
EDUCATION
2014 MFA California State University Northridge, CA 2009 BFA Ball State University, Muncie, IN
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 TEXTURES: The History and Art of Black Hair, Kent State Museum, Kent, OH curators: Tameka Ellington and Joseph L. Underwood
2021 Floating Rib, The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas, curated by: Natalie Willis
2020 Show Me the Signs, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
2020 INVOCATION DEMOCRACY: A Political and Mystical Virtual Exhibition, curated by: Monet Clark
2020 Nasty Women, Gavlak Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020 SPACELAND IV WAR, Bermudez Projects, Los Angeles, CA, curated by: Julian Bermudez
2020 Access, Reflect Space Gallery, Glendale, CA, curated by: Ara and Anahid Oshagan
2020 Sanctuary, California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA, curated by: Mar Hollingsworth
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, curated by: Gia M. Hamilton
2019 Dear Lucy, UPFOR Gallery, Portland OR
2019 Black, Brown and Beige, Self-Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA, curated by: Nery Gabriel Lemus and Jimmy O’Balles of Suvir Arts Collective
2019 From the Head to the Heart, The Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT, curated by: Kimberly Hendrickson
2019 Atlantica, Chimento Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
2019 LA Painting Survey, Museum of Art History, Lancaster, CA, curated by: Cooper Johnson
2019 BLACK HISTORY 365, University of La Verne College of Law, Ontario, CA, curator: Gary V. Lett
2019 AMERICAN, Golden West College Art Gallery, Huntington Beach, CA, curated by: Evan Senn
2019 Black on Black III, Raleigh Arts, Raleigh, NC
2019 NE9: The Fruit and the Seed, The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas, curated by: Derek Rolle, John Cox, Allan P. Wallace, Holly Bynoe, Naima Keith, Diana Nawi
2018 Shika Shika Art Fair, Brazil House Gallery, Accra, Ghana curated by: Efo Sela
2018 Visual Resistance, Fullerton College Art Gallery, Fullerton, CA, curator: Carol Henke
2018 Glendale Community College Faculty Exhibition, Glendale, CA
2018 Back to Black, Avenue 50 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, curators: Kayla Salisbury and Peter Woods
2018 Eye Forward, Curating Our Narratives, Fresno State University, Fresno, CA, curators: James Panozzo and Mar Hollingsworth
2018 Dis...Miss, Freewaves Los Angeles, CA, curator: Anne Bray
2018 Eyes Forward, LA Artshow, Los Angeles, CA curators: James Panozzo and Mar Hollingsworth
2018 MANIFESTO: A Moderate Proposal, Pitzer College Art Gallery, Claremont, CA, curator: Olga Koumoundouros
2017 The Fabulous 7, Feral Projects, Los Angeles, CA, curator: Isabelle Lutterodt
2017 Dis...Miss, Freewaves, Los Angeles, CA, curator: Anne Bray
2017 CHALE WOTE, Jamestown, Ghana, curator: Dr. Sionne Neely
2017 ICONIC: Black Panther, Gregorio Escalante Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, curators: SEPIA Collective
2016 NE8, The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas, curator: Holly Bynoe
2016 Shift and Fade, BLAM Projects, Los Angeles, CA, curator: Dani Dodge and Alanna Marcelletti
2016 Reflections on the Self: Selections from the Permanent Collection, California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA, curator: Mar Hollingsworth
2016 SKIN, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, curator: Isabelle Lutterodt
2015 Colored Girls, Autonomie Projects, Los Angeles, CA, curator: Chelle Barbour
2015 Hard Edged: Geometric Abstraction and Beyond, The California Africa American Museum, Los Angeles, CA, curators: Mar Hollingsworth
2015 CA 101, Redondo Beach Power Plant, Redondo Beach, CA, curator: Nina Zak Laddon
2015 Out of Nothing, Glen Echo Park Gallery, Washington DC, curator: Michael Edwards
2015 We Choose Art: A Feminist Perspective, Los Angeles, CA, curator: Kristine Schomaker and Baha Danesh
2015 50 Years and I Still Can’t Breathe, Watts Towers Arts Center, Watts, Los Angeles, CA, curator: Michael Massenburg and Rosie Lee Hooks
2015 Pulse of LA, Southern California Women’s Caucus of Art, Los Angeles, CA, curator: Leslie Cozzi
2014 Fresh, Southbay Contemporary, Southbay, CA, curator: Mat Gleason
2014 Antillean: An Ecology (NE7), National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas, curator: Holly Bynoe and Michael Edwards
2014 GLAMFA, California State University, Long Beach, CA
2014 #Whodoyouworship? Graduate Thesis Show, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
2014 Sudden Impact, 11:11 Collective Gallery, Woodland Hills, CA, curator: Zeina Baltagi
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
2021 Fringe Projects Miami
2021 Glendale Library Arts and Culture
2020 Destination Crenshaw Outdoor Museum Finalist
2020 Census Campaign East LA: Make It Count!
2020 LA METRO Willowbrook Through the Artist’s Eyes
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
AWARDS
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
2014 CSUN Arts Council Award
COLLECTIONS
2020 Fullerton College Art Gallery
2020 Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA
2020 Inter-American Development Bank
2020 Self-Help Graphics
2019 Center for Contemporary Printmaking
2018 The Current Bahamas Tradewinds
2015 California African American Museum
2014 National Art Gallery of the Bahamas
VISITING ARTIST
2020 University of the Bahamas
2020 Wheaton College
2020 Pepperdine University
2020 Claremont University
2020 California State University Fullerton
2020 Fullerton College
2020 Women Painter’s West
2019 Tulane University
2019 University of Alaska, Anchorage
2019 Los Angeles City College
2019 Otis College of Art and Design
2019 Chapman University
2018 Art+Practice
2018 The MAIN Museum
2018 California African American Museum
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2015-pres. Tenured Professor, Glendale Community College, Glendale, CA
2015-2016 Inglewood Cultural Arts Instructor, Inglewood CA
2014-2015 Adjunct Professor, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
2014-2015 Instructor, artworxla, Los Angeles, CA
2014-2015 Ryman Teaching Artist, Fullerton, CA
2012-2014 Adjunct Professor California State University Northridge, CA