LICIA PRIEST
EDUCATION
2012 University of Louisville, BFA Painting, Fiber Art, Sculpture, Minor-Art History
1988 Parsons School of Design– Fiber Arts in West Africa, 1988
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
4/20/2025 – 7/17/2025 I Am We, KMAC Louisville, KY
9/20/2019 – 10/31/2019 Africa Revealed Layer by Layer, Allenton Gallery, Durham, NC
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
6/27/25 – /29/25 Fischer Award Finalist Exhibition, LVA, Louisville, KY
1/30/25 – 7/31/25 Beyond the Frame, African American Museum , Dallas Texas
1/10/25 – 4/30/25 Meeting, Shaker Village Exhibition, Harrodsburg, KY
9/19/24 – 1/4/25, Mothering Me, Carnegie Cultural Art Center, New Albany, IN
8/17/24 – 10/27/24 Kenosha Public Museum’s Acrylic International Exhibition, WI
6/27/24 – 6/29/24 Fischer Award Finalist Exhibition, LVA, Louisville, KY
3/15/24 – 5/19/24.Wild in the Streets, KMAC, Louisville, KY
12/8/23 – 2/7/24 Perspectives 2023, Moreman Gallery, Louisville, KY
1/24/20 – 2/23/20 26th African American Art Exhibition, Roanne H. Victor Gallery at Actors Theatre of Louisville, KY
1/14/19 – 3/9/19 Motivation by Inspiration: A Black History Month Exploration,
Harmony Hall Arts Center, Fort Washington, MD,
2018 Louisville Artists: Carry On, LVA, Louisville KY
2018 Louisville Artists, Janice Mason Art Museum, Cadiz KY
PUBLICATIONS
2025 Voice Magazine. July Issue.
2024 Locke, Lexi. “Licia Priest Receives the 2025 Bill Fischer Award for Visual Artists.” Community Foundation of Louisville, 27 June 2025, www.cflouisville.org/licia-priest-receives-the-2025-bill-fischer-award-for-visual-artists/.
2024 Regional Black artists’ breadth of ‘Perspectives’ , Louisville Art Bureau.
PODCAST
2025 LVA Podcast, Artists Talk, with Keith Waits
2025 Wheelhouse Podcast with Robyn Gibson
AWARDS
2025 Bill Fischer Award
2024 – 2025 South Arts Grant 6 month Artist in Residency with a solo exhibition
2024 Kenosha Public Museum, Acrylic Int. Exhibit Honorable Mention
2024 Bill Fischer Award Finalist
2020 Merit Award: Mellen-Oberst Family Merit Award
2000 Study of Mosaics in Italy, Kentucky Foundation for Women Grant 2000
1995 Professional Assistance Award Kentucky Arts Council
1988 Fiber Art Studies in West Africa Grant Kentucky Foundation for Women
TEACHING
2025 Louisville Free Public Library, Paint Like the Masters – Abstraction.
2025 KMAC Museum of Arts and Craft, Paper Tole
2025 KMAC Museum of Arts and Craft, Beadmaking
2024 Louisville Free Public Library, Paint Like the Masters – Post Impressionism
GALLERY TALKS AND LECTURES
2025 I Am We, series of Gallery talks, KMAC, Louisville, KY
2024 Street Scenes, Gallery Talk, KMAC, Louisville, KY 2024
COLLECTIONS
University of Louisville, Louisville KY
Brown Foreman Company, Louisville KY
PNC Bank, Louisville, KY