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Born: 1962, Greensboro, NC USA
EDUCATION
Honorary Doctorate. NC Central University, Durham, NC 2007
M.F.A. in Painting and Drawing. Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 1992
B.A. in Painting and Drawing. North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina, 1987
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Suntrust Endowed Professor of Art, NC Central University, Durham, NC 2007-present
Teach Workshops to Artist on Professional Development: Strategic Planning. Hosted by Creative Capital Org. New York, NY.
Professor, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. 2006-2007
Associate Professor, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 2002-2006
Assistant Professor, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. August 1996- 2002
Visiting Lecturer, N.C. State University, Raleigh, N.C. January 1996-May 1996
Visiting Assistant Professor. Duke University, Durham, N.C. August 1995-January 1996
Adjunct Lecturer. North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina. August 1992-1995
N.C. Arts Council, Project Manager for Artwork for State Buildings. N.C. Arts Council, Raleigh, February 1995 - 1996
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, T.A. Pennsylvania State University. Fall Semester 1989, Spring & Fall Semester 1990, Spring & Fall Semester 1991, Spring Semester 1992
Lecturer, Pennsylvania State University. Summer of 1990 and 1991
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2004 Artist Of the Year Award, Scottsdale Cultural Council, Scottsdale, AZ
2003-04 Louis Comfort Tiffany Award, NY, NY
2003 Research and Creative Activity Award, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Distinguished Alumni Award, Penn State University, State College, PA
Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation, Studio Space for one year, Tribeca, NYC
2002 Radcliffe Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Creative Capital, Project Grant, NY, NY
2001 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, NY, NY
2000 Anonymous Was A Woman Grant, NY, NY
Arizona Arts Commission Visual Arts Fellowship, Phoenix, AZ
College of Fine Arts Research Grant, Arizona State University, AZ
1999 Artist Grant, Contemporary Forum, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Project Grant, Arizona Arts Commission, Phoenix AZ
1998 FIGA Grant, Research and Creative Activities, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
1997 College of Fine Arts Research Grant. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
1995 Full scholarship to the Headlands Center for the Arts. N.C. Arts Council, Raleigh, NC
1994 N.C. Arts Council Visual Artist Fellowship Recipient. Raleigh, NC
Emerging Artist Grant. Durham Arts Council Inc., Durham, NC
1992 Travel Grant in Support of the Atlantic Center for the Arts Residency. Pennsylvania State
Un iversity, University Park, PA
1990 Educational Scholarship in Support of Graduate Studies. Saint James Baptist Church,
Greensboro, NC
Radio Interviews
National Public Radio. The Story, Hosted by Dick Gordon. Chapel Hill, NC April 26, 2007
RESIDENCIES
2009 YADDO, Saratoga Springs, NY
2008 Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA
2007 YADDO, Saratoga Springs, NY
2005 YADDO, Saratoga Springs, NY
2002 YADDO, Saratoga Springs, NY
2001 YADDO, Saratoga Springs, NY
2000 YADDO, Saratoga Springs, NY
Djerassi Artist Colony, Woodside,
1998 YADDO, Saratoga Springs, NY
1995 The Headlands Center for the Arts. Sausalito, CA
1994 The Atlantic Center for the Arts. Workshop conducted by Artist, Alex Katz. New Smyrna, FL
1992 The Atlantic Center for the Arts. The African-American Experience (Personal Assistant to Faith
Ringgold, Scholarship)
Vermont Studio Center. Johnson, VT
INVITED GUEST LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
2010 Visiting Artist, American University, Washington, DC.
2009 Lecture at Owens Community College, Toledo, OH
Lecture and Painting demonstration, Miraval Spa and Resort, Tucson, AZ
Lecture and Painting demonstration, Tyndall Galleries, Durham, NC
Lecture at UNC- Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
2008 Guest Speaker, Women's Art Institute, Minneapolis, MN
Lecture at NC State University, Raleigh, NC
Lecture at Greenhill Art Center, Greensboro, NC
Lecture at University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
2007 Lecture at Minneapolis College of Arts and Design, Minneapolis, MN
Lecture at Reginald Lewis Museum, Baltimore, MD
Lecture at University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN
Lecture at NCCU Art Museum, Durham, NC
Lecture at University of Wisconsin Stout. Stout WN
2006 Lecture at Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Lecture at Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Lecture at Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
2005 Lecture at 40 Acres Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2004 Lecture at Weatherspoon Museum of Art, Greensboro, NC
2003 Lecture at SUNY-Purchase, Purchase, NY
Lecture at Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN
Lecture in Baltimore, MD at the Baltimore Museum of Art
Lecture at The Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Studies in Cambridge, MA
Lecture at the Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, NY
Lecture at The Harvard Club, New York, NY
2002 Interview at HBO studios, invited by Creative Capital, a funding agency, to discuss
funded project
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2006-Present Elected to the Board of Directors, The Corporation of YADDO, Saratoga Springs, NY
2009 Panelist, 10 Year Celebration, Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Studies, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA
2008 Juror, Annual Juried Art Show, Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC
2006 Panelist, "Portrait of a People", Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
2005 Panelist, "Hair Stories" 40 Acres Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2005 Taught a mixed media course, Penland School of Arts and Craft. Two week course, Penland, NC
2003-08 Board of Directors, Penland School of Arts and Crafts, Penland, NC.
2003 Training through Creative Capital Inc. to teach workshops to artists, specifically marketing and
public relations, January, March and April
2002 Juror, Contemporary Forum Material Grants, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2000 Arizona Arts Commission Visual Arts Panelist, Phoenix AZ
Panelist for Looking Forward, Looking Black Exhibit, Scottsdale AZ
1999 Juror for Galeria Mesa, National Portrait Exhibition. 800 slides submitted, $2000 cash prizes
Panelist for "Looking Forward, Looking Black," Weatherspoon Art Center, Greensboro, NC
Instructor for Penland School of Arts and Crafts, Penland, NC
1997 Board of Directors. Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
Instructor for Penland School of Arts and Crafts, Penland, NC
1996 North Carolina Visual Arts Panelist, Grant awarding for organizations
1995 Juror for Emerging Artist Grant, (Visual Arts). Durham Arts Council
Juror for NC Central University Student Art Exhibition, Durham, NC
Juror for Artsplosure. Raleigh, NC
1993-96 Board of Directors, City Gallery Inc., Raleigh, NC
Board of Directors, Durham Art Guild Inc., Durham, NC, Secretary, June 1993 - June 1994;
Vice President 1994 - 1996
1994 Featured Artist. The African American Arts Festival, United Arts Council, Greensboro, NC
(Poster and Brochure)
Juror for Emerging Artist Grant, (Visual Arts). Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC
Juror for City Stage Festival, Greensboro, NC
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 "Face to Face: Beverly McIver," Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO. January -
May
2009 "Coming Home: Beverly McIver", Walter E. Terhune Gallery, Owens Community College,
Toledo, Ohio. February-March
2008 "Facing South, Portraits by Beverly McIver", Greenhill Art Center, Greensboro, NC
"Coming Home" LewAllen Contemporary Art Gallery, Santa Fe, NM. Catalogue, essay
by Lucy Lipppard
2007 "New Paintings by Beverly McIver" Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
"Raising Renee and Other Themes" NCCU Art Museum, Durham, NC
"Paintings By Beverly McIver", Tyndall Galleries, Chapel Hill, NC
2006 "Invisible Me", Kent Gallery, New York, NY
"Raising Renee" Addison Art Gallery, Andover, MA
"Raising Renee", G-2 Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ.
2005 "New Paintings", Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA
"Beverly McIver" Tyndall Galleries, Chapel Hill, NC
"Raising Renee", LewAllen Contemporary Art Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
"The Many Faces of Beverly McIver", 40 Acres Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2004 "New Works", Weatherspoon Museum of Art, Greensboro, NC
2003 "New Paintings", Kent Gallery, New York, NY
"Inventing Ourselves", Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Studies, Cambridge, MA
"Mammy How I Love You", Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Chelsea Gallery, Western Carolina University, Cullowee, NC
2002 "Ten Years of Painting," Marshall Arts Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2001 "Faces in Phoenix," Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ
"Stand Still," LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2000 "Loving in Black and White," Green Hill Center for the Arts, Greensboro, NC
"Life is Good," Joseph Gross Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1999 "Dance with Me," Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler, AZ
"A Resting Place," Tyndall Art Galleries, Durham, NC
1998 "All of Me," Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
"Me and My Sister Renee," Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, IL
1996 "When I Was White," Theatre Art Gallery, High Point, NC
"Self Portraits in Black and White," Tyndall Galleries, Durham, NC
"My Sister Renee," Belk Gallery, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC (catalog)
1995 "Portrait of a People," Glaxo, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC
1994 "At Peace with Me" (Portraits of Durham Faces), Tyndall Galleries, Durham, NC
"My Sister Renee," Formal Gallery, Hetzel Union Building, Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, PA
1993 "Renee & I," Bivins Gallery, Duke University, Durham, NC
1992 "Extended Family," The Paul Robeson Cultural Center, Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, PA
1991 "Souls of Mine," Durham Art Guild Inc. Durham, NC
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 Invitational Group Exhibit. American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY (Purchase
Award)
"Faces", Group Invitational, Tempe Art Center, Tempe, AZ
"Group Exhibit", Spellman College Museum, Atlanta, GA
2007 "Group Exhibit" Reginald Lewis Museum, Baltimore, MD
"The F Word", Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, NY
2005 "Summer Exhibit". C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltiimore, MD
2004-06 "The Nature of Craft and the Penland Experience," (traveling) Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte,
NC
2003-06 "Hair Stories," commissioned work, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
"Fifth Anniversary Celebration," Judish Fine Arts, Denver, CO
"American Dream," Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York, NY
2002 "Free Lemonade," Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY
"The Relevance of Making," Penland Gallery, Penland, NC
2000 "Go Figure," Invitational LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
"YADDO Writers and Visual Artist, An Invitational," Art in General, NYC
"Looking Forward, Looking Black," National Group Invitational. Traveling exhibit (catalog)
Venues:
Aidekman Art Center, Tufts University, Boston, Mass. Oct.-Dec., 2000
Georgia State University School of Art and Design Gallery, Atlanta, GA., Sept., 2000
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale AZ. Feb, 2000
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, N.C. Aug.-Oct., 1999
Houghton House Gallery, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, N.Y. Apr.-May,
1999
Elaine Jacobs Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. Feb, 1999
1999 "Invitational Group Exhibit" Greenhill Contemporary Art Center, Greensboro, NC
"Cultural Influences," Group Invitational, Penland Art Gallery, Penland, NC
"Convergence 1999, Invitational Exhibit, Central Arts Collective, Tucson, AZ
1998 "50th Anniversary Invitational Exhibition," Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC (catalog)
"10th Annual National Art Competition Exhibition. Truman State University, University Art
Gallery. Kirksville, MO (catalog and cash award)
"Another Arizona," A State Wide Juried Competition, Arizona State University Art Museum,
Tempe, AZ (catalog)
"Greenhill Winter Invitational Exhibit," Greenhill Art Center, Greensboro, NC
1997 "Reconnecting Roots, An NCCU Alumni Invitational," Central University Art Museum,
Durham, NC (catalog)
"Raucous Color," Invitational, Penland Art Gallery, Penland, NC
1996-97 "Breaking the Silence," African American Cultural Center, Charlotte, NC, Traveling Exhibition
1995 "Crossroads," (Beverly McIver and Tom Spleth), Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC
Rotunda Gallery, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC (cash award)
Twenty-third Annual Competition for N.C. Artists, Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, NC
(cash award)
North Carolina Arts Council Visual Artists Fellowship Recipient Exhibition, City Gallery,
Raleigh, NC
"Defining Ourselves," University Galleries, Radford University. Radford, VA
"My Circle Song," Wilson Art Center, Wilson, NC
1994 "New Art in the Triangle," Duke Museum of Art, Duke University, Durham, NC
"Evidence of a Culture," African American Cultural Center, Charlotte, NC (cash award)
"Rutgers National 1994 Works on Paper Exhibition," Stedman Art Gallery, Rutgers State
University of New Jersey, (Juror: Faith Ringgold, catalog)
"Twenty-Second Annual Competition for NC Artists," Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville,
N.C. (Honorable Mention, cash award)
"African-American Faculty Exhibition," African-American Cultural Center, North Carolina State
University, Raleigh, NC
"Beyond Africa: Cultural Influences in American Art," Green Hill Center for NC Art, Greensboro,
NC
1993 "Women of Color Exhibition," Sunshine Cultural Center, Raleigh, NC
"African American Women," The Greensboro Artist League, Greensboro, NC
"The Black Presence in Contemporary Art," The Cotton Exchange Gallery, Augusta, Georgia
1992 HUB Browsing Gallery. Group Exhibition, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
1990 "The Halpert Biennial," Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
GALLERY AFFILIATIONS
C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD, 2002-Present
LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM, 2000-Present
Tyndall Galleries, Chapel Hill, NC, January 1992-Present
G2 Gallery- Scottsdale AZ. 2005-2008
Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, W.A. 2004-Present
Kent Gallery, NY, NY 2003-2006
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
Nelson Fine Art Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
Duke University, Durham, NC
Glaxo Pharmaceutical Company, Research Triangle Park, NC
Ashville Museum of Art, Ashville, NC
Mesa Art Center, Mesa, AZ.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2009 "The Postmodern Modernist: Robert Colescott (1925-2009)." Art in America. September, 2009.
2007 "Artist comes from behind the masks," By Blue Greenberg, Herald Sun. Durham, NC.
February 25.
"Relatively Settled, Beverly McIver returns to the triangle with works that ride old
currents into new territory," By Michele Natale, The Raleigh News and Observer. February 18.
2006 "Behind the Makeup", By Paula Wasley. ArtNews Magazine.
Invisible Me: The Art of Beverly McIver. Essay by Irving Sandler. Published by Kent Gallery.
New York, NY.
2005 "Beverly McIver-Raising Renee," By Kathryn M. Davis, The Magazine, Santa Fe, NM, April.
"Her Clowning Glory," by Michael Koster, Pastiempo Magazine, New Mexico, March 4-10.
"A Painter Puts On A Mask To Reveal Herself," by Michele Natale, The News and Observer, NC.
"Artist-at-Large," by Louis St. Lewis, Metromagazine, February.
2004 "5 Questions, Artist, Teacher, Daughter of Greensboro, Beverly McIver," Greensboro News and
Record, Greensboro, NC, November 18.
Seeing the Unspeakable, The Art of Kara Walker. By Gwendolyn Dubois Shaw, Referencing
McIver art on Pg. 35, Image Plate 4.
"Face to Face," The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, CA, October 8.
"Class Clown," Sacramento News and Entertainment Weekly, Sacramento CA, October 7.
2003 "Facing Up to Disturbing Racial Stereotypes, Beverly McIver uses Blackface in her Art to
Transform the ‘Mammy' Myth," The Sun, Baltimore, MD, March 9.
Article in International Review of African American Art, February.
"Top Artists 2003," Scottsdale Life, Scottsdale, AZ, January .
2002 "Report From Arizona, Not a Mirage," Art in America, December.
"A Vivid, Painful Look into the Past of African Americans," Asheville Citizen-Times, Asheville,
NC, December 15.
"The Art of Success, From Morningside Homes to Harvard University, life has been a journey of
self-discovery for artist Beverly McIver," Greensboro News & Record, Greensboro, NC, June 30.
"Gallery does right thing in hanging ‘brave work'," By Roberta Burnett, The Arizona Republic,
Phoenix, AZ, June 21.
2001 "Beverly McIver, Emerging from Behind the Mask," By Gina Cavallo Collins, Java: Art,
Ideas, Taste, and Phoenix Culture, Phoenix, AZ, July/August.
"Under her skin, Beverly McIver finds herself in art," By Amy Abrams, East Valley Tribune,
Phoenix, AZ, June 17.
"ASU art professor honored with Guggenheim Fellowship," By John Carlos Villani, The Arizona
Republic, Phoenix, AZ, May 5.
2000 ""Black and White, Greensboro Native Comes Home with Strong Work in National Art Exhibit," By
Tom Patterson, Winston Salem Journal, Winston Salem, NC, September 5.
1999 "Brush Strokes Bring Out Tension, Beverly McIver forces us to look at memories we would
rather forget." By Blue Greenberg, The Herald Sun, Durham, NC, August 27.
"Taking Control of Stereotypes, challenging show forces viewer to look at negative images not
look away." By Katherine Rushworth. Syracuse Herald American, Syracuse, NY, May 16.
"Art in Black and White, ASU Instructor Examines Racial Stereotypes in Exhibit" By Barbara
Yost, The Arizona Republic, Sunday, January 10.
1998 "Clown's Art? Beverly McIver's work is No Three Ring Circus," By Joshua Rose, The Tribune,
Phoenix, AZ, December 3.
1997 "Alumni Contributions. NCCU's Art Museum, celebrating its 25th Anniversary," By Chuck
Twardy. Raleigh News and Observer, Raleigh, NC, November 7.
1996 "This Painter is Definitely Not Just Clowning Around," By Tom Patterson. Winston Salem Journal.
November, Arts, section E
"An Artist Journey from White to Black. Artist Beverly McIver Sends in the Clowns in an Exhibit
of Self Portraits," By Cathy Gant-Hill.
News and Record, Greensboro, NC, November.
"All the World Loves a Clown," By Kate Dobbs Ariail. Independent Weekly. October.
"Black Tears in a Clown Face, Self Portraits as a Clown in Black and White," By Bridgette Lacy. The
News and Observer, Raleigh, NC, September.
"Clowning Art Great Escape," Durham Herald, Durham, NC, September.
1995 "Defining Ourselves," By Stacy Jones, Roanoke Times and World News, March.
1994 "Finding Room for Local Art, Duke University's New Art in the Triangle," By Chuck Tawdy, Raleigh News
and Observer, June 24.
"Triangle Artist Tell Stories, Duke University Museum of Art," By Blue Greenberg. The Herald Sun,
Durham, NC, July 10.
"Black Palette, Portrait Artist Beverly McIver Illuminates the African American Experience," By Yonat
Shimron. The News and Observer. Raleigh, NC, October 17.
"Faces and Places, Beverly McIver's "At Peace With Me," By Chuck Twardy, News and Observer, October.
"Radical Grace," By Kate Dobbs Ariail. Independent Weekly, Arts and Entertainment. October.
"Best Known Residents Sit in Peace, Beverly McIver's At Peace with Me," By Blue Greenberg, Herald Sun,
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