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CARLLEENA PERSON

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Selected Education

North Carolina State University Raleigh NC BA in Liberal Art

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Selected SOLO Exhibitions

2012 October/ Our COLORFUL Bodies Columbia SC

2012 September/ Person to Person MoNa Plaza Midwood Charlotte NC

2012 June/TAO of SAVNAC Espada NoDa Charlotte NC

2011 August/ESCAPE Solo Exhibit August-September Southend Charlotte NC

2010 July/GRINFACTOR:  The ArtHouse NoDa Charlotte NC

2010 March/Culture Initiative:  In:House Solo exhibit Dharma Lounge  Charlotte NC

2010 February/Featured Artist Exhibit Artworks On Main Mooresville NC

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Current Works for Sale at these locations:

• Charlotte Art League Charlotte NC
• FABO Cafe Dilworth Charlotte NC
• Ruby’s Gifts NoDa Charlotte NC
• PLAZA MUSE Plaza Midwood Charlotte NC
• LGCC Charlotte NC

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Selected GROUP Exhibits

2012

• Dreamers Don’t Sleep Espada NoDa Charlotte NC
• Hip Hop Unplugged The Mint Museum (uptown) Charlotte NC
• The Freshniz:  A Live magazine Experience Columbia SC
• Pura Vida Group exhibit Charlotte NC
• CI Chinese Zodiac Baku Gallery Charlotte NC
• Rendition Gallery:  Kick Flip! Fort Collins CO
• REVOLT!:  The Free Yourself Edition LIVE PAINTING Charlotte NC

2011

• Culture Initiative 3YR 3 D Charlotte NC
• REVOLT!:  Textures,Visions, Sounds November Charlotte NC
• Art/Livin’ In the Art October Charlotte NC
• ECHO Fashion and Art Gala October Charlotte NC
• Taste of the World Finalist September Charlotte NC
• UNC Charlotte Center City Community Day September Charlotte NC
• Center for Visual Artists GRIND exhibit September-October Greensboro NC
• Survival of the Fittest Exhibit @BAKU August NoDa Charlotte NC
• 2nd Annual Let the Good Time Roll Skate Deck Art Show June Plaza Midwood Charlotte NC
• Femme Fest in NoDa May Charlotte NC
• Charlotte Art League Mural April-May-June Charlotte NC
• Culture Initiative CONTRAST @BAKU Art Gallery Charlotte NC April
• Kings Drive Art Walk April Charlotte, NC *assisted with the seed planting of this festival @ a workshop last year*
• Art Out @ The LGCCenter of Charlotte March-July Charlotte NC
• All Arts Market March NoDa Charlotte
• Culture Initiative B-Sides @ Espada Bikes February NoDa Charlotte NC
• ArtHouse Co-Op Sketchbook Project 2011 March-July
• Art with Heart Juried Show & Auction Founders Hall Charlotte NC January-February
• Carolina Art Garden Cornelius NC
• FABO Mural February *invited kids in the community to come handprint the background*
• FABO Artist of the Month January-February Charlotte NC

2010

• Culture Initiative:  CAKE +2 Group Show  December 18 Charlotte NC
• Kulture  Klash 6 October 9-10 Charleston SC
• Festival in the Park Selected as 1 or 10 Emerging Artist September 23-26 Charlotte NC
• LaFemme BAKU Gallery NoDa May 22 – July 4  2010 Charlotte NC
• Femme Fest NoDa May 2010 Charlotte NC
• Culture Initiative:  Extraordinary & Something Slide Show  May 2010 Neighborhood Theater Charlotte NC
• Carolina Art Garden [19725 Oak Street] Cornelius, NC
• 5 0n 5 Challenge via Create Don’t Hate Productions March 19 @ Story Slam April16 @ Visulite Theater Charlotte NC
• NoDa All Arts Market @ Neighborhood Theater March 3 & 4 Charlotte NC
• Culture Initiative:  Hearts & Pin-ups February 13 @ Dharma Lounge Charlotte NC

2009

• Culture Initiative:  The 1 December 12 @ Dharma Lounge
• NoDa All Arts Market December 2-3 & 16-17 2009
• Guild of Charlotte Artist Holiday Art Show at The Art House December 4 – January 2, 2010
• Festival In the Park collab with CROSSROADS CHARLOTTE ‘Emerging Artist’ September 2009
• District Design Studio, NoDa Charlotte, NC August-November 2009
• Artworks on Main, Mooresville, NC June 2009-December 2009
• Artworks on Main “Art in Hand” Show, Mooresville, NC, June 1-30, 2009
• FEMME FEST at Neighborhood Theater (NoDa), Charlotte, NC, May 30, 2009
• Charlotte Artists Society Founders Show (in Bank of America Lobby 100 Tryon St), Charlotte, NC, May 24-June 6, 2009
• The Arthouse Women’s Juried Art Show (3^rd Place Winner, 3 works accepted into show), NoDa Charlotte, NC, May 2009
• Spring Into Arts Festival, Concord, NC May 2009
• The Creative Art Exchange “Art in Hand” Show, Cornelius, NC, May 4-29, 2009
• SoAlive Gallery “Art in Hand” Show, Davidson, NC, April 7-30, 2009
• Charlotte Farmer’s Market, Charlotte, NC, April 2009 May 2009 July 2009
• Charlotte Art League “Sankofa,” Charlotte, NC, February 2009

2008

• All Arts market at Neighborhood Theater (NoDa), Charlotte, NC, December 2008
• Charlotte Art League “Art for Arts Sake,” Charlotte, NC, August 2008.

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PUBLICATIONS/MEDIA

• DIRT RAG MAGAZINE Issue 146 ‘Old Coot’ [page 53] December 2009
• Charlotte ViewPoint June 2010
• FOX News May 2011
• Charlotte Observer  Online May 16 2011
• Charlotte Observer [print] May 2011
• Knight Art Blog 
• Creative Loafing Charlotte [print]August 2011
• Creative Loafing:  Crawl Space Interview August 2011
• Charlotte Business Journal