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with text overlaid which speaks of the narratives Black women are currently creating about their identity. Her work has been exhibited at Band of Vices Gallery, Coagula Curatorial, Liquid Courage Gallery and Barnsdall Art Park's Municipal Art Gallery. Bey grew up on the island

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, The Bahamas. She earned a BFA degree in drawing in 2009 from Ball State University, and an MFA in painting in 2014 at

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. She is a tenured professor in the department of Studio Arts at Glendale Community College. Bey is currently represented by the Gavlak Gallery. April Bey's first solo museum exhibition titled, ''Atlantica, The Gilda Region'' opened on May 26, 2021, in Los Angeles at the California African American Museum. It is an immersive installation that discusses Afrofuturism, queerness, feminism, and internet culture in Black America.

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Living people Mixed-media artists 21st-century American women artists Artists from Los Angeles African-American women artists Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century African-American women 21st-century African-American artists {{US-artist-stub