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Lucy Bell
Santa Barbara, CA
EDUCATION
In candidacy for 2025 MFA Art from the University of California, Santa Barbara
2020 BA Visual Arts, Cum Laude, University of California, San Diego
SOLO SHOWS
2024 DIVE, Glass Box Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
GROUP SHOWS
2024 222 Days In: MFA First Year Review, Red Barn Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2023 MFA First Year Show, Glass Box Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2022 Crimson Tide, Soft Times Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2022 Ferment, group show, Uncle Credit Union Gallery, Bankhead Theater, Livermore, CA
2021 Museum Month, r.blitzer Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2021 New Dawn, Livermore Arts Association, Livermore, CA
2020 450 Pieces, r.blitzer Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2020 Honors At Home Thesis Exhibition, Kamil Gallery, San Diego, CA
2020 Goddamn Dioramas!, Kamil Gallery, San Diego, CA
2018 Full-On, Kamil Gallery, San Diego, CA
2017 Spring Show, Mertes Center for the Arts, Livermore, CA
2016 Drawing Circus, Burns Fine Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA
CURATORIAL
2024 HOUSE SHOW F24, Red Barn Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Forthcoming
2024 Deviate, Art, Design, and Architecture Museum, Santa Barbara, CA
2024 HOUSE SHOW, Red Barn Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
RESIDENCIES
2021 Grünewald Guild, Plain, WA
ART FAIRS & EVENTS
2024 Off Register Art Book Fair, Community Arts Workshop, Santa Barbara, CA forthcoming
2024 Tchotchke Art Fair, Community Arts Workshop, Santa Barbara, CA
2023 UCSB MFA Open Studios, Harder Stadium, Santa Barbara, CA
2023 Tri-Valley Open Studios, Alliance for the Visual Arts, Pleasanton, CA
2022 Earlier Than the Bird, Livermore, CA
2022 ArtWalk Livermore, Livermore, CA
2021 Hearts for Arts Fundraiser, Artisans & Agency, Santa Cruz, CA
2020 Open Studios online, Santa Cruz Arts Council, Santa Cruz,
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
2024 Ron Newby Scholarship, University of California, Santa Barbara
2024 Graduate Student Association Grant, University of California, Santa Barbara
2021 Artist Scholarship, Grünewald Guild
2018-2020 Provost Honors, UC San Diego
2018 Art League Scholarship, Pleasanton Art League
2016 Artist Award, Loyola Marymount Visual Arts Faculty
TEACHING
2024-25 Lead Teaching Assistant, Department of Art, University of California, Santa Barbara
2024 Art 7B Image Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
2024 Ceramic Tech Apprentice, University of California, Santa Barbara
2024 Art 10 Introduction to Painting, University of California, Santa Barbara
2024 Art 7A Life and Art, University of California, Santa Barbara
2024 Art 7C Spatial Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
2023 Art 7B Image Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
2022-23 K-8 Art, Saint Elizabeth Seton School, Palo Alto, CA
TALKS & WORKSHOPS
2024 Artist Talk, Spatial Studies, UC Santa Barbara
2023 Painting Workshop, Bothwell Center for the Arts, Livermore, CA
2023 Artist Talk, Grünewald Guild, zoom
2022 Artist Talk, Grünewald Guild, zoom
PRINT EDITORIAL
2021 Not What I Expected, Print
2021 musings, Digital Publication
2020 Honors at Home Catalog, Digital Publication
PRESS
2023 Bound for Books: Book Bench Public Art Project, Danville Arts
2022 Crimson Tide Press Release, Soft Times Gallery
2022 Ferment Press Release, The Independent
2021 Mother Goose Mural by Dolores Fox Ciardelli, Pleasanton Weekly
2021 New Dawn press release by Vanessa Thomas on Patch
PUBLIC ART
2023 Bound for Books, Danville Public Art, Tri-Valley, CA
2022 Picture This! Public Art Installation, Tri-Valley, CA
PUBLICATIONS
2023 Vita Poetica, Online Magazine, Seattle, WA
2023 Art Maze Magazine Double Issue #32-33, Editorial Curation, London, UK
2022 Pigeon Pages, New York City, NY
2022 Magic, Soft Times Gallery Publication, San Francisco, CA
2021 SOFT Quarterly Fall’21, San Diego, CA
2021 Art Maze Magazine Issue #23, Editorial Curation, London, UK
2020 Anti-Green Sheen Earth Day Zine, Hecha, New York City, NY