LEXI BELLA | ARTIST CV
EDUCATION
2006 M.F.A. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2003 B.F.A. Painting, Rosemont College, Rosemont, PA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, TEACHING & LECTURING
2022
Producer, site manager, and artist for 49 Wykoff Paint Jam
2022
Guest Speaker, Street Art & Graffiti History, Monmouth University, NJ
2019 Artist’s Panel, The Storefront Gallery for “For Women By Women” Exhibition, New York, NY Artist’s Panel, KICKIT Italia Festival, Rome, Italy
2018
Guest Artist and Lecturer for SecretWalls, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ Guest Speaker, The City College New York, Graffiti and Street Art class, Brooklyn, NY
2017
Guest Speaker, The City College New York, Graffiti and Street Art class, Brooklyn, NY
2017-2018
Lead Instructor and Studio Manager, Art Department, Lower East Side Girls Club, New York, NY
2014-2016, 2007-2012
Teaching Artist, Wingspan Arts, PS 40, PS 183, and The Neighborhood School (PS 363), New York, NY
2012
Guest Speaker, Fine Arts, Rosemont College, Rosemont, PA
2010-2012
Coordinator/Instructor, ArtBattles & Contemporary Art Workshops, Lower East Side Girls Club, New York, NY
2008
Gallery Assistant, “Whole in the Wall, Old and New Masters: Largest American and European Street Art Exhibition in New York,” Helenbeck Gallery, New York, NY
AWARDS, HONORS & GRANTS
2019
WorldPride 2019 | Stonewall 50, WorldPride Mural Project initiative
Selected as one of 50 local and international artists chosen to create murals within the five boroughs of New York that reflect and honor the beauty, struggle, and strides of the LGBTQIA+ community, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots
2017
100 Gates Project for #PoweredByPride
Selected as one of ten artists to paint murals for NYC Pride, promoting LGBTQ rights
2014
NEA Grant Recipient
Wrote and submitted proposal for grant in conjunction with Fourth Arts Block, Inc.(aka FABnyc), to support the commissioning of public art work at different sites throughout the Lower East Side. Selected to create temporary and permanent work in response to an open call for submissions. Grant used for “Lower East Side Heroines Project,” murals created in partnership with Centre-fuge Public Art Project.
2013
UpFest UK, Bristol, UK
Secured funding for travel and participation/mural-creation for the festival through a successful Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign
2010, 2011, 2012
Winner, Art Battles Paris Finales, American Champion Winner, Art Battle, Verbier Switzerland
Winner, Art Battle, Brooklyn Museum of Art
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS
2023 “Lexi Bella’s Love Shack, A Street Art X A.I. Installation, 188 Gallery, NY NY
2018 “The Grit & The Glam,” 3rd Ethos Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 “Lip Gloss and Tears,” Lowbrow Artique, Brooklyn NY
2012 “People I Know & Dreams I Have,” Gallery Bar, New York, NY 2010 “Lexi Bella,” 47 Monroe Gallery Loft, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 'Ladies First" Group Show, 188 Gallery, NY, NY
2021 "Femarchy" Queens College, Queens, NY
2019 “Of Women, By Women,” The Storefront Project, 70 Orchard Street, NYC
2018 “PRESENCE: Women in Street Art. Then, Now & Forever,” Artspace PS 109 Foyer Gallery, New York, NY
2015 “Reclaimed,” Brooklyn Reclaimed & 5Pointz Create, Brooklyn, NY
2015 “Brooklyn is the Future,” The Vazquez, Brooklyn, NY
2014 “We The People” The Silver Room, Chicago, IL
2013 “ArtBattles Vault,” Times Square, New York, NY
2013 “60 Collective Show,” ReBar Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013 “Bringin it To The Streets”, Harlem, New York, NY
2012 “5 Raw,” Gallery Bar, New York, NY
2012 “300 Work, 30 Artists, 3 Countries,” Bleeker St Art Battles Pop Up Gallery, New York, NY 2012 “World Wide Women’s Day Exhibit,” Brooklyn Brothers Gallery, New York, NY
2010 “Across The Board,” Soapstone Gallery, New York, NY
2010 “Under The Bridge: Downtown Art,” 47 Monroe Gallery Lofts, New York, NY
2009 “Art Battles Living Art Exhibition,” Red Bull SoHo Gallery, New York, NY
2008 “Baby Let Me Show You What Love Is...,” Harriet’s Alter Ego Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2007 “Younity: Women in Art,” Toy Tokyo Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED PUBLIC ART WORKS, PROJECTS & FESTIVALS
2022 49 Wyckoff Urban Paint Jam featuring 6 world famous street artists covering a building with murals
2019 “Modern Look of Beauty,” mural, KICKIT Italia Festival, Rome, Italy
2019 “Art Plus Purpose,” collaborative mural, GreenPoint Earth, Newtown Creek Superfund for Newtown Creek Alliance, Brooklyn, NY
2019 “Madam Brett,” mural, Wilfred Architectural Design, Beacon, NY
2019 “USWNT mural NYC,” mural, commission for US Women’s Soccer Team, First Street Green Park, New York, NY
2019 “Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Tribute,” Stonewall50 mural collaboration with Danielle Mastrion for WorldPride Mural Project Initiative, Welling Court, Queens, NY
2019 “My Body My Choice” mural, Bushwick Collective, Brooklyn, NY
2019 “Don’t Tell Me To Smile,” Women’s History Month mural, Citizens Committee for New York City, First Street Green Park, New York, NY
2019 “‘We're The Keepers’ International Women’s Day mural,” based on “We're The Keepers” illustration created by Malawian designer, Lambi Chibambo, and made possible by Various Roots and First Street Green Park, New York, NY
2019 “Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,” portrait mural, First Street Green Park, New York, NY
2018 “Queen of the Universe,” mural, Forest Grove Middle School, Pow Wow Worcester Art Festival, Worcester, MA
2018 “I Went As High As I Could,” mural of Therese Patricia Okoumou, Oakland, CA
2018 “Proud Mariposa,” NYC Pride mural, Welling Court Mural Project, Queens, NY
2018 “Shmona Lisa,” Cardi B/Mona Lisa hybrid mural, Bushwick Collective, Brooklyn, NY
2018 “GoldFish Siren,” mural, Essex Art Project, Essex Modern City, San Antonio, TX
2018 “Lady Malachite,” mural created for East Village Walls, New York, NY
2017 “Girl Power NYC,” mural completed with 3 teenage artists from the Lower East Side Girls Club in partnership with Studio Be, New Orleans, LA
2017 “Save Yazidi Women,” mural collaboration with Danielle Mastrion, Welling Court Mural Project, Queens, NY
2017 “St. Brigid School Mural,” mural, St. Brigid Elementary School, New York, NY
2017 “She’s Lit,” Powered By Pride mural, 100 Gates Project,158 Bowery, New York, NY
2017 “Mahatma Gandhi” mural, Bushwick School for Social Justice, Brooklyn, NY
2017 “When A Woman Rises Up In Her Glory” mural, Brownsville Women’s Shelter, Brooklyn, NY
2016 “Mural for Mana,” mural, Urban Arts Project & Bushwick Collective, Miami, FL
2016 “Frida Kahlo,” mural, La Lupe BK, Brooklyn, NY
2016 “White Owl,” mural, Audubon Society project, Harlem, NY
2016 “Zulaikha Patel,” mural, Bushwick Collective, Brooklyn, NY
2016 “Street Heroines,” collaboration with Danielle Mastrion, Street Heroines Documentary Fundraiser Dodworth Street Mural Project, Brooklyn, NY
2016 “Gulabi Gang/Sampat Pal Devi,” collaboration with Danielle Mastrion, Welling Court Mural Project Queens, NY
2016 “Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,” indoor mural, Phipps Center, Bronx, NY
2015 “Black Girls Matter,” mural, Writing On The Walls in Brownsville, Brooklyn, NY
2015 “Earth Mother” mural, Surplus Candy, Los Angeles, CA
2015 “Chimamanda Adichie,” mural, August Martin High School, Queens, NY
2014 “Wynwood Walls Mural,” Miami Art Basel, Miami, FL
2014 “The 8 Greats Yankees Mural Project,” made possible by the 161st St Business Improvement District, Bronx, NY
2014 “Lower East Side Heroines Project,” murals created in partnership with Centre-fuge Public Art Project & Fourth Arts Block, New York, NY
2014 “Bring Back Our Girls,” mural collaboration with Danielle Mastrion, Welling Court, Queens, NY
2014 Mural, Bushwick Collective Block Party, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Centre-fuge Public Art Project Artist Outreach mural collaboration with Sintex, Detroit, MI 2014 Mural, Flushing Ave & St Nicholas St, Bushwick Collective Brooklyn, NY
2013 “Lil Havana,” mural, Centre-fuge Public Mural Project for Miami Art Basel, Miami, FL
2013 “Frida Kahlo,” mural, ArtLab, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Mural, 5Pointz Graffiti Museum, Long Island City, NY
2013 Mural, Paperbox Music Venue, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Mural, UpFest Urban Art Festival in Bristol, UK
2012 Mural, Centre-fuge Public Art Project, Lower East Side, New York, NY
2012 “The Artist’s Process Project,” mural, 5Pointz Graffiti Museum, Long Island City, NY
2011 “Citizen Jane Mural Project,” Lower East Side Girls Club, New York, NY
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Lexi Bella. Zulaikha Patel. Oct 2016. Flushing Ave, Brooklyn, NY. Race for Education Gender, White Tone, and Schooling in South Africa. Hunter, Mark. Cambridge University Press, 2019. Cover art. Print.
Perry, Kady. New Orleans: Murals, Street Art & Graffiti Volume 1. Independent Publishing. 2019. Lexi Bella pp 78, 80.
Orlandini, Diego. The Ultimate Street Art Coloring Book: Urban Art & Murals From Around the World.
AimfulMedia LLC, 2018. Lexi Bella, featured artist.
Orlandini, Diego. Brooklyn Street Art Coloring Book. AimfulMedia LLC, 2018. Lexi Bella, featured artist.
2006 M.F.A. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2003 B.F.A. Painting, Rosemont College, Rosemont, PA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, TEACHING & LECTURING
2022
Producer, site manager, and artist for 49 Wykoff Paint Jam
2022
Guest Speaker, Street Art & Graffiti History, Monmouth University, NJ
2019 Artist’s Panel, The Storefront Gallery for “For Women By Women” Exhibition, New York, NY Artist’s Panel, KICKIT Italia Festival, Rome, Italy
2018
Guest Artist and Lecturer for SecretWalls, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ Guest Speaker, The City College New York, Graffiti and Street Art class, Brooklyn, NY
2017
Guest Speaker, The City College New York, Graffiti and Street Art class, Brooklyn, NY
2017-2018
Lead Instructor and Studio Manager, Art Department, Lower East Side Girls Club, New York, NY
2014-2016, 2007-2012
Teaching Artist, Wingspan Arts, PS 40, PS 183, and The Neighborhood School (PS 363), New York, NY
2012
Guest Speaker, Fine Arts, Rosemont College, Rosemont, PA
2010-2012
Coordinator/Instructor, ArtBattles & Contemporary Art Workshops, Lower East Side Girls Club, New York, NY
2008
Gallery Assistant, “Whole in the Wall, Old and New Masters: Largest American and European Street Art Exhibition in New York,” Helenbeck Gallery, New York, NY
AWARDS, HONORS & GRANTS
2019
WorldPride 2019 | Stonewall 50, WorldPride Mural Project initiative
Selected as one of 50 local and international artists chosen to create murals within the five boroughs of New York that reflect and honor the beauty, struggle, and strides of the LGBTQIA+ community, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots
2017
100 Gates Project for #PoweredByPride
Selected as one of ten artists to paint murals for NYC Pride, promoting LGBTQ rights
2014
NEA Grant Recipient
Wrote and submitted proposal for grant in conjunction with Fourth Arts Block, Inc.(aka FABnyc), to support the commissioning of public art work at different sites throughout the Lower East Side. Selected to create temporary and permanent work in response to an open call for submissions. Grant used for “Lower East Side Heroines Project,” murals created in partnership with Centre-fuge Public Art Project.
2013
UpFest UK, Bristol, UK
Secured funding for travel and participation/mural-creation for the festival through a successful Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign
2010, 2011, 2012
Winner, Art Battles Paris Finales, American Champion Winner, Art Battle, Verbier Switzerland
Winner, Art Battle, Brooklyn Museum of Art
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS
2023 “Lexi Bella’s Love Shack, A Street Art X A.I. Installation, 188 Gallery, NY NY
2018 “The Grit & The Glam,” 3rd Ethos Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 “Lip Gloss and Tears,” Lowbrow Artique, Brooklyn NY
2012 “People I Know & Dreams I Have,” Gallery Bar, New York, NY 2010 “Lexi Bella,” 47 Monroe Gallery Loft, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 'Ladies First" Group Show, 188 Gallery, NY, NY
2021 "Femarchy" Queens College, Queens, NY
2019 “Of Women, By Women,” The Storefront Project, 70 Orchard Street, NYC
2018 “PRESENCE: Women in Street Art. Then, Now & Forever,” Artspace PS 109 Foyer Gallery, New York, NY
2015 “Reclaimed,” Brooklyn Reclaimed & 5Pointz Create, Brooklyn, NY
2015 “Brooklyn is the Future,” The Vazquez, Brooklyn, NY
2014 “We The People” The Silver Room, Chicago, IL
2013 “ArtBattles Vault,” Times Square, New York, NY
2013 “60 Collective Show,” ReBar Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013 “Bringin it To The Streets”, Harlem, New York, NY
2012 “5 Raw,” Gallery Bar, New York, NY
2012 “300 Work, 30 Artists, 3 Countries,” Bleeker St Art Battles Pop Up Gallery, New York, NY 2012 “World Wide Women’s Day Exhibit,” Brooklyn Brothers Gallery, New York, NY
2010 “Across The Board,” Soapstone Gallery, New York, NY
2010 “Under The Bridge: Downtown Art,” 47 Monroe Gallery Lofts, New York, NY
2009 “Art Battles Living Art Exhibition,” Red Bull SoHo Gallery, New York, NY
2008 “Baby Let Me Show You What Love Is...,” Harriet’s Alter Ego Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2007 “Younity: Women in Art,” Toy Tokyo Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED PUBLIC ART WORKS, PROJECTS & FESTIVALS
2022 49 Wyckoff Urban Paint Jam featuring 6 world famous street artists covering a building with murals
2019 “Modern Look of Beauty,” mural, KICKIT Italia Festival, Rome, Italy
2019 “Art Plus Purpose,” collaborative mural, GreenPoint Earth, Newtown Creek Superfund for Newtown Creek Alliance, Brooklyn, NY
2019 “Madam Brett,” mural, Wilfred Architectural Design, Beacon, NY
2019 “USWNT mural NYC,” mural, commission for US Women’s Soccer Team, First Street Green Park, New York, NY
2019 “Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Tribute,” Stonewall50 mural collaboration with Danielle Mastrion for WorldPride Mural Project Initiative, Welling Court, Queens, NY
2019 “My Body My Choice” mural, Bushwick Collective, Brooklyn, NY
2019 “Don’t Tell Me To Smile,” Women’s History Month mural, Citizens Committee for New York City, First Street Green Park, New York, NY
2019 “‘We're The Keepers’ International Women’s Day mural,” based on “We're The Keepers” illustration created by Malawian designer, Lambi Chibambo, and made possible by Various Roots and First Street Green Park, New York, NY
2019 “Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,” portrait mural, First Street Green Park, New York, NY
2018 “Queen of the Universe,” mural, Forest Grove Middle School, Pow Wow Worcester Art Festival, Worcester, MA
2018 “I Went As High As I Could,” mural of Therese Patricia Okoumou, Oakland, CA
2018 “Proud Mariposa,” NYC Pride mural, Welling Court Mural Project, Queens, NY
2018 “Shmona Lisa,” Cardi B/Mona Lisa hybrid mural, Bushwick Collective, Brooklyn, NY
2018 “GoldFish Siren,” mural, Essex Art Project, Essex Modern City, San Antonio, TX
2018 “Lady Malachite,” mural created for East Village Walls, New York, NY
2017 “Girl Power NYC,” mural completed with 3 teenage artists from the Lower East Side Girls Club in partnership with Studio Be, New Orleans, LA
2017 “Save Yazidi Women,” mural collaboration with Danielle Mastrion, Welling Court Mural Project, Queens, NY
2017 “St. Brigid School Mural,” mural, St. Brigid Elementary School, New York, NY
2017 “She’s Lit,” Powered By Pride mural, 100 Gates Project,158 Bowery, New York, NY
2017 “Mahatma Gandhi” mural, Bushwick School for Social Justice, Brooklyn, NY
2017 “When A Woman Rises Up In Her Glory” mural, Brownsville Women’s Shelter, Brooklyn, NY
2016 “Mural for Mana,” mural, Urban Arts Project & Bushwick Collective, Miami, FL
2016 “Frida Kahlo,” mural, La Lupe BK, Brooklyn, NY
2016 “White Owl,” mural, Audubon Society project, Harlem, NY
2016 “Zulaikha Patel,” mural, Bushwick Collective, Brooklyn, NY
2016 “Street Heroines,” collaboration with Danielle Mastrion, Street Heroines Documentary Fundraiser Dodworth Street Mural Project, Brooklyn, NY
2016 “Gulabi Gang/Sampat Pal Devi,” collaboration with Danielle Mastrion, Welling Court Mural Project Queens, NY
2016 “Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,” indoor mural, Phipps Center, Bronx, NY
2015 “Black Girls Matter,” mural, Writing On The Walls in Brownsville, Brooklyn, NY
2015 “Earth Mother” mural, Surplus Candy, Los Angeles, CA
2015 “Chimamanda Adichie,” mural, August Martin High School, Queens, NY
2014 “Wynwood Walls Mural,” Miami Art Basel, Miami, FL
2014 “The 8 Greats Yankees Mural Project,” made possible by the 161st St Business Improvement District, Bronx, NY
2014 “Lower East Side Heroines Project,” murals created in partnership with Centre-fuge Public Art Project & Fourth Arts Block, New York, NY
2014 “Bring Back Our Girls,” mural collaboration with Danielle Mastrion, Welling Court, Queens, NY
2014 Mural, Bushwick Collective Block Party, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Centre-fuge Public Art Project Artist Outreach mural collaboration with Sintex, Detroit, MI 2014 Mural, Flushing Ave & St Nicholas St, Bushwick Collective Brooklyn, NY
2013 “Lil Havana,” mural, Centre-fuge Public Mural Project for Miami Art Basel, Miami, FL
2013 “Frida Kahlo,” mural, ArtLab, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Mural, 5Pointz Graffiti Museum, Long Island City, NY
2013 Mural, Paperbox Music Venue, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Mural, UpFest Urban Art Festival in Bristol, UK
2012 Mural, Centre-fuge Public Art Project, Lower East Side, New York, NY
2012 “The Artist’s Process Project,” mural, 5Pointz Graffiti Museum, Long Island City, NY
2011 “Citizen Jane Mural Project,” Lower East Side Girls Club, New York, NY
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Lexi Bella. Zulaikha Patel. Oct 2016. Flushing Ave, Brooklyn, NY. Race for Education Gender, White Tone, and Schooling in South Africa. Hunter, Mark. Cambridge University Press, 2019. Cover art. Print.
Perry, Kady. New Orleans: Murals, Street Art & Graffiti Volume 1. Independent Publishing. 2019. Lexi Bella pp 78, 80.
Orlandini, Diego. The Ultimate Street Art Coloring Book: Urban Art & Murals From Around the World.
AimfulMedia LLC, 2018. Lexi Bella, featured artist.
Orlandini, Diego. Brooklyn Street Art Coloring Book. AimfulMedia LLC, 2018. Lexi Bella, featured artist.