Chereé Clay Bailey, BFA
Riverdale GA 30296
Email: Cherclay09@Gmail.com
404.721.7608 c
BIO
Cheree' Clay Bailey, Artist and scholar of Riverdale GA, had an early start at Art@Work at Studioplex in Atlanta for two consecutive summers (20002-2006) as an apprentice artist. Bailey Attended Westlake High School Thereafter in 2010 , Clay was accepted to the undergraduate program at Atlanta Metropolitan (State) College, she received an Associate’s Degree in Art . While at the Atlanta Metropolitan, Clay served a semester as vice president of the colleges Art Club. The following year, in 2012, Clay was selected to intern at Rising Sons Lounge in Underground Atlanta with renowned illustrator and performing artist Fahamu Pécou, for three months.
In 2013, Bailey entered Columbus State University (CSU) to study painting under the instruction of Orion Wertz, Professor. She was appointed by Wertz to study with renowned American painter Bo Barlett in March of 2015 at Swift Mill Studios and was invited back by Bo the following year. Clay participated in the 21st and 22nd Annual Juried Art Exhibition held in the Bay Gallery at CSU, where Clay’s painting was selected as the 1st Place winner by Jiha Moon,juror; for the 22nd Juried Art Exhibition in 2014. The following summer in July 2015, was Clays first solo held in Riverdale GA, Clay's home town. the following year Clay was selected as the 1st Artist in Residence for Black Art in America by Najee Dorsey for six weeks. In closing, Clay hopes to continue excelling and maturing within conceptual art practice, education, exhibiting and speaking about the works. Clay received her Bachelors of Fine Arts degree in Studio Art, May 2017 and hopes to have her second solo Exhibition in East Point GA in the fall of 2017.
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION:
Columbus State University (BFA in Studio Art) August 8 2013 – May 13 2017
Atlanta Metropolitan (State) College( ASSO of Art) January 2010 – December, 2012
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Artist-in-residence @ Black Art in America Gallery
May 8, 2016 to June 13, 2016 · Columbus, Georgia
Fellowship @ Swift Mill Studio January 2015 – March 2015
Black Art in America (BAIA) and Shop BAIA Online
Seteria and Najee Dorsey (Contemporary Collagist and Art Dealer(s))
Columbus, GA
Teachers Assistant @ South Fulton Arts Center June 2012 - July 2012
Bwana Jackson (Instructor for Teen Academy 2012)
Tae Earl-Jackson (Program Director)
College Park, GA
Internship @ Rising Sons Lounge September 2011 - December 2011
Fahamu Pecou (Performance Artist and Contemporary Illustrator)
Atlanta, GA
Apprenticeship @ Studioplex June 2006 - July 2006
Devanie Schilpp(Glass) & Debbie Hutchinson (Metal)
Tae Earl-Jackson (Program Director)
Atlanta, GA
Apprenticeship @ Studioplex June 2006 - July 2005
Devanie Schilpp & Victoria Jo Washington (Glass & jewelry)
Tae Earl-Jackson (Program Director)
Atlanta, GA
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION:
2017 Certificate of Recognition: 2nd place in XL EX, Juror: Julio Mejia, Atlanta GA
2016 Student Research and Creative Endeavors Research Grant, Columbus GA
2016 Studio Artist in Residence, Black Art in America, Columbus GA
2016 Appointed for Bo Bartlett's Master Class by James William Bartlett III, Columbus GA
2015 Dean Senior Choice Award, cash Recipient, Columbus GA
2015 Student Research and Creative Endeavors Research Grant, Columbus GA
2015 Certificate of Completion of Bo Bartlett’s Master Class, Columbus GA
2015 22nd Juried Exhibit at Csu, 1st place finalist and cash recipient, Columbus GA
2015 Appointed for Bo Bartlett’s Master Class by Orion Wertz, Columbus, GA
2012 Outstanding Academic Achievement, Atlanta Metropolitan (State) College, Atlanta Ga
2011 Outstanding Academic Achievement(Deans List), Atlanta Metropolitan (State) College, Atlanta GA
2010 Outstanding Academic Achievement (Deans List), Atlanta Metropolitan College(State), Atlanta GA
SELECTED EXHIBITION RECORD: (*solo exhibits marked with asterisk)
2017 XL EX, Atlanta Metro State College, Curator: Diamond Bradley, Juror: Julio Mejia, Atlanta GA
2017 Tower Day, Schuster and Davidson Lounge, Curator: Hannah Israel, Columbus GA
2017 Divine Feminine, TILA Studios, Curator: Tiffany Latrice, East Point GA
2017 The Trickster, The Fulcrum Gallery, Curator: Hannah Israel, Columbus GA
2016 Tower Day, Davidson Lounge, Curator: Hannah Israel, Columbus GA
2016 Open Studio, Seaboard Depot, Curator: Hannah Israel, Columbus GA
2015 Apprehension, Columbus State University, Curator Hannah Israel, Columbus GA
2015 Open Studio, Columbus State University, Curator: Hannah Israel, Columbus, GA
2015 Pattern Play II, Biggins Gallery, collaborative with Creighton Michael, Auburn AL
2015 *Conversations in Art, Riverdale Centre, Curators: Cie Cie McGhee & Kim Brown, Riverdale GA
2015 22nd Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Columbus State University, Juror: Jiha Moon ,Columbus GA
2014 Articulate Atl, ADAC, Buckhead, GA, Curators: Ball & Co and Urban Art Expression
2014 Open Studio Exhibit, Columbus State University, Curator: Hannah Israel, Columbus Ga
2014 21st Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Columbus State University,Curator: Hannah Israel. Juror: YeonJin Kim, Columbus GA
2012 Cult of Personality, Doog Gallery, Director Doog. Curator: Phokus Artist, Midtown GA
2011 Trading Card Exhibition, South Fulton Art Center, Director Tae Earl Jackson, College Park GA
2010 Artistry, Atlanta Metropolitan College, President and Curator: Gabrielle Garley, Atlanta GA
2010 Amplified, Atlanta Metropolitan College, Curator AMC art Club, Atlanta GA
2006 2nd Annual Art Exhibition, Southwest Art Center, College Park GA
2006 Forged and Fused, Art @ Work at Studioplex,Director Tae Earl Jackson, Atlanta GA
2005 House of Fusion, Art @ work at Studioplex, Tae Earl Jackson, Atlanta GA
LECTURES:
2015 *Conversations in Art, Riverdale Centre, Director: Cie Cie McGhee. Curator: Kim Brown, Riverdale GA
PUBLISHED ARTICLES AND PRESS:
2016 Guest Artist speaker on 88.5 fm (WCUGradio.Columbusstate.edu), broadcast 23rd April
2016 Photo for Bo Bartlett Master Class Application 2016, Photograph by Paul Niemnic
2015 Apprehension Senior Thesis, Post Card Design contribution
2015 Clay’s working studio photographed for cover of Open Studio Post Card
2013 Advertisement for grand opening of the “Seaport Depot” art lab on Columbus State University's Website, photographs by Kenny Grey
2012 IExploitYou Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 1, written by Independent Agents
PUBLIC WORKS AND PROJECTS:
2010 VP of Atlanta Metropolitan Art Club, Atlanta Metro College
VOLUNTEER:
2017 Art Jam, Liberty Theater Culture Center, Curator: Najee Dorsey, Columbus GA
2016 Live painting at Young Art Professionals (YAP) Holiday Affair. (https://www.instagram.com/p/BNxuE4bjqa1/)
COLLECTORS:
2016 Black Art in America, Columbus GA
2015 Columbus State University, Columbus GA
2015 Bo Bartlett Studios, Columbus GA
2015 Riverdale City Hall & Town Centre, Riverdale GA
2005 - Various Private Collectors