Selected Reviews / Responses

Citations in Books

Adamson, Glenn and Julia Bryan-Wilson. Art in the Making London: Thames and Hudson, 2016 pp.104-5, 107

Markus, Hazel Rose and Alana Conner Clash!: How to Thrive in a Multicultural World. New York: Plume Books 2014 p. 59

Goodman, Alan H. Yolanda T. Moses, and Joseph L. Jones. Race: Are We So Different? Oxford. John Wiley & Sons, 2013.

Leong, Nancy. “Racial Capitalism.” Harvard Law Review: Vol. 126, Num.8, June 2013

Hobson, Janell. Body as Evidence: Mediating Race, Globalizing Gender. New York: SUNY Press, 2012,
Ritzer, George. Introduction to Sociology. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications p. 347

Fleetwood, Nicole R. Troubling Vision: Performance, Visuality, and Blackness. University of Chicago Press, 2011. P 186

Medved , Michael The 10 Big Lies About America: Combating Destructive Distortions About Our Nation. Random House, 2009. P 44

Williams, Patricia. Open House: of Family, Friends, Food, Piano Lessons and The Search for a Room of My Own. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004. pp. 208-9

Grant, Paul. Blessed Are The Uncool: Living Authentically in a World of Show. Intervarsity Press p 44

Mcwhorter, John H. Winning The Race: Beyond The Crisis in Black America. Penguin, 2005. pp. 133-8.

Alia, Valerie and Simone Bull. Media and Ethnic Minorities. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 2005. p.155

Browne, Donald R. Ethnic Minorities, Electronic Media and The Public Sphere: A Comparative Approach. Hampton Press New Jersey 2005.

Greene, Rachel. Internet Art New York: Thames & Hudson. 2004. pp 185-7

Reviews and Profiles

NY Arts Magazine, "Damali Ayo." Morrison, Mandy. July/Aug. 2006

Studio: The Studio Musem in Harlem Magazine, “If You Like William Pope.L…Check Out damali ayo ” Summer 2005

Nerve.Com "The New Radicals Issue: 50 Artists Actors Authors Activists and Icons Who Are Making The World
A More Stimulating Place: #2 Damali Ayo" 2003

The Oregonian Arts & Entertainment, Cover Story, “Flying Below The Radar:12 Emerging Arts Players You Don't Know But Should” D.K. Row. Portland, December 13, 2002

Art Papers, “Review” Atlanta Georgia, Vol. 26.1 January/February 2002 p. 53.

Artweek, “Review” San Jose, California, Vol. 32/11 November 2001 pp.25-26.

Quotes and Responses

“It's for good reason that ayo has been catching the eyes and pens of critics around the country.”
- The Oregonian

"damali makes the [hard] conversations more accessible."
-The Nation

"The passion damali brings is transformative and turns a simple idea into a movement."
- Al Letson, Host of NPR's State of the Re:Union

"Ayo thrives on bringing together seemingly disparate ideas -- art, activism and living well for a better world."
- The Oregonian

“The lessons damali has distilled from her experience have truly transformative potential. Also she is hilarious and charming”
- Executive Director, Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse

“I appreciated the language damali used—ideas presented in an accessible way to an audience of folks with varying degrees of knowledge on the topic.”
- Producing Director, Kelly Strayhorn Theatre