April Bey

Bahamian/American,

Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

 

EDUCATION

MFA California State University Northridge, CA 

BFA Ball State University, Muncie, IN

 

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIP

2020  Center for Cultural Innovation Artist Grant 2019 GCC Foundation Grant

2019  Student Equity Grant

2017  Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant Nominee 2015 Melvin Best Award

2015  Melvin Best Award
2014  CSUN Arts Council Award

 

COLLECTIONS

Fullerton College Art Gallery

Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA

Inter-American Development Bank

Self-Help Graphics

Center for Contemporary Printmaking

The Current Bahamas Tradewinds

California African American Museum

National Art Gallery of the Bahamas

 

RESIDENCIES

2020  Self-Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA

2020  Fullerton College Artist in Residency, Fullerton, CA

2019  Center for Contemporary Printmaking Artist in Residence, Norwalk, CT

2019  Nkyinkyim za, Ada, Ghana

2018  The Current, Nassau, Bahamas

2018  In-Flux Artist Residency, Ghana, West Africa

2017 In-Flux Artist Residency, Bali, Dubai, Senegal, Morocco, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana

2017  CHALE WOTE, Jamestown, Ghana

2012  Can Serrat Artist in Residence, El Bruc, Spain

 

SOLO SHOWS

2022  April Bey: When You're On Another Planet And They Just Fly, GAVLAK, Los Angeles, CA

2022  Language in Times of Miscommunication, Socittsdale Museum of Contemorary Art, AZ

2022  The Opulent Berd, Lancaster Museum of Art and History, CA

2021  April Bey: Atlantica, The Gilda Region, The California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA

2020  April Bey, UNTITLED ART ONLINE, UPFOR Gallery, Portland, OR

2020  Welcome to Atlantica, Fullerton College Art Gallery, Fullerton, CA

2018  Made in Space, Band of Vices Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2017  COMPLY, Coagula Curatorial, Los Angeles, CA

2014  Picky Head, Liquid Courage Art Gallery, New Providence, Nassau, Bahamas

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023  Weaving Data, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at PSU, Portland, OR Adornment Artifact, Eastern Projects, Los Angeles, CA 

2023  A Love Letter to LA, Super Position Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

2022  A Room Full of Mirrors, Fragment Gallery, New York, NY
2022  Mercy NE: 10, National Art Gallery of the Bahamas, The Bahamas, CAR
2022  Cantos of the Sibylline Sisterhood, Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, ArtCenter, Pasadena, CA
2022  Language in Times of Miscommunication, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona, US 

2021 Floating Rib, The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas, curated by Natalie Willis 

2021  TEXTURES: The History and Art of Black Hair, Kent State Museum, Kent, OH 

2020  Show Me the Signs, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
2020  INVOCATION DEMOCRACY: A Political and Mystical Virtual Exhibition
2020  Nasty Women, Gavlak Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020  SPACELAND IV WAR, Bermudez Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2020  Access, Reflect Space Gallery, Glendale, CA
2020  Sanctuary, California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2020  Breathe/Breath, Seer Virtual Gallery curated by: The Association of Hysteric Curators 

2019  Welcome to the AfroFuture, New Orleans African American Museum, New Orleans, LA Dear Lucy, UPFOR Gallery, Portland OR 

2019  Black, Brown and Beige, Self-Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA Atlantica, Chimento Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
2019  LA Painting Survey, Museum of Art History, Lancaster, CA 

2019  BLACK HISTORY 365, University of La Verne College of Law, Ontario, CA
2019  AMERICAN, Golden West College Art Gallery, Huntington Beach, CA
2019  NE9: The Fruit and the Seed, The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas Dis...Miss, Freewaves Los Angeles, CA, curator: Anne Bray 

2018  Visual Resistance, Fullerton College Art Gallery, Fullerton, CA Glendale Community College Faculty Exhibition, Glendale, CA 

2018  Back to Black, Avenue 50 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018  Eye Forward, Curating Our Narratives, Fresno State University, Fresno, CA Dis...Miss, Freewaves Los Angeles, CA
2018  Eyes Forward, LA Artshow, Los Angeles, CA
2018  MANIFESTO: A Moderate Proposal, Pitzer College Art Gallery, Claremont, CA 

2017  The Fabulous 7, Feral Projects, Los Angeles, CA, curator: Isabelle Lutterodt CHALE WOTE, Jamestown, Ghana, curator: Dr. Sionne Neely 

2017  ICONIC: Black Panther, Gregorio Escalante Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

2016  NE8, The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas Shift and Fade, BLAM Projects, Los Angeles, CA 

2016  Reflections on the Self: Selections from the Permanent Collection, CAAM, Los Angeles, CA SKIN, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

2015  Colored Girls, Autonomie Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2015  Hard Edged: Geometric Abstraction and Beyond, CAAM, Los Angeles, CA
2015  CA 101, Redondo Beach Power Plant, Redondo Beach, CA
2015  Out of Nothing, Glen Echo Park Gallery, Washington DC
2015  We Choose Art: A Feminist Perspective, Los Angeles, CA
2015  50 Years and I Still Can’t Breathe, Watts Towers Arts Center, Watts, Los Angeles, CA 

2015  Pulse of LA, Southern California Women’s Caucus of Art, Los Angeles 

2014  Antillean: An Ecology (NE7), National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas 

2014  GLAMFA, California State University, Long Beach, CA 

2014  #Whodoyouworship? Graduate Thesis Show, California State University Northridge, CA 

2014  Sudden Impact, 11:11 Collective Gallery, Woodland Hills, CA