Beverly McIver

Mourning Elizabeth II, 2003. Oil on canvas, 72 x 60 1/8 inches. Courtesy Kent Gallery, New York

Non-Traditional Family, 2000. Oil on canvas, 49 x 48 3/4 inches. Courtesy Kent Gallery, New York

BIOGRAPHY

Born: Greensboro, North Carolina, 1962
Resides: New York
Education: Pennsylvania State University (M.F.A., 1992); North Carolina Central University (B.A., 1987)

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2004
Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro.
Tyndall Galleries, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
“Private View,” Kent Gallery, New York.

2003
“Dancing with Myself,” Kent Gallery, New York.
“Inventing Ourselves,” Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Studies, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
“Mammy How I Love You,” Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore. Traveled.

2002
“Ten Years of Painting,” Marshall Arts Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona.

2001
“Faces in Phoenix,” Shemer Art Center, Phoenix.
“Stand Still,” LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe.

2000
“Loving in Black and White,” Green Hill Center for North Carolina Arts, Greensboro, North Carolina.
“Life is Good,” Joseph Gross Gallery, Tucson, Arizona.

1999
“Dance with Me,” Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler, Arizona.
“A Resting Place,” Tyndall Art Galleries, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2004
“The Nature of Craft and the Penland Experience,” Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina. Traveling.

2003
“Hair Stories,” Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona.
“Fifth Anniversary Celebration,” Judish Fine Arts, Denver.
“American Dream,” Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York.

2002
“Free Lemonade,” Robert Miller Gallery, New York.

2000
“Go Figure,” LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe.
“YADDO Writers and Visual Artists,” Art in General, New York. Traveled.

1999
“Looking Forward, Looking Black,” Elaine Jacobs Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit. Traveled. Catalogue.

Selected Bibliography

2003
Cushman, Jennifer. “Top Artists 2003,” Scottsdale Life (January).
Marshall, Amy Grub. “McIver Uses Her Art to Tackle Racial Stereotypes,” Arts and Architecture News (Pennsylvania State University, fall).
Shannon, Joe. “Beverly McIver at Grimaldis,” Art in America (November).
Smith, Roberta. “Beverly McIver,” The New York Times (October 17).

2002
Burnett, Roberta. “Gallery Does Right Thing in Hanging ‘Brave Work’,” The Arizona Republic (June 21).
McLaughlin, Nancy H. “The Art of Success,” News & Record (Piedmont, North Carolina, June 30).
Rubinstein, Raphael. “Report from Arizona, Not a Mirage,” Art in America (December).

2001
Abrams, Amy. “Under Her Skin, Beverly McIver Finds Herself in Art,” East Valley Tribune (Phoenix, June 17).
Collins, Gina Cavallo. “Beverly McIver,” Java—Art, Ideas, Taste, and Phoenix Culture (July-August).
Villiani, John Carlos. “ASU Art Professor Honored with Guggenheim Fellowship,” The
Arizona Republic (May 5).

1999
Greenberg, Blue. “Brush Strokes Bring out Tension, Beverly McIver Forces Us to Look at Memories We Would Rather Forget,” The Herald Sun (Durham, North Carolina, August 27).
Patterson, Tom. “In Black and White, Greensboro Native Comes Home with Strong Work in National Art Exhibit,” Winston Salem Journal (September 5).
Yost, Barbara. “Art in Black and White,” The Arizona Republic (January 10).