINE, Fall 2015 (cover art)
–EAT SLEEP DRAW, September 22, 2015
–COMPLEX MAGAZINE, September 14, 2015
–PIGEONS & PLANES, September 14, 2015
–VIBE MAGAZINE, September 13, 2015
-PROFESSIONAL ARTIST MAGAZINE, October/November 2015
–STYLABL, August 19, 2015
–JUXTAPOZ MAGAZINE, July 8, 2015
–IN PARENTHESES MAGAZINE, June 29, 2015
–YAY LA MAGAZINE, June 9, 2015
–LOS ANGELES FIRM INC MAGAZINE, May/June 2015
–EAT SLEEP DRAW, May 27, 2015
–THE ALCHEMIST MAGAZINE, Art Issue, May 2015
–TREE OF CREATIVITY
–THE EXPERIENCE MAGAZINE, Spring 2015
-THE HELIX MAGAZINE, Spring 2015, Central Connecticut State University
–MANGO POPSICLE
–GRUNGE N ART MAGAZINE
–TU RECEPCJA
-NOBOX MAGAZINE, April 23, 2015
–NAKID MAGAZINE, April 22, 2015
–NW CREATIVE ARTS MAGAZINE, Vol 1, Issue 8, April 2015
–JUNNNK TANK! WEBZINE
–SUPERSONIC ART, April 2, 2015
-HIGH TIMES, March 23, 2015
–CREATIVE SUGAR MAGAZINE, March 2015
-PIXOGRAPHY, March 21, 2015
–YUME MAGAZINE, Issue 8, February 2015
–ALL PEN EVERYTHING, February 12, 2015
–SAVANT
–CROSS CONNECT MAGAZINE
–ART NOUVEAU MAGAZINE
–CAHOODALOODALING, Travelogue Issue #15
–CONTEMPORARY BLACKNESS, January 15, 2015
–BLUE MONDAY REVIEW (cover art)
–BE WISE MAGAZINE, Issue 11
2014
–EAT SLEEP DRAW, December 9, 2014
–EAT SLEEP DRAW, December 10, 2014
–FISHFOOD MAGAZINE, November 29, 2014
–ARSENIC MAGAZINE, November 17, 2014
–EMPTY MIRROR, November 7, 2014
-YUME MAGAZINE, October 22, 2014
–SWAGGERLESS, October 6, 2014
–DAILY INSPIRATION, October 1, 2014
–ARTIST COLLECTIVE, September 24, 2014
–THE YOUTH, September 19, 2014
–EAT SLEEP DRAW, September 3, 2014
–EAT SLEEP DRAW, August 18, 2014
–THE YOUTH, August 13, 2014
–TUMBLR OPEN ARTS, August 10, 2014, (2), (3)
–GIZMAG, July 2014
–BOMBAY SAAPHIRE GIN, July 2014, Artisan Series Featured Artist
–FORTH MAGAZINE, June 2014
–HOT METAL BRIDGE, Summer 2014, University of Pittsburgh
–SKIN TO SKIN, May 2014
–EAT SLEEP DRAW, May 3, 2014, “Pasion de Baile”
-IRIS BROWN LIT MAG, Issue 1
-TUPELO QUARTERLY, Issue 3
–THE MIDDLE GRAY, April 2014 (Interview)
-BEDLAM PUBLISHING, Loud Zoo
–MOUTHY MAG, March 2013, (Interview)
-LIVID SQUID LITERARY JOURNAL, Winter 2013
-THE MIDDLE GRAY, Issue 3
2013
-SNAX MAGAZINE, Fall/Winter 2013
–GRAVEL MAG, November 2013, University of Arkansas at Monticello
–SLIVER OF STONE MAGAZINE, Issue 7
-STORM CELLAR QUARTERLY, Issue 3.1
–CIGALE LITERARY, Spring 2013
-GLASSWORKS, Spring 2013, Issue 6, Rowan University.
-NICHE LITERARY MAGAZINE, May 2013, Issue 3
-THE ADIRONDACK REVIEW, Summer 2013
-VINE LEAVES LITERARY JOURNAL, April 2013, Issue 6
–ENDEE MAGAZINE, April 2013
-MEAT FOR TEA, April 2013, Vol 7, Issue 1
-FOLIATE OAK LITERARY MAGAZINE, March 2013, University of Arkansas at Monticello.
–SPITTOON MAGAZINE, February 2013
–THE FAT CITY REVIEW, February 2013
2012
-WILDE MAGAZINE, Winter 2012, Issue 1
-BRICKrhetoric, December 2012, Issue 10
-S/TICK, December 2012, Issue 2
–LUNCH TICKET, December 2012, Issue 1, Antioch University
–PARADISE REVIEW, Novemeber 2012, Issue 2
–DéJonDé Magazine, November 2012
-CATAPULT ART MAGAZINE, October 2012, Vol. 14
-CHAMBER FOUR LITERARY MAGAZINE, Fall 2012
–ARTNOIS MAGAZINE, October 2012, Interview, Los Angeles, California
-CACTUS HEART PRESS, Fall 2012
-BARELY SOUTH REVIEW, Fall 2012, Old Dominion University
-PENDULINE PRESS MAGAZINE, Issue 6,
-SNAX MAGAZINE, August 2012 (Interview)
-KTLA 5, February 2012, Noho Gallery LA, Black History Month, by Chris Schauble