Artist CV
EDUCATION
2014 M.F.A. Visual Arts, Lesley University College of Art and Design
2006 B.A. Architecture College of Design, North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC
2001 B.A. Environmental Design College of Design, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS *Forthcoming Projects
Blount and Person Street Corridor Public Art
Collaboration with Evoke Studio Architecture
City of Raleigh, Raleigh Arts Program
Raleigh, NC
Status: Awarded
Five Points Plaza Artwork,
Collaboration with Evoke Studio Architecture
Comprehensive Neighborhood Improvement Program
City of Charlotte, Arts and Science Program
Charlotte, NC
Status: Completed Winter 2022
West Trade Street Artwork,
Collaboration with Evoke Studio Architecture
Comprehensive Neighborhood Improvement Program
City of Charlotte, Arts and Science Program
Charlotte, NC
Status: Completed Winter 2022
Taurus,
David Wilson Lead Artist
Durham Public Arts Commission
Durham, NC
Status: Completed Summer 2018
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS *Forthcoming Exhibits
2023 In Transition
Elder Gallery of Contemporary Art, Charlotte NC
2014 Any City “AMERICA”,
Witherspoon African American Cultural Center,
North Carolina State University , Raleigh NC
2011 Solo Exhibition, Work of J Stacy Utley,
St. Josephs Historic Foundation, Hayti Heritage Center,
Lydia Moore Gallery, Durham NC
RETROSPECT,
Witherspoon African American Cultural Center,
North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS *Forthcoming Exhibits
2021 Venice Biennale Architettura
‘A South Forty’, Curated by Fay Jones School of Architecture – University of Arkansas
Palazzo Mora, European Cultural Centre
Venice Italy
Collaborative Public Art Projects with Evoke Studio Architecture
Inform. Create. Inspire, Celebrating the Creative Man
9189 Studio Gallery, Charlotte NC
2020 Home
Elder Gallery of Contemporary Art, Charlotte NC
2018 Summer Artist in Residence Group Exhibition
Goodyear Arts, Charlotte NC
2017 Wet Paint
Goodyear Arts, Charlotte NC
National Black Arts Festival,
Atlanta GA
Work In Progress (WIP) Pop Up Exhibition
Commons Gallery, Cambridge MA
Gendered, an Inclusive Show, Group project with Studio 345
Mint Museum UPTOWN, Charlotte NC
Requiem for Mother Emanuel, Artist Response
Mint Museum, Charlotte NC
2016 The Local, Pop Up Exhibition
Gallery One-Five-O, Charlotte NC
2015 Recovering the Classics, Pop Up Exhibition,
American Tobacco Campus, Durham NC
2014 M.F.A. Graduate Exhibition,
Vandernoot Gallery, Cambridge MA
Boston Young Contemporaries, (Juried by Josephine Halvorson, Pieranna Cavalchini, Kenji Nakayama)
808 Commonwealth Ave, Boston MA
2012 Artists of the DNC,
Offices of the Democratic National Convention, Charlotte NC
National Arts Program Exhibition,
Block Gallery, Raleigh NC
2011 Through Our Eye,
Fosters Frame and Design Gallery, Huntersville NC
2010 Art by Architects,
Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte NC
TEACHING + LECTURE
2019 Visiting Lecturer, Liberal Studies, Arts and Society,
Any City America – Gentrification and the Artist Impact,
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte NC
Visiting Lecturer, The First Forty Days
Any City America – Gentrification and the Artist Impact,
Johnson C Smith University, Charlotte NC
De-Appropriating and Appropriately Teaching African American Art and Culture
NAIS - People of Color Conference
Seattle, WA
2017 Art Teacher, Fine Arts Department
Charlotte Country Day School, Charlotte NC
2016 Adjunct Professor, Liberal Studies, Arts and Society,
Any City America – Gentrification and the Artist Impact,
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte NC
2014 Teaching Artist, Studio 345, Arts and Science Council, Charlotte NC
Graduate Artist Talk, Any City, AMERICA,
Lesley University College of Art and Design, Cambridge MA
Artist Talk, Any City, America, Witherspoon African American Cultural Center,
North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC
2013 Instructor, Grier Heights Community Art Project, Mint Museum, Charlotte NC
My Soul, Author and Artist, Harvey B Gantt Center for Cultural Arts, Charlotte NC
2011 Faculty, Architectural Studio, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte NC
Guest Critic, Urban Planning Studio, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte NC
Artist Talk, A Retrospective, Witherspoon African American Cultural Center,
North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC
2010 Guest Critic, Architecture Studio, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte NC
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2015 Ocasio, Grace C, “After Persuing Grandmas Scrapbook”, North Carolina Literary Review, No. 24, 2015
2014 Moses, Angie, "3 to Watch, Emerging artist mix up talent", Pride Magazine, November 2014
2013 Mandell, Ladianne, “Mixed Media Master, Passionate artist creates a portfolio of burgeoning, dynamic work”,
Mosaic Magazine, July 2013
Kimbrough, Helen H., My Soul, African American Spirituals, June 2013
Duckett, Michaela L., “The Art of His Story, Stacy Utley draws on fascination with masters and memories”,
The Charlotte Post, October
2012 Ph.d Smith-McKoy, Sheila. The Obsidian Literature in the African Diaspora, Richard Wright Issue, Winter 2010
Maschal, Richard, “Art by Architects, Architects turn their hands to art pieces”, The Charlotte Observer, July 2010