MAHARI CHABWERA - CV
RESIDENCIES/EDUCATION
2020 - 2021 Contemporary Arts Network First Patron Artist in Residence
2020 Oakwood Arts Curator in Residence
2019 Vermont Studio Center Residency
2017 B.F.A. in Painting and Printmaking, Virginia Commonwealth University
SOLO SHOWS
2019 - 2020 I’d Be Starved if I Ate All the Lies They Told, Amuse Restaurant, The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
2017 Origin of Descent, Browne Studio, Richmond, VA
GRANTS/AWARDS
2020 Emerging Artist Award from The Visual Arts Center
2019-20 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Professional Fellowship
2018 The Anderson Gallery Summer Studio Space Grant
2017 Vermont Studio Center Merit Grant
2017 Best Piece Award in Poictesme Art & Literature Spring Anthology, Richmond, VA
2017 Chair’s Choice Award, Richmond, VA
2017 Merit Studio, Richmond, VA
2016 Merit Studio, Richmond, VA
2016 Esther Elizabeth Motz Memorial Arts Scholarship, Richmond, VA
2013 First Place in Hampton Roads Academy Juried Art Exhibit, Newport News, VA
2013 Second Place in Peninsula Fine Arts Center Student Exhibition, Newport News, VA
2013 Chesapeake Bay Art Association Scholarship recipient, Hampton, VA
SHARED PROJECTS
2021 Black Spirituals, CAN, Newport News, VA
2020 For The People, CAN, Newport News, VA
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2020 Primordial Emanations, that which is brought forth follows the womb: a surrender to her luminous
blackness, 1708 Gallery, Richmond VA
2019 In Search Of Our Mothers’ Gardens, We Made Armor, Sediment Gallery, Richmond, VA
2018 he Burned Our Drums, So We drummed Our Bodies; A Developing Dedication To The Vulva, Corner Office,
Richmond, VA
2017 Mama Ree’s School Aged Exhibition, The Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
2017 Painting and Printmaking Senior Show, The FAB Gallery, Richmond, VA
2016 Mad Young, Downing Gross Cultural Arts Center, Newport News, VA
PUBLICATIONS
2020 New American Paintings, No. 142, South Issue
2018 Corner Office, Richmond, VA
2017 Sukeban Magazine, Tokyo, Japan
2017 Poictesme Literature and Art Anthology, Richmond, VA
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2020 Cabin Fever Live Auction, 1708 Gallery, Richmond VA
2020 Evolution of The Sacred Self Iridian Gallery
2019 New Waves Juried Exhibition, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA
2019 Cabin Fever Silent Auction, 1708 Gallery, Richmond VA
2018 Spirit Fingers & Jazz Hands, Capital One Corporate Headquarters and Iridian Gallery, Richmond VA
2018 Monster Drawing Rally, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
2018 Intersectional Wonder Woman Art Show, The Hofheimer, Richmond VA
2017 Virginia AF, Neon Festival, Norfolk, VA
2017 On The Magical Art of Not Giving a Fuck, Kate’s Place, Richmond, VA
2017 Some Claims, FAB Gallery, Richmond, VA
2017 Performing History, FAB Gallery, Richmond, VA
2017 Virginia Commonwealth University Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
2016 Innersanctum, 670 Gallery, Hampton, VA
2016 The CANtemporaries Exhibit, 670 Gallery, Hampton, VA
2016 Virginia Commonwealth University Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
2015 The Can Opener, 670 Gallery, Hampton, VA
2015 Three / Fifths : The Redefining of a Culture, 670 Gallery, Hampton, VA
ARTIST TALKS/PANELS
2019 A conversation With Mahari Chabwera, The Black Experience at VCU, Richmond VA
2019 Torpedo Talks, Black Woman Artists Matter, DC
COLLECTIONS
Contemporary Arts Network Foundation
Capital One Financial Corporation