Camisha McDaniel

A woman with brown and red dreadlocks, wearing a colorful floral top, gold hoop earrings, and makeup with eyeshadow and lipstick, smiling at the camera, holding a makeup brush.
A colorful painting showing a sunrise over water with floating hands and feet, and a winged foot in the center. The scene includes a chain, a knife, and a wrist cuff, conveying themes of breaking free.
A mixed media artwork titled 'Cashing All Ancestors' by Camisha McDaniel, combining painting and oil on canvas, depicts several children surrounded by flowers and cotton with a sunset in the background.

Artist Bio 

Camisha McDaniel is an African American female artist from Kansas City, Kansas, now living and working in Charlotte, North Carolina. Her work centers on themes of unity, inclusion, healing, and spiritual connection. Rooted in her faith and personal experiences, she creates expressive works in painting, sculpture, and mixed media that tell stories meant to uplift, connect, and inspire. 

Camisha holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Master’s in Education Administration. For the past nine years, she has taught visual arts, nurturing the next generation of creatives while also building her own career as a professional artist. As both an educator and creator, she believes in the transformative power of art to heal, teach, and bring people together. 

Her artwork has received 2nd and 3rd place honors in juried competitions and has been showcased in exhibitions across multiple states. She is currently part of ArtPop Street Gallery, where her work has appeared on billboards across the world—including in Times Square, Manhattan, New York. 

Through a spiritually grounded and socially conscious practice, Camisha continues to create meaningful work that invites viewers into spaces of reflection, unity, and collective healing— envisioning a world where no one is left behind.

Colorful painting of a Black woman with large natural hair, bold makeup, and colorful earrings, set against a vibrant background with cityscape, landscape, and sunset elements.
Painting of a young girl with a pink bow in her hair, smiling with big eyes, surrounded by symbols of activism and social justice, including the Capitol building, rainbow, police badge, and words like 'Black Lives Matter' and 'Vote' against a background of black and white illustrations.