LaDawna Whiteside was born in Oklahoma but has spent most
of her life in Arkansas. She studied art at the University of
Arkansas at Little Rock where she graduated magna cum laude
with a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art. She has spent time on her
practice of painting at Parsons The New School for Design as
well as the National Academy of Art in New York. Currently she is
working on a Masters of Fine Arts at the Art Institute of Boston.