![This image depicts an artwork by April Bey titled "I KNOW ALL ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW ALL ABOUT." This artwork was created in 2024 and measures 80" x 240" [HxW] (203.2 x 609.6 cm). Its medium is Jacquard, sherpa, crushed velour, metallic thread, beads, adorned clothespins.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/April-Bey_BEY1062_1715386395-1024x683.jpg)
April Bey
"I KNOW ALL ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW ALL ABOUT", 2024
"I KNOW ALL ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW ALL ABOUT", 2024
April Bey
“I KNOW ALL ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW ALL ABOUT,” 2024
Jacquard, sherpa, crushed velour, metallic thread, beads, adorned clothespins
80" x 240" [HxW] (203.2 x 609.6 cm)
Inventory #BEY1062
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Brica Wilcox
“I KNOW ALL ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW ALL ABOUT,” 2024
Jacquard, sherpa, crushed velour, metallic thread, beads, adorned clothespins
80" x 240" [HxW] (203.2 x 609.6 cm)
Inventory #BEY1062
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Brica Wilcox
![This image depicts an artwork by April Bey titled "And They Still Have Genders, They Walk Around with Limited Personalities, Aggressively Boring." This artwork was created in 2024 and measures 80" x 60" [HxW] (203.2 x 152.4 cm). Its medium is Jacquard woven textiles, with hand-sewn fabric and sequins, beads.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/April-Bey_BEY1097_1715386736-768x1024.jpg)
April Bey
"And They Still Have Genders, They Walk Around with Limited Personalities, Aggressively Boring", 2024
"And They Still Have Genders, They Walk Around with Limited Personalities, Aggressively Boring", 2024
April Bey
“And They Still Have Genders, They Walk Around with Limited Personalities, Aggressively Boring,” 2024
Jacquard woven textiles, with hand-sewn fabric and sequins, beads
80" x 60" [HxW] (203.2 x 152.4 cm)
Inventory #BEY1097
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Brica Wilcox
“And They Still Have Genders, They Walk Around with Limited Personalities, Aggressively Boring,” 2024
Jacquard woven textiles, with hand-sewn fabric and sequins, beads
80" x 60" [HxW] (203.2 x 152.4 cm)
Inventory #BEY1097
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Brica Wilcox
![This image depicts an artwork by April Bey titled "COLONIAL SWAG: Regulate the Mosquito that Bit Your Lip Before You Regulate Who I Can Love." This artwork was created in 2024 and measures 48" x 36" [HxW] (121.92 x 91.44 cm). Its medium is Canvas, sherpa and woven jacquard textile hand sewn into resin, glitter on canvas.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/April-Bey_BEY1099_1715386732-768x1024.jpg)
April Bey
"COLONIAL SWAG: Regulate the Mosquito that Bit Your Lip Before You Regulate Who I Can Love", 2024
"COLONIAL SWAG: Regulate the Mosquito that Bit Your Lip Before You Regulate Who I Can Love", 2024
April Bey
“COLONIAL SWAG: Regulate the Mosquito that Bit Your Lip Before You Regulate Who I Can Love,” 2024
Canvas, sherpa and woven jacquard textile hand sewn into resin, glitter on canvas
48" x 36" [HxW] (121.92 x 91.44 cm)
Inventory #BEY1099
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Brica Wilcox
“COLONIAL SWAG: Regulate the Mosquito that Bit Your Lip Before You Regulate Who I Can Love,” 2024
Canvas, sherpa and woven jacquard textile hand sewn into resin, glitter on canvas
48" x 36" [HxW] (121.92 x 91.44 cm)
Inventory #BEY1099
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Brica Wilcox
![This image depicts an artwork by April Bey titled "Pineapple Afrovenus Sherbet IIII." This artwork was created in 2023 and measures 24" x 20" x 3" [HxWxD] (60.96 x 50.8 x 7.62 cm). Its medium is Crushed velour, metallic thread, resin on canvas.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/April-Bey_BEY1084_1715386724-761x1024.jpg)
April Bey
"Pineapple Afrovenus Sherbet IIII", 2023
"Pineapple Afrovenus Sherbet IIII", 2023
April Bey
“Pineapple Afrovenus Sherbet IIII,” 2023
Crushed velour, metallic thread, resin on canvas
24" x 20" x 3" [HxWxD] (60.96 x 50.8 x 7.62 cm)
Inventory #BEY1084
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Brica Wilcox
“Pineapple Afrovenus Sherbet IIII,” 2023
Crushed velour, metallic thread, resin on canvas
24" x 20" x 3" [HxWxD] (60.96 x 50.8 x 7.62 cm)
Inventory #BEY1084
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Brica Wilcox
![This image depicts an artwork by April Bey titled "The Divine Venus of Eleuthera: Teal, Camel, and Speculative Futurism Among the Growers." This artwork was created in 2024 and measures 36" x 36" x 5" [HxWxD] (91.44 x 91.44 x 12.7 cm). Its medium is Canvas, resin, glitter (currency), crushed velour, cotton, metallic thread, yarn on panel.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/April-Bey_BEY1067_1715386709-768x1024.jpg)
April Bey
"The Divine Venus of Eleuthera: Teal, Camel, and Speculative Futurism Among the Growers", 2024
"The Divine Venus of Eleuthera: Teal, Camel, and Speculative Futurism Among the Growers", 2024
April Bey
“The Divine Venus of Eleuthera: Teal, Camel, and Speculative Futurism Among the Growers,” 2024
Canvas, resin, glitter (currency), crushed velour, cotton, metallic thread, yarn on panel
36" x 36" x 5" [HxWxD] (91.44 x 91.44 x 12.7 cm)
Inventory #BEY1067
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
“The Divine Venus of Eleuthera: Teal, Camel, and Speculative Futurism Among the Growers,” 2024
Canvas, resin, glitter (currency), crushed velour, cotton, metallic thread, yarn on panel
36" x 36" x 5" [HxWxD] (91.44 x 91.44 x 12.7 cm)
Inventory #BEY1067
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
![This image depicts an artwork by April Bey titled "The Pineapple Venus of Eleuthera's Magical Blue Holes." This artwork was created in 2024 and measures 36" x 36" x 5" [HxWxD] (91.44 x 91.44 x 12.7 cm). Its medium is Canvas, resin, glitter (currency), crushed velour, cotton, metallic thread, yarn on panel.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/April-Bey_BEY1066_1715386704-768x1024.jpg)
April Bey
"The Pineapple Venus of Eleuthera's Magical Blue Holes", 2024
"The Pineapple Venus of Eleuthera's Magical Blue Holes", 2024
April Bey
“The Pineapple Venus of Eleuthera's Magical Blue Holes,” 2024
Canvas, resin, glitter (currency), crushed velour, cotton, metallic thread, yarn on panel
36" x 36" x 5" [HxWxD] (91.44 x 91.44 x 12.7 cm)
Inventory #BEY1066
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
“The Pineapple Venus of Eleuthera's Magical Blue Holes,” 2024
Canvas, resin, glitter (currency), crushed velour, cotton, metallic thread, yarn on panel
36" x 36" x 5" [HxWxD] (91.44 x 91.44 x 12.7 cm)
Inventory #BEY1066
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
![This image depicts an artwork by April Bey titled "ENTER BIG GOD'S BED! Man's on His Knees Giving BIG GOD Head." This artwork was created in 2024 and measures 60" x 48" x 3 ¹⁄₂" [HxWxD] (152.4 x 121.92 x 8.89 cm). Its medium is Canvas, resin, glitter (currency), crushed velour, jacquard, yarn, metallic cord on wood panel.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/April-Bey_BEY1061_1715386694-768x1024.jpg)
April Bey
"ENTER BIG GOD'S BED! Man's on His Knees Giving BIG GOD Head", 2024
"ENTER BIG GOD'S BED! Man's on His Knees Giving BIG GOD Head", 2024
April Bey
“ENTER BIG GOD'S BED! Man's on His Knees Giving BIG GOD Head,” 2024
Canvas, resin, glitter (currency), crushed velour, jacquard, yarn, metallic cord on wood panel
60" x 48" x 3 ¹⁄₂" [HxWxD] (152.4 x 121.92 x 8.89 cm)
Inventory #BEY1061
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
“ENTER BIG GOD'S BED! Man's on His Knees Giving BIG GOD Head,” 2024
Canvas, resin, glitter (currency), crushed velour, jacquard, yarn, metallic cord on wood panel
60" x 48" x 3 ¹⁄₂" [HxWxD] (152.4 x 121.92 x 8.89 cm)
Inventory #BEY1061
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
![This image depicts an artwork by April Bey titled "COLONIAL SWAG: Repeating Your Value for Those Stupid Enough to Doubt You Over and Over like Pineapple Bullets." This artwork was created in 2024 and measures 60" x 48" [HxW] (152.4 x 121.92 cm). Its medium is Canvas, resin, glitter (currency), crushed velour, jacquard, yarn, metallic cord on wood panel.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/April-Bey_BEY1060_1715386691-768x1024.jpg)
April Bey
"COLONIAL SWAG: Repeating Your Value for Those Stupid Enough to Doubt You Over and Over like Pineapple Bullets", 2024
"COLONIAL SWAG: Repeating Your Value for Those Stupid Enough to Doubt You Over and Over like Pineapple Bullets", 2024
April Bey
“COLONIAL SWAG: Repeating Your Value for Those Stupid Enough to Doubt You Over and Over like Pineapple Bullets,” 2024
Canvas, resin, glitter (currency), crushed velour, jacquard, yarn, metallic cord on wood panel
60" x 48" [HxW] (152.4 x 121.92 cm)
Inventory #BEY1060
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
“COLONIAL SWAG: Repeating Your Value for Those Stupid Enough to Doubt You Over and Over like Pineapple Bullets,” 2024
Canvas, resin, glitter (currency), crushed velour, jacquard, yarn, metallic cord on wood panel
60" x 48" [HxW] (152.4 x 121.92 cm)
Inventory #BEY1060
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
![This image depicts an artwork by April Bey titled "Calathea Crotalus Cerastes I." This artwork was created in 2024 and measures 24" x 24" x 3 ³⁄₄" [HxWxD] (60.96 x 60.96 x 9.53 cm). Its medium is Jacquard, crushed velour, glitter, resin, metallic thread, on canvas.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/April-Bey_BEY1057_1715386680-768x1024.jpg)
April Bey
"Calathea Crotalus Cerastes I", 2024
"Calathea Crotalus Cerastes I", 2024
April Bey
“Calathea Crotalus Cerastes I,” 2024
Jacquard, crushed velour, glitter, resin, metallic thread, on canvas
24" x 24" x 3 ³⁄₄" [HxWxD] (60.96 x 60.96 x 9.53 cm)
Inventory #BEY1057
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
“Calathea Crotalus Cerastes I,” 2024
Jacquard, crushed velour, glitter, resin, metallic thread, on canvas
24" x 24" x 3 ³⁄₄" [HxWxD] (60.96 x 60.96 x 9.53 cm)
Inventory #BEY1057
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
![This image depicts an artwork by April Bey titled "Though They Possess the Power to Read, They do Very Little of This Life-Sustaining Task." This artwork was created in 2024 and measures 85" x 57" [HxW] (215.9 x 144.78 cm). Its medium is Woven textile, sherpa, metallic thread, glitter.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/April-Bey_BEY1056_1715386840-768x1024.jpg)
April Bey
"Though They Possess the Power to Read, They do Very Little of This Life-Sustaining Task", 2024
"Though They Possess the Power to Read, They do Very Little of This Life-Sustaining Task", 2024
April Bey
“Though They Possess the Power to Read, They do Very Little of This Life-Sustaining Task,” 2024
Woven textile, sherpa, metallic thread, glitter
85" x 57" [HxW] (215.9 x 144.78 cm)
Inventory #BEY1056
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
“Though They Possess the Power to Read, They do Very Little of This Life-Sustaining Task,” 2024
Woven textile, sherpa, metallic thread, glitter
85" x 57" [HxW] (215.9 x 144.78 cm)
Inventory #BEY1056
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
![This image depicts an artwork by April Bey titled "They Don't Even Wear Stretchy Pants When They Eat Fat Food." This artwork was created in 2024 and measures 48 ³⁄₄" x 36 ³⁄₄" x 4 ¹⁄₂" [HxWxD] (123.83 x 93.35 x 11.43 cm). Its medium is CMYK halftone hand-printed image transfer, watercolor, hand-sewn crushed velour on gessoboard sewn (framed) into fur wrapped wood panel.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/April-Bey_BEY1050_1715386673-768x1024.jpg)
April Bey
"They Don't Even Wear Stretchy Pants When They Eat Fat Food", 2024
"They Don't Even Wear Stretchy Pants When They Eat Fat Food", 2024
April Bey
“They Don't Even Wear Stretchy Pants When They Eat Fat Food,” 2024
CMYK halftone hand-printed image transfer, watercolor, hand-sewn crushed velour on gessoboard sewn (framed) into fur wrapped wood panel
48 ³⁄₄" x 36 ³⁄₄" x 4 ¹⁄₂" [HxWxD] (123.83 x 93.35 x 11.43 cm)
Inventory #BEY1050
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
“They Don't Even Wear Stretchy Pants When They Eat Fat Food,” 2024
CMYK halftone hand-printed image transfer, watercolor, hand-sewn crushed velour on gessoboard sewn (framed) into fur wrapped wood panel
48 ³⁄₄" x 36 ³⁄₄" x 4 ¹⁄₂" [HxWxD] (123.83 x 93.35 x 11.43 cm)
Inventory #BEY1050
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
![This image depicts an artwork by April Bey titled "COLONIAL SWAG: Here's to You and Here's to Us, if it Weren't for Pussy, Our Pussy Would Rust!." This artwork was created in 2024 and measures 48" x 36" x 3 ¹⁄₂" [HxWxD] (121.92 x 91.44 x 8.89 cm). Its medium is Canvas, crushed velour and woven jacquard textile hand sewn into resin, glitter on panel.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/April-Bey_BEY1046_1715386668-768x1024.jpg)
April Bey
"COLONIAL SWAG: Here's to You and Here's to Us, if it Weren't for Pussy, Our Pussy Would Rust!", 2024
"COLONIAL SWAG: Here's to You and Here's to Us, if it Weren't for Pussy, Our Pussy Would Rust!", 2024
April Bey
“COLONIAL SWAG: Here's to You and Here's to Us, if it Weren't for Pussy, Our Pussy Would Rust!,” 2024
Canvas, crushed velour and woven jacquard textile hand sewn into resin, glitter on panel
48" x 36" x 3 ¹⁄₂" [HxWxD] (121.92 x 91.44 x 8.89 cm)
Inventory #BEY1046
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
“COLONIAL SWAG: Here's to You and Here's to Us, if it Weren't for Pussy, Our Pussy Would Rust!,” 2024
Canvas, crushed velour and woven jacquard textile hand sewn into resin, glitter on panel
48" x 36" x 3 ¹⁄₂" [HxWxD] (121.92 x 91.44 x 8.89 cm)
Inventory #BEY1046
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
![This image depicts an artwork by April Bey titled "ATLANTICA MAGAZINE: Use Racists' Tears to Moisturize Your Locs!." This artwork was created in 2024 and measures 32" x 28" x 2 ¹⁄₂" [HxWxD] (81.28 x 71.12 x 6.35 cm). Its medium is CMYK halftone hand-printed image transfer, watercolor on gessoboard hand-sewn into metalic vinyl wrapped wood panel.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/April-Bey_BEY1026_1715386469-768x1024.jpg)
April Bey
"ATLANTICA MAGAZINE: Use Racists' Tears to Moisturize Your Locs!", 2024
"ATLANTICA MAGAZINE: Use Racists' Tears to Moisturize Your Locs!", 2024
April Bey
“ATLANTICA MAGAZINE: Use Racists' Tears to Moisturize Your Locs!,” 2024
CMYK halftone hand-printed image transfer, watercolor on gessoboard hand-sewn into metalic vinyl wrapped wood panel
32" x 28" x 2 ¹⁄₂" [HxWxD] (81.28 x 71.12 x 6.35 cm)
Inventory #BEY1026
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
“ATLANTICA MAGAZINE: Use Racists' Tears to Moisturize Your Locs!,” 2024
CMYK halftone hand-printed image transfer, watercolor on gessoboard hand-sewn into metalic vinyl wrapped wood panel
32" x 28" x 2 ¹⁄₂" [HxWxD] (81.28 x 71.12 x 6.35 cm)
Inventory #BEY1026
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
![This image depicts an artwork by April Bey titled "Love Me Or Give Me Red Wine." This artwork was created in 2023 and measures 36" x 36" x 1 ⁵⁄₈" [HxWxD] (91.44 x 91.44 x 4.14 cm). Its medium is Canvas, sherpa and woven jacquard textile hand sewn into resin, glitter on wood panel.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/April-Bey_BEY1017_1709769982-768x1024.jpg)
April Bey
"Love Me Or Give Me Red Wine", 2023
"Love Me Or Give Me Red Wine", 2023
April Bey
“Love Me Or Give Me Red Wine,” 2023
Canvas, sherpa and woven jacquard textile hand sewn into resin, glitter on wood panel
36" x 36" x 1 ⁵⁄₈" [HxWxD] (91.44 x 91.44 x 4.14 cm)
Inventory #BEY1017
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Brica Wilcox
“Love Me Or Give Me Red Wine,” 2023
Canvas, sherpa and woven jacquard textile hand sewn into resin, glitter on wood panel
36" x 36" x 1 ⁵⁄₈" [HxWxD] (91.44 x 91.44 x 4.14 cm)
Inventory #BEY1017
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Brica Wilcox
![This image depicts an artwork by April Bey titled "When Your Limit is the Sky, I'm on Another Planet and You Just Fly." This artwork was created in 2022 and measures 110" x 144" [HxW] (279.39 x 365.76 cm). Its medium is Water-based latex paint, watercolor, hand-sewn fabric, glitter, sequins.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/April-Bey_BEY1013_1715386655-1024x782.jpg)
April Bey
"When Your Limit is the Sky, I'm on Another Planet and You Just Fly", 2022
"When Your Limit is the Sky, I'm on Another Planet and You Just Fly", 2022
April Bey
“When Your Limit is the Sky, I'm on Another Planet and You Just Fly,” 2022
Water-based latex paint, watercolor, hand-sewn fabric, glitter, sequins
110" x 144" [HxW] (279.39 x 365.76 cm)
Inventory #BEY1013
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
“When Your Limit is the Sky, I'm on Another Planet and You Just Fly,” 2022
Water-based latex paint, watercolor, hand-sewn fabric, glitter, sequins
110" x 144" [HxW] (279.39 x 365.76 cm)
Inventory #BEY1013
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
![This image depicts an artwork by April Bey titled "Your Failure is Not a Victory for Me." This artwork was created in 2022 and measures 110" x 72" [HxW] (279.39 x 182.88 cm). Its medium is Watercolor, graphite, acrylic paint, digitally printed/woven textiles, hand sewing.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/April-Bey_BEY1014_1715386657-768x1024.jpg)
April Bey
"Your Failure is Not a Victory for Me", 2022
"Your Failure is Not a Victory for Me", 2022
April Bey
“Your Failure is Not a Victory for Me,” 2022
Watercolor, graphite, acrylic paint, digitally printed/woven textiles, hand sewing
110" x 72" [HxW] (279.39 x 182.88 cm)
Inventory #BEY1014
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
“Your Failure is Not a Victory for Me,” 2022
Watercolor, graphite, acrylic paint, digitally printed/woven textiles, hand sewing
110" x 72" [HxW] (279.39 x 182.88 cm)
Inventory #BEY1014
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
- 1987
- Bahamian/American, Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
- 2014
- MFA, California State University Northridge, CA
- 2009
- BFA, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
Selected Solo Exhibitions
- 2024
- "I See All The Way Back to Where I’m Supposed to See," Tern Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas (forthcoming)
- "We Insist Upon Ourselves, In Perpetuity Throughout the Universe," Two Person Show with Kim Dacres, UTA, Atlanta, GA (forthcoming)
- "I Know All About What You Want to Know All About," Vielmetter Los Angeles, CA
- "Atlantican Opulencscapes Part II," Pasadena City College, Los Angeles, CA
- "Atlantican Opulencscapes," Glendale Community College, Los Angeles, CA
- 2023
- "Atlantica: The Gilda Region," Nevada Museum of Art, Reno NV
- 2022
- "I Believe in Why I’m Here," Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK
- "Colonial Swag," Tern Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas
- "When You’re on Another Planet and They Just Fly," Gavlak Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- "The Opulent Blerd," Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA
- "Intersections: Where Art & Activism Meet," Scalehouse Gallery, Bend, OR
- 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
- "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
- 2024
- "Crafting The Future/The Shape Of Water," Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Richmond, VA (forthcoming)
- "REALMS," Carl Freedman Gallery, London, UK (forthcoming)
- "I'd Love To See You," Juxtapoz 30th Anniversary Show at Rusha & Co, Los Angeles, CA
- "The Golden Thread," BravinLee Programs, New York, NY
- "Poly/Graphic Triennial," Institute de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- "Backstage Engelberg," Engelberg, Switzerland
- "Surrealism and Us: Caribbean African Diasporic Artists Since 1950," The Modern Forth Worth, Fort Worth, TX
- 2023
- "UNTITLED," TERN Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas
- “The Threads We Follow,” The Southwestern Center for Contemporary Art, NC
- “(En)gendered Agency”, LH Horton Jr. Gallery, Stockton, CA
- “The Speed of Grace,” Simões de Assis Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
- “ROOTED,” Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center, Anaheim, CA
- “WITNESS,” WACO Theater Center, Los Angeles, CA
- “We Are Enough,” 193 Gallery, Paris, France
- “Queer Threads,” San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, San Jose, CA
- “Weaving Data,” Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Portland State University, Portland, OR
- “A Love Letter to LA,” PHILLIPS, Los Angeles, CA
- “A Room Full of Mirrors”, Fragment Gallery, New York, NY
- 2022
- “TEXT MESSAGES,” Grace Ross Shanley Gallery, The Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
- “New Pop Stars,” 21C Museum Hotel Chicago, Chicago, IL
- “HAIRTAGE: Continuum,” Cypress College Art Gallery, Cypress, CA
- “Common Ground: Artists Reimaging Community,” California Lutheran University Art Gallery, Thousand Oaks, CA
- “Portraits of Metro Riders,” LA Metro, Los Angeles, CA
- “Adornment Artifact,” The Getty, Los Angeles, CA
- “Louder Now,” Fragment Gallery, Moscow, Russia (online)
- “Salt to Catch Ghosts,” Slash Arts, San Francisco, CA
- “Language in the Times of Miscommunication,” Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
- “Cantos of the Sibylline Sisterhood,” Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
- “Terms of Endearment”, Hilger Gallery, Vienna, Austria
- 2021
- “She Says: Women, Words, and Power in Art,” Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA
- “HAIRTAGE: Tangled,” Twisted & Black, Cypress College Art Gallery, Cypress, CA
- “TEXTURES: The History and Art of Black Hair,” Kent State Museum, Kent, OH
- “Floating Rib,” The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas
- 2020
- “Show Me the Signs," Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
- “INVOCATION DEMOCRACY: A Political and Mystical Virtual Exhibition,” Presented by Pro Arts Commons
- “Nasty Women,” Gavlak Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- “SPACELAND IV WAR,” Bermudez Projects, Los Angeles, CA
- “Access,” Reflect Space Gallery, Glendale, CA
- “Sanctuary,” California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
- “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
- “Black, Brown and Beige,” Self-Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA
- “From the Head to the Heart,” The Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
- “Atlantica,” Chimento Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
- “LA Painting Survey,” Museum of Art History, Lancaster, CA
- “BLACK HISTORY 365,” University of La Verne College of Law, Ontario, CA
- “AMERICAN,” Golden West College Art Gallery, Huntington Beach, CA
- “Black on Black III,” Raleigh Arts, Raleigh, NC
- “NE9: The Fruit and the Seed,” The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas
- 2018
- Shika Shika Art Fair, Brazil House Gallery, Accra, Ghana
- Visual Resistance, Fullerton College Art Gallery, Fullerton, CA
- Glendale Community College Faculty Exhibition, Glendale, CA
- “Back to Black,” Avenue 50 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- “Eye Forward,” Curating Our Narratives, Fresno State University, Fresno, CA
- “Dis...Miss,” Freewaves Los Angeles, CA
- “Eyes Forward,” LA Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
- “MANIFESTO: A Moderate Proposal,” Pitzer College Art Gallery, Claremont, CA
- 2017
- “The Fabulous 7,” Feral Projects, Los Angeles, CA
- “Dis...Miss,” Freewaves, Los Angeles, CA
- "CHALE WOTE," Jamestown, Ghana
- "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
- "Dis...Miss," Freewaves, Los, Angeles, CA
- "Reflections on the Self: Selections from the Permanent Collection," California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
- "SKIN," Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 2015
- "Colored Girls," Autonomie Projects, Los Angeles, CA
- "Hard Edged: Geometric Abstraction and Beyond," The California Africa American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
- "CA 101," Redondo Beach Power Plant, Redondo Beach, CA
- "Out of Nothing," Glen Echo Park Gallery, Washington DC
- "We Choose Art: A Feminist Perspective," Los Angeles, CA
- "50 Years and I Still Can’t Breathe," Watts Towers Arts Center, Watts, Los Angeles, CA
- "Pulse of LA," Southern California Women’s Caucus of Art, Los Angeles, CA
- 2014
- "Fresh," South Bay Contemporary, Southbay, CA
- "Antillean: An Ecology (NE7)," National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas
- "GLAMFA," California State University, Long Beach, CA
- "#Whodoyouworship?," Graduate Thesis Show, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
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- 2024
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- 2023
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- 2022
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- 2023
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- 2021
- Ortiz, Maria Elena. "Colonial Swag Fashion: A Conversation between April Bey and María Elena Ortiz" Pérez Art Museum Miami, Caribbean Cultural Institute
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Teaching Experience
- 2015 - Present
- 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
- Instructor, artworxla, Los Angeles, CA
- Ryman Teaching Artist, Fullerton, CA
- 2012-2014
- Adjunct Professor California, State University Northridge, CA
Visiting Artist/Lectures
- 2022
- University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA
- Chadwick School, Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA
- Kent State University, Kent, OH
- Cypress College, Cypress, CA
- 2021
- Cypress College, Cypress, CA
- Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA
- Pomona College, Pomona, CA
- Glendale Hoover High, Glendale, CA
- 2020
- University of the Bahamas, Nassau, The Bahamas
- Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL
- Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
- Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
- Fullerton College, Fullerton, CA
- Women Painter’s West, Laguna Beach, CA
- 2019
- Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
- University of Alaska, Anchorage, Anchorage, AK
- Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, CA
- Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
- Chapman University, Orange, CA
- 2018
- Art+Practice, Los Angeles, CA
- The MAIN Museum, Los Angeles, CA
- California African American Museum (CAAM), Los Angeles, CA
Residencies & Fellowships
- 2024
- "UNION Fellowship," The Union for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE
- 2020
- Self-Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA
- Fullerton College Artist in Residency, Fullerton, CA
- 2019
- Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Artist in Residence, Norwalk, CT
- Nkyinkyim za, Ada, Ghana
- 2018
- The Current, Nassau, Bahamas
- In-Flux Artist Residency, Ghana, West Africa
- 2017
- In-Flux Artist Residency, Bali, Dubai, Senegal, Morocco, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana
- CHALE WOTE, Jamestown, Ghana
- 2012
- Can Serrat Artist in Residence, El Bruc, Spain
Awards & Grants
- 2020
- Center for Cultural Innovation Artist Grant
- 2019
- GCC Foundation Grant
- Student Equity Grant
- 2017
- Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant Nominee
- 2015
- Melvin Best Award
- 2014
- CSUN Arts Council Award
Public Art Projects
- 2022
- For Freedoms, Inglewood Mural
- 2021
- Fringe Projects MiamiDesign District
- Glendale Library Arts and Culture
- 2020
- Destination Crenshaw Outdoor Museum Finalist
- Census Campaign East LA: Make It Count!
- LA METRO Willowbrook Through the Artist’s Eyes
Public and Private Collections
- 21C Museum Hotels
- California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
- Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
- The Current Bahamas Tradewinds, Marsh Harbour, Bahamas
- Escalette Collection, Chapman University, Orange, CA
- Fullerton College Art Gallery, Fullerton, CA
- Inter-American Development Bank, Los Angeles, CA
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, CA
- METRO Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA
- National Art Gallery of the Bahamas, Nassau, The Bahamas
- Newfelds Indianapolis Art Museum, Indianapolis, IN
- Self-Help Graphics, Boyle Heights, CA