April Bey
Lives & Works in Los Angeles, USA.
April Bey grew up in The Bahamas but now lives and works in Los Angeles as a visual artist and art educator, currently a tenured professor at Glendale College. All of Bey's works are extremely labour intensive, with demonstrative care even in the materials used; many incorporate fabrics from Black femme-owned businesses. In 2022, Bey had a solo exhibition, entitled Atlantica: The Gilda Region, shown at TERN Gallery, Nevada and California African American Museum, Los Angeles. Having developed Atlantica over the course of years as a critical endeavour into Afrofuturist texts and speculative fiction, Bey's body of work continues to broaden their unique vision for an ecosystem of mutual aid and acts of reparation.
Having participated in art fairs such as Armory Show, Frieze, Art Basel and Untitled, their work is included in numerous collections including Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), USA; 21C Museum Hotels, USA; METRO Los Angeles, USA and Lancaster CA Museum of Art and History, USA.
April Bey will be presented by 193 Gallery.
April Bey, How Could I Possibly Be Inconspicuous, 2022, Woven tapestry with hand-sewn sherpa, glitter, 203.2 x 152.4 cm. Courtesy of April Bey & 193 Gallery.
