Darryl DeAngelo Terrell (@blkboyshine) works primarily within lens-based media to explore the displacement of Black and Brown people, femme identity and strength, the Black family structure, sexuality, gender, and safe spaces. ⁠ ⁠ Terrell’s Salon Highlight this Spring featured a series of photographs of the hand of his alter-ego Dion, a hyper-feminine and sensual character that plays a leading and continuous role in the artist’s multimedia practice. Pulling from the Black urban aesthetic (i.e. wigs, makeup, luscious fur coats, braggadocious jewelry and other items that allude to Black queer opulence), Terrell transformed themself into a fictional identity that, in their mind, exhibits everything they lack; Dion is a manifestation of the artist’s high-femme self, exploring what it means to not only be viewed as whole and worthy of living, but utterly desirable. ⁠ ⁠ #DarrylDeAngeloTerrell #LouisBuhl