YVONNE FERGUSON MIDLOTHIAN, VA · [email protected]
diasporicpigments.com · www.instagram.com/yvonne.ferg/?hl=en
Creative and skilled professional portrait artist, with extensive experience utilizing multiple mediums to illuminate the experience and beauty of the people of the African Diaspora. Proven experience engaging in community projects, outreach, and engagement.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS/ GROUP SHOWS / CURATION
JULY 2024 - PRESENT
UNAPOLOGETIC VOL 2, COTTON CLUB MUSEUM, GAINESVILLE, FL
SOLO EXHIBITION
JULY 2024
ONE NATION ONE PROJECT, SUMMER (YOU)TH CELEBRATION, COTTON CLUB MUSEUM, GAINESVILLE, FL
CURATOR
FEBRUARY 2024
BLACKSPACE, THE THOMAS CENTER, GAINESVILLE, FL
GROUP EXHIBITION
JANUARY 2024
VEILED, HOODED & HIDDEN, GAINESVILLE FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION, GAINESVILLE, FL
GROUP EXHIBITION
FEBRUARY 2022 - JULY 2022
UNAPOLOGETIC VOL 1, COTTON CLUB MUSEUM & CULTURAL CENTER, GAINESVILLE, FL
SOLO EXHIBITION
FEBRUARY 2020 – JUNE 2020
ROOTS & LIGHTS: BLACK ARTISTS IN GAINESVILLE, COTTON CLUB MUSEUM & CULTURAL CENTER, GAINESVILLE, FL
GROUP SHOW
FEBRUARY 2020 – JUNE 2020
DOUBLE EXPOSURE, ROSA B WILLIAMS CENTER, GAINESVILLE, FL
GROUP SHOW, JUROR
JANUARY 2020 – FEBRUARY 2020
COLOR THEORY: A CELEBRATION OF COLOR IN ART, OAK HALL VISUAL ARTS, GAINESVILLE, FL
GROUP SHOW
FEBRUARY 2019 – FEBRUARY 2019
WITH PRIDE: UPLIFTING BLACK ARTISTS & ACTIVISTS, HARN MUSEUM OF ART, GAINESVILLE, FL
Group Show and Talk Highlighting Black LGBTQIA+ Artists and Activists
JULY 2017 – AUGUST 2017
BASEMENT SESSIONS - REMIX, MERGECULTURE GALLERY TAMPA, FL MERGECULTURE GALLERY, TAMPA, FL
Featured Artist
JUNE 2017 – JULY 2017
BASEMENT SESSIONS, MERGECULTURE GALLERY TAMPA, FL
GALLERY SPACE, LOT 1901 YBOR CITY, FL
Featured Artist. https://mergeculture.com/2017/06/24/basement-sessions-lot-1901/
MARCH 2017- JULY 2017
GET IT TOGETHER, MERGECULTURE GALLERY TAMPA, FL
Featured Artist. https://mergeculture.com/2017/03/03/get-it-together-art-show-tampa/
ARTIST TALKS / PRESENTATIONS / INTERVIEWS
AUGUST 2024
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA PUBLIC ART SYMPOSIUM, HARN MUSEUM OF ART, GAINESVILLE, FL
FEATURED ARTIST DISCUSSION WITH ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR PORCHIA MOORE, PhD
JULY 2024
UNAPOLOGETIC VOL 2, COTTON CLUB MUSEUM, GAINESVILLE, FL
FEATURED ARTIST TALK WITH SHARON BURNEY
AUGUST 2023
THE SET6145 PODCAST INTERVIEW, YOUTUBE
FEATURED ARTIST TALK (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhUpklIUam0)
OCTOBER 2022
THE EXISTENTIALISM OF BLACKNESS, ROGERS GALLERY, LAS VEGAS, NV
FEATURED ARTIST TALK WITH ASSISTANT PROFESSOR CRYSTAL PHELIMA, PhD
JULY 2022
UNAPOLOGETIC VOL 1, COTTON CLUB MUSEUM, GAINESVILLE, FL
FEATURED ARTIST TALK WITH SHARON BURNEY
JULY 2022
ARTIST TALK, GAINESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, GAINESVILLE, FL
FEATURED ARTIST TALK WITH STUDENTS
FEBRUARY 2019
ARTIST TALK, HARN MUSEUM OF ART, GAINESVILLE, FL
FEATURED ARTIST TALK FOR “WITH PRIDE: UPLIFTING BLACK ARTIST & ACTIVISTS”
RESIDENCY
AUGUST 2022 - OCTOBER 2022
THE EXISTENTIALISM OF BLACKNESS, ROGERS GALLERY, LAS VEGAS, NV ARTIST RESIDENCY
MURALS
JULY 2024
COTTON CLUB DEDICATION MURAL, COTTON CLUB MUSEUM, GAINESVILLE, FL
SOLO MURAL FEATURING SARAH McKNIGHT, BB KING, BO DIDDLEY & ELLA FITZGERALD
JULY 2024
JAMES BALDWIN DEDICATION MURAL, NORTH SEATTLE COLLEGE, SEATTLE, WA
DIGITAL MURAL DESIGN, MURAL EXECUTED BY NORTH SEATTLE COLLEGE MURAL CLASS
JULY 2020
- PATRICIA HILLIARD-NUNN DEDICATION MURAL, MLK CENTER, GAINESVILLE, FL
SOLO MURAL DEDICATED TO DR. PATRICIA HILLIARD-NUNN
NOVEMBER 2019
DONALD KING MURAL PROJECT, WILHELMINA JOHNSON CENTER & CITY OF GAINESVILLE, GAINESVILLE, FL
SOLO MURAL, ALACHUA COUNTY’S FIRST BLACK FIRE DISTRICT CHIEF
AUGUST 2019
352 WALLS PROJECT NINA SIMONE, CITY OF GAINESVILLE
SOLO MURAL PROJECT-NINA SIMONE
LIVE PAINTING
APRIL 2024
MUSEUM NIGHTS: EXPRESS OURSELVES, HARN MUSEUM OF ART, GAINESVILLE, FL
Featured live painting artist
APRIL 2024
BAZAR A LA CARTE, HOW BAZAR, GAINESVILLE, FL
FEBRUARY 2024
BAZAR A LA CARTE, HOW BAZAR, GAINESVILLE, FL
FEBRUARY 2024
SWAMP RECORDS DEI, HOW BAZAR, GAINESVILLE, FL
FEBRUARY 2024
BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION, ANTHROPOLOGIE, GAINESVILLE, FL
JANUARY 2019 – JANUARY 2019
I TOO SING AMERICA, HARN MUSEUM OF ART & UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM, GAINESVILLE, FL
Featured live painting artist for opening of James Baldwin exhibit Museum Nights event
FESTIVALS
APRIL 2024
BIG: CULTURE & ARTS FESTIVAL, HOW BAZAR, GAINESVILLE, FL
GROUP EXHIBITION
NOVEMBER 2023
42ND ANNUAL DOWNTOWN ARTS FESTIVAL, GAINESVILLE, FL
VENDOR, LIVE PAINTING
MAY 2018 – MAY 2018
ARTWALK, MATHESON HISTORY MUSEUM, GAINESVILLE, FL
Group Show & Artist Talk. https://www.gainesville.com/news/20180418/artists-to-share-their works-at-artwalk
APRIL 2018 – APRIL 2018
5TH AVE ARTS FESTIVAL, CULTURAL ARTS COALITION, GAINESVILLE, FL
MARCH 2018 – MARCH 2018
GASPARILLA MUSIC FESTIVAL LIVE PAINTING “THE ROOTS”, MERGECULTURE GALLERY & GASPARILLA MUSIC FESTIVAL, TAMPA, FL
Featured Artist, Live Painting & Auction, The Roots Band
NOVEMBER 2017
36TH ANNUAL DOWNTOWN FESTIVAL & ART SHOW, GAINESVILLE, FL Featured Artist; Les Senesac Creativity Award Recipient.
OCTOBER 2016 – OCTOBER 2016
32ND ANNUAL ARTS FESTIVAL AT THORNEBROOK, GAINESVILLE, FL Featured Artist, Judge’s Choice
EDUCATION
2004-2006
VISUAL ARTS & ART HISTORY, VIRGINIA WESLEYAN COLLEGE, NORFOLK, VA
2000-2004
GAINESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, GAINESVILLE, FL
FEATURED PUBLICATIONS/BOOK COVER
- Evans, Stephanie Y. (in press 2020). Black Women’s Yoga
History: Memoirs of Inner Peace. SUNY Press (Book Cover Art)
- Evans, Stephanie Y. Colette Taylor, Michelle Dunlap, and
DeMond Miller (Eds.). (2009) African Americans and
Community Engagement (AACE). New York: SUNY (Book Cover
Art)
- Mallard, Aida, “A Creative Passion”, Gainesville Sun,
2017.https://www.gainesville.com/news/20171108/creative
passion
- DubhGail, Scott, Interview. “Meet Yvonne Ferg”, Articentric,
- http://articentric.com/meet-yvonne-ferg/
- Mallard, Aida, Interview.” Artwalk for Local Artists and Art
lovers”, Gainesville Sun, 2018.
https://www.gainesville.com/news/20180501/artwalk-for
local-artists-and-art-lovers
- Thomas, Voleer, ”Mural Honors Former District Fire Chief”,
WCJBTV20,2019.https://www.wcjb.com/content/news/Mural
honors-former-district-chief-566356841.html
- Moreno, Viviana, “City of Alachua Celebrates Martin Luther
King, Jr. Day”, WUFT PBS. 2020.
https://www.wuft.org/news/2020/01/21/city-of-alachua
celebrates-martin-luther-king-jr-day-with-motivational
performances/