Education

BFA, Illustration, cum laude, Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA

Awards

2021       Alternate ROOTS // Solidarity Fund 2.0, Atlanta, GA

2020       2020 DVCAI Artist Catalyst Award, DVCAI, Miami, FL

2013        You are Your Brand Presented by Creative Capital, Young at Art Museum, FL
2011        Internet Workshop for Artists Presented by Creative Capital, ArtServe, FL
2002 -05  Presidential Scholarship Recipient
2002        Allcott Scholarship Recipient.  Trip to New York City
2001        GoldCoast Watercolor Society Scholarship Recipient

Exhibitions and Activities

 

2021   Superficial Impressions, ArtServe, Sunrise, FL

          Queer Life in the Margins, Edge Zones, Miami, FL (catalog)

            Deadlocked and Loaded: Disarming America, Syracuse University Gallery, Syracuse, NY (catalog)

2020   AIM Biennial, Various Locations, South Florida (catalog)

            Beaver the Exhibition in a book, New York, NY (catalog)

            (DIS) OBEDIENT: Redefining Feminism in a Fractured Reality, ArtServe, Sunrise, FL

2019    30th Anniversary Season Preview, ArtServe, Sunrise, FL
            What’s Your Elephant, ArtServe, Sunrise, FL
            Sankofa: The Record Extended, Arts Warehouse, Delray, FL

            Sankofa: For the Record, Spady Cultural Hertiage Museum, Delray, FL

            At The Edge, 1310 Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL (catalog; curated by Dr. Sarah Clunis of Xavier

            University)

2018    Eminent Domain, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY
            Tales, L’Mercado Studios, Hollywood, FL
2017    Milk and Night/Black Mirror: 13 Artists, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Times Square, NY
            Jamaica Biennial, Kinston, Jamaica (catalog)
            Resurrecting Venus, African Heritage Cultural Arts Center, Miami, FL (catalog)
2016    Deep Trash from OUTER SPACE, Bethnal Green Working Men's Club, London, UK
            Evolution, Bailey Center for Contemporary Arts, Pompano, FL
            Self-Reflection, The Untitled Space, New York City, NY (catalog)
            Intersectionality, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL
            Beaver, The Center for Performance Research, Brooklyn, NY
            What's Right, What's Left: Democracy in America, Phoenix Gallery, Chelsea, NY
            (Curated by Dr. Kathy Battista Founder and Director of the MA Contemporary Art program at

            Sotheby's Institute of Art) (catalog)
2015    ArtGirlTV, SnapChat
            “I am a Woman!” – Contemporary Artists About the Feminine Condition, Bronx-Breeze, Bronx, NY
            RedEye: A Warholian Art Happening, ArtServe, Sunrise, FL
            DBA RETROSPECTIVE: A Celebration of Seven Years of DBA, ArtServe, Sunrise, FL (catalog)
            WITCH SLUT ARE YOU? Seer, Siren, or Sorceress, WallPlay, New York City, NY
2014    SELECT Art Fair, Miami, FL
            Beaver @ The New School, Eugene Lang College, NY
            Rejected and Hoarded, Lauderhill Arts Center, Lauderhill, FL
2013    Art Fallout: Thinking on Paper, Girls Club, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2012    Look Attractive, University of Missouri Kansas City Gallery of Art, Kansas City, MO
            Art Fallout: Drawn In, Girls Club, Fort Lauderdale, FL
            The Personal is Political: The Transformative Power of Women’s Art, Koehnline Museum, Des Plaines, IL
            (catalog)
            Appropriated Gender, 1310 Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL (catalog)
            Photography I, Lauderhill Arts Center, Lauderhill, FL
            Trouble with Girls All Female Revue, IWAN ToBeTheBubble, Fort Lauderdale, FL
            Inspired by Words, Lauderhill Arts Center, Lauderhill, FL
            Celebration of the Black Historical Journey through Art, Lauderhill Arts Center, Lauderhill, FL
2011    Art Fallout: Unframed, Girls’ Club, Fort Lauderdale, FL
            Red Eye, ArtServe, Sunrise, FL
            Small Works, Lauderhill Arts Center, Lauderhill, FL
            Legacy: What’s Left Behind, 1310 Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL
            Self-Lit, 18 Rabbit Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2010    The Myth of Power, 1310 Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL
            Art Fallout, Girls’ Club, Fort Lauderdale, FL
            The Sunshine Show, Bear and Bird Gallery, Lauderhill, FL
2009    Me Me Me Me Me, Bear and Bird Gallery, Lauderhill, FL
2008    ArtFlorida ’08, J.M. Family Enterprises Gallery, ArtServe, Sunrise, FL
            Viva La Propaganda, Bear and Bird Gallery, Lauderhill, FL
2007    Skull Sessions, Bear and Bird Gallery, Lauderhill, FL
2005    The Future Perfect, ACA Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2001    11 of ‘01, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
            ACT-SO NAACP Competition, New Orleans, LA

Residency

2021           International Cultural Exchange, Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator, Panama

2020          International Cultural Exchange, Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator, Guadeloupe

2019           International Cultural Exchange, Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator, Belize

2011- 2017 Resident Artist at the Lauderhill Arts Center, Lauderhill, FL

Publications

2020 Beaver the Exhibition, in a book, New York, NY pp212-223.

2014 “Gays, Males, and the Male Gaze.” Girls Get Busy. #22. pp 20-21.

Bibliography

Lambert, Audra, ““BEAVER” Reveals a Range of Fierce Feminist Viewpoints” ANTE. arts mag,

(June 10, 2021): https://antemag.com/2021/06/08/beaver-reveals-a-range-of-fierce-feminist-viewpoints/

Astanov, Jana, “BEAVER art book and feminist project Strong In Its Nakedness

Creatrix Magazine, (May 22, 2021):

Gutzman, Clayton, “Drawing a few shades darker: Black animators find their own ‘Nemo’ creating ‘toons” 

The Miami Times, (June 26, 2019):

Cercone, Katie, “Top Ten NYC Artists NowArt511 Magazine, (January 4, 2019):

Young, Lucy, “Is Art Driven By Female Experience Always Feminist Art? An Interview With Artist Carol-Anne McFarlaneMedium, (November 2, 2018):

Goodman, Dan (editor), “Art & Life with Carol-Anne McFarlane” VoyageMIA, (May 24, 2018):
Lambert, Audra,  “Aesthetics of Contemporary Feminism at Milk and Night’s Black Mirror: 13 Artists     SPRING/BREAK ART SHOW 2017” Quiet Lunch, (March 2017):
Frank, Priscilla, “These Women Artists Are Their Own Damn Muses” Huffington Post, (October 3, 2016):  
Booth, Yvette Michele, “Breaking Boundaries” Westside Gazette, (September 3, 2015): 
Davis, Dawn, “Art Lives on the Other Side of the Track” Caribbean Today, (March 2013):  
Thrun, Neil, “UMKC group exhibition ‘Look Attractive’ takes aim at misogyny” The Kansas City Star, (November 28, 2012): 
Dahlberg, Nancy, “South Florida program teaches artists how to become art-preneurs” Miami Herald, (September 3, 2012): 
Dougher, Colleen, "May 13" ArtMurmur Art Guide, (May 2011):
Dougher, Colleen,  "Art Fallout 2010" ArtMurmur, (October 14, 2010):  

Interviews

Hazel Dooney, Interview, Hazel Dooney Podcast, December 18, 2020.

Hazel Dooney, Interview, Hazel Dooney Podcast, November 14th, 2020.

Melissa Hunter-Davis, Interview, Sugarcane Magazine, Instagram Live, August 15, 2020.

G. Wright-Muir, Interview, Very G TV, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, January 29, 2019.

Niki Lopez, Interview, The Circle: Live, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, February 26, 2019.

Speaking Engagements

2021     Naming Injustice, Season 3 of Tipping Back | Tilting Forward, DVCAI, Zoom

2020    Money Matters - The Business of Art, Black Girl Basel, StreamYard

              Tonal Distancing: Conversations on Race & Justice through Art, DVCAI, Zoom

2019    Black Feminism in North and Latin American Art - at Universities Art Association of Canada

              Conference, Quebec, CA
            What’s Your Elephant Panel Discussion, Artserve, Sunrise, FL
            Sankofa: For the Record Panel Discussion, Spady Cultural Heritage Museum, Delray, FL

2016    Artist Talk, Bailey Contemporary Arts, Pompano, FL
            Beaver Panel Discussion, Center for Performance Research, Brooklyn, NY
2014    Unheard Words, Lauderhill Arts Center, Lauderhill, FL
2012    X Marks the Spot, University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO
            5 Minutes of Fame, MOCA North Miami, North Miami, FL
            Black Art History Presentation, Lauderhill Arts Center, Lauderhill, FL