A native of Columbus, Ohio, Kenya Davis grew up on the west side and attended Columbus City Schools. After graduating from the Columbus College of Art and Design, she decided to focus on art education and received a Master’s Degree from The Ohio State University. For over twenty-five years, Mrs. Davis has been teaching, inspiring and influencing young minds, and exhibiting student artwork throughout the city.  Outside the classroom, she has taken on artistic projects from illustration and graphic design, to jewelry design, portraits, and privately commissioned artworks. Kenya enjoys painting with acrylics and mixed media collage. She is known for taking practical objects like string, shells, and cardboard, and incorporating them into vibrant compositions that emphasize color, pattern, and texture. She has participated in numerous shows throughout central Ohio, as well as nationally. Most recently Davis was one of five artists commissioned by The Columbus Metropolitan Library Foundation to create exciting artworks for the Columbus Book Festival in July 2024. Prior to that, in January 2024, Kenya participated in On Her Shoulders: A Celebration of Women, and received the first inaugural Priscilla R. Tyson Juror Award. Mrs. Davis currently resides in Reynoldsburg, Ohio with her husband.