Nia Keturah Calhoun

Nia Keturah Calhoun is a DC-based multidisciplinary artist who is best known for her mural on 14th Street of Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. Her work was exhibited by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, 2017 Women's March, and the National Cherry Blossom Festival.

Early life Calhoun moved from North Carolina to the District of Columbia when she was eight years old. On March 25, 2013, she released her third mixetape "Po Lil Black Girl." Calhoun's song Wallflower featuring Davonne D'Neil and produced by Corbin Butler was released July 8, 2013. She released all of her mixtapes under her name "Nia Keturah."

Calhoun said she had started working as an artist professionally around 2014.

In 2021, Calhoun and Diane D'Costa were selected out of 129 submitters to participate in the National Cherry Blossom Festival's Art in Bloom exhibition alongside 25 other artists. Also in 2021, she was selected as one of three artists to be featured in the nonprofit organization SaveArtSpace's Out of this World public art exhibition that displayed artwork throughout Washington, DC on various bus stop ad spaces. In September of that year, she worked with Ashley Jaye Williams and Lisa Marie Thalhammer to complete a mural titled "TOGETHER," which is located in Shaw at 1317 9th Street NW.

Calhoun joined No Kings Collective at the behest of the design collective's founders Peter Chang and Brandon Hill. Calhoun says she was inspired by 1960s and 1970s Africana art.

In June 2022, the Human Rights Campaign partnered with Calhoun on a mural to commemorate Juneteenth.

On June 3, 2023, Calhoun again worked with Williams and Thalhammer on live art installations for the Capital Pride art party hosted by District Fray Magazine and Selina Hotel. From July 7 to August 13, Calhoun was featured alongside 15 other DC based artists in the "2023 Queer Art Salon" exhibition curated by Williams and located with the Selina hotel that same year. On September 14, 2023, Calhoun was featured as a live muralist for the 50th anniversary of Hip Hop Late Night Block Party hosted by the National Gallery of Art.[]