About
Lakeshia is an artist who lives and works in NC. She received a B.S. in Graphic Design from Elizabeth City State University and worked as a Graphic and Web Designer for a decade before transitioning to art full time. Her background as a designer helps her create works that nod to the fantastical while offering interpretations of #BlackGirlMagic – a phrase/movement that celebrates positive messages and images of black women.
She is also owner of 311 Gallery in Raleigh, NC where she hosts exhibitions for local and national artists.
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Select Group Exhibitions
2022 FRESH - Artspace, Raleigh, NC
Swing into Spring, Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC
2021 Alphonse Mucha - North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
Visual Vanguard - Harvey B. Gantt Center, Charlotte, NC
A Collection of Changes - Block Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2020 Resolutions 2020 (Juried) - Hillsborough Gallery of Arts, Hillsborough, NC
Founding Members Exhibition - African American Atelier, Inc., Greensboro, NC
Self-Recognition Through the Other - Center for Visual Artists, Greensboro, NC
Featured Artist Carolina Union Art Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
North Carolina Artists Show - Greenhill Center for Arts, Greensboro, NC
Solo Exhibitions
2021 Between Here and There - Artspace, Raleigh, NC
Between Here and There II - Shaw University, Raleigh, NC
2020 Triangle Community Foundation Exhibition - DAG, Durham, NC
Residencies
2020 Brightwork Fellowship, Anchorlight, NC
2019 Regional Emerging Artist in Residency, Artspace, NC
Press
Reverie Redefined
As part of the exhibit, the NCMA has commissioned three local artists as part of its “Mucha/Inspiring Beauty” campaign to reinterpret the artist’s designs while answering the question “What does beauty mean to you?”
3 (local) things to know about the Alphonse Mucha exhibit at NCMA
The exhibit shares the artist’s story, but local artists also interpret his work in modern ways.