IYA Art exhibition
Our Story
Imagine a time when African women were revered as goddesses, celebrated for their regalness, beauty, and strength. Today, Black beauty and creativity are often underrepresented. This exhibition honors African American woman visual artists' creative journey and identity through their art highlighting the cultural and spiritual influences that shape your artistic practices and lived experiences of Blackness. In Yoruba, Iya translates to “mother,” symbolizing the profound significance of the maternal figure.
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Artist's Resume
Exhibitions [Selected]
2025 IYA, Arthur Rose Museum, Orangeburg, SC (curator)
Florence County Museum, Florence, SC
2023-2024 Nostalgia, 713 Studio, Columbia, SC
2022-2023 Homegoing: A Juried Exhibition, City Gallery, Charleston, SC
2023 Claflin University's Faculty Show, Orangeburg, SC
2022 ArtFields, Juried Art Show, Lake City, SC
2021 Claflin University's Faculty Show, Orangeburg, SC
Artists Collective Juried Art Show, Spartanburg, SC
Black Creativity, Juried Art Show, Museum of Science & Industry,
Chicago, Ill
2018 Entre Mundos/World Traveling Art Exhibit, The State Theatre Attic, State
College Park, PA
2016 Art Collectors: Grace Hampton & Charles Duman, Robeson Gallery, The
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
2014 Drake House Museum, Plainfield, NJ
2013 Harlem Fine Art Show, New York, NY
Hunterdon Museum Staff Art Show, Hunterdon Museum, Clinton, NJ
Art In the Atrium, Morriston, NJ
2012 73C See Gallery, Montcair, NJ
NJ Blood Services, Westfield, NJ
South Avenue Gallery, Scotch Plains, NJ
United Way Black Leadership Form, Plainfield, NJ
2011 General Electric Headquarters, Fairfield, CT
2010 Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn, NY
2008 "Uhambo," Anne Louise Davis Gallery, Plainfield Public Library, Plainfield,
2007 Freyberger Gallery, Penn State Berks, Reading, PA
"Out of Africa: African & African-Contemporary Art," Raritan Valley
Community College, Branchburg, NJ
Art In the Atrium, Morristown, NJ
2006 River View Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Sleepy Hollow Cafè & Gallery, Plainfield, NJ
2000 "African Heritage: American Lives" Broadway Gallery, Patterson, NJ
Pratt Institute 30/30 Cinque Gallery, New York, NY
Retrospective of One Hundred Years of Plainfield Artists, Plainfield, NJ
Residency & Fellowships
2014 Creative Currents, Portobello, Panama
2012 Fulbright-Hays, Morocco
2005 Fulbright-Hays, Japan
2004 Fulbright-Hays, South Africa
Commissions [Selected]
2023 Claflin University, Lady Warmack, Orangeburg, SC
2010 Rutgers University, Department of Education, Portrait, New Brunswick, NJ
2009 Inner Journey, Illustration, by Dr. Juanita Kirton
2008 Clinton Elementary School, Mural, Plainfield, NJ
2006 Plainfield Outreach Center, Mural, Plainfield, NJ
2000 Plainfield Art Festival, Plainfield, NJ
Artwork in Collection [Selected]
Plainfield Public Library, Plainfield, NJ
Afro-American Historical Museum, Jersey City, NJ
The Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus, Reading, PA
Dr. DeSisi, Dean of Education, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Malcolm Dunn, President of Dunn & Sons
Adrian Mapp, Mayor of Plainfield, NJ
Dr. Grace Hampton, Emeritus Professor of Art Education, Penn State University, University Park, PA
Commissions
Professional artistic services for business, organizations, and personal usage. Portraits, Murals, Illustrations, Children's books. For more information, fill out the Contact form
