Shirley Tucker: Through Their Eyes

Shirley Tucker is a Dayton-based artist who specializes in graphic design, acrylic oil painting and murals. She has an Associate of Arts degree from Rio Grande College, studied graphic design at Bowling Green State University, and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Wright State University in 1989. 

As an artist and longtime (now retired) officer of the Montgomery County Juvenile Court Probation Services, Tucker continues to create artwork alongside young people enmeshed in the system.
      
She was honored for her work with an Ohio Senate Citation from Sen. Stephen A. Huffman on behalf of the Ohio State Senate, and special recognition on her work being shown at the Ohio Diaspora: Artwork from the Collection of the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center and Ohio Artists, sponsored by the Ohio Arts Council. Tucker was also featured in both Dayton Weekly and the Dayton Daily News. Tucker received a proclamation from the Miami Township Board of Trustees for the Canvas Mural Project at the Dayton Mall, and was appointed to the Ohio Arts Council's (OAC) Teach Arts Ohio Residencies for PK-12 students in Ohio Schools, serving two terms, 2022–2023 & 2023–2024.

Donations and a percentage of artwork sales will be contributed to the Shirley Tucker Scholarship to benefit students at Wright State University. 

Related Programming 
Reception: Saturday, September 20, 5–8 p.m.
Artist Talk: Thursday, September 25 at Noon

Image Credit: Through Their Eyes, Mixed Media on Mixed Media Paper, 44" x 24", 2025, by Shirley Tucker

Support for this exhibition was provided in part by the Ohio Arts Council.