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Beverly McIver Biography
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1962 |
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Born in Greensboro, NC
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1987 |
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BA in Painting and Drawing, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC
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1992 |
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MFA in Painting and Drawing, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
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Research and Creative Activity Award, Arizona State University, Tempe
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2003 |
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Distinguished Alumni Award, Pennsylvania State University, State College
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2004 |
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Louis Comfort Tiffany Award, New York
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2004 |
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Artist of the Year Award, Scottsdale Cultural Council, Scottsdale, AZ
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2007 |
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Honorary Doctorate, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC
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2010 |
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Distinguished Alumni Fellow, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
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The artist currently lives and works in Durham, NC
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2011
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Beverly McIver, Betty Cuningham Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2010
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Beverly McIver’s Paintings, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO (solo)
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2009
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Coming Home: Beverly McIver, Walter E. Terhune Gallery, Owens Community College, Toledo, Ohio. February-March (solo)
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2009
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Invitational Group Exhibit. American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY (group show)
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2009
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Faces, Group Invitational, Tempe Art Center, Tempe, AZ (group show)
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2008
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Facing South, Portraits by Beverly McIver, Greenhill Art Center, Greensboro, NC (solo)
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2008
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Coming Home, LewAllen Contemporary Art Gallery, Santa Fe, NM. (catalogue, essay by Lucy Lipppard) (solo)
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2007
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New Paintings by Beverly McIver, Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD (solo)
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2007
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Paintings By Beverly McIver, Tyndall Galleries, Chapel Hill, NC (solo)
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2007
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Beverly McIver, Recent Paintings, Tyndall Galleries, Chapel Hill, NC (solo)
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2007
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"Raising Renee and Other Themes", North Carolina Central University Art Museum, Durham, NC (solo)
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2007
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The F Word, Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, NY (group show)
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2006
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“Invisible Me” Kent Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2006
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Raising Renee. Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA (solo)
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2006
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Invisible Me, Kent Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2006
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Raising Renee, Addison Art Gallery, Andover, MA (solo)
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2006
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Raising Renee, G-2 Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ (solo)
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2005
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The Many Faces of Beverly McIver, 40 Acres Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA
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2005
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New Paintings. Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle (solo)
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2005
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Summer Show. C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore (group show)
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2005
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Recent Paintings. Tyndall Galleries, Chapel Hill, NC (solo)
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2004
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Beverly McIver: Paintings. Witherspoon Art Museum, UNC Greensboro (solo)
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2004
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“Private View,” Kent Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2004
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“Raising Renee” LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM (solo)
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2004
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“Narrative Visions”, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD (group show)
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2004
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“The Many Faces of Beverly McIver”, 40 Acres Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA (solo show)
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2004
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The Nature of Craft and the Penland Experience. Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, N.C. (group show)
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2004
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Summer Camp. Patricia Faure Gallery, Los Angeles (group show)
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2004
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Inaugural Exhibition. Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle (group show)
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2003
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HairStories. Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Ariz. Traveled to the Clark Atlanta University Gallery, Atlanta; Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco; Chicago Cultural Center; Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans; Crocker Art Museum and Forty Acres Art Gallery, Sacramento (group show)
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2003
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American Dream. Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York (group show)
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2003
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Fifth Anniversary Celebration. Judish Fine Arts, Denver (group show)
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2003
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"Mammy, How I Love You", C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD (solo show)
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2003
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“Beverly McIver”, Kent Gallery, NY (solo show)
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2003
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“Dancing with Myself” Kent Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2002
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“Ten Years of Painting” Marshall Arts Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ (solo show)
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2002
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“Free Lemonade”, Robert Miller Gallery, NY, NY (group show)
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2002
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The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (group show)
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2001
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“Black Face/White Face” LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
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2001
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“Faces in Phoenix, A Portrait Exhibit”, Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ (solo show)
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2000
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“Life is Good”, Joseph Gross Gallery, Tucson, AZ (solo show)
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2000
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“Loving in Black and White”, Greenhill Center for N.C. Arts (solo show)
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2000
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YADDO Writers and Visual Artist Invitational, Art in General, NY (group show)
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2000
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Looking Forward, Looking Black, Traveling exhibit, Scottsdale Museum of Art, Scottsdale, AZ (group show)
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1999
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Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, N.C (group show)
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1999
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Elaine Jacobs Gallery, Detroit, MI (group show)
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Ashville Museum of Art, Ashville, NC
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Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
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Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
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Duke University, Durham, NC
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North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
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Glaxo Pharmaceutical Company, Research Triangle Park, NC
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Mesa Art Center, Mesa, AZ
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Nelson Fine Art Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
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Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
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Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
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| Literature |
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2007
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Beverly McIver: Raising Renee and Other Themes, catalog by Kenneth G. Rodgers
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2006
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Beverly McIver: Invisible Me, "Beverly McIver and Photoexpressionism" by Irving Sandler
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2006
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Art News November, "Behind the Makeup", by Paula Wasley
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2003
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The Baltimore Sun, by Glenn McNatt, exhibition review
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2002
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Art in America, “Report from Arizona”, by Joe Shannon
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2002
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Art in America, December, by Raphael Rubinstein
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