Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae
Gherdai Hassell
Currently lives and works in Manchester UK
1991 Born in Paget, Bermuda
EDUCATION:
2022 China Academy of Art, International School of Art, Hangzhou, China
Master of Contemporary Art
2013 The University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
Bachelor of Science, Cum Laude
2011 Semester at Sea, University of Virginia, VA
Diversity Abroad Scholar
AWARDS
2022 Best of Bermuda – Visual Artist
2022 Masterworks Museum Charman Prize
2022 Manchester Castlefield Gallery Professional Development Award
2021 Women United Art Prize
2021 Bermuda Arts Council Education Grant
2021 Best of Bermuda Award – Visual Artist
2020 Bermuda Arts Council Exhibition Grant
2020 Catapult Caribbean Artist Showcase Grant
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Paper People: Women United Art Virtual Exhibition
2021 Tracing Our Roots : Bermuda National Museum
2021 I AM Because You Are: Bermuda National Gallery
2020 Collecting the Gaze: Black Pony Gallery
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 A Survey Exhibition of Painting Celebrating Global Black Subjectivities: When We See Us , Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town, South Africa
2022 First. Female. Forward. Afrofutourism, Red Door Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria
2022 Wassaic Projects Group exhibition, Wassaic, NY (forthcoming)
2022 Manchester Open, HOME gallery, Manchester, UK
2022 Stick it! : Tern Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas
2021 She Curates X Clovermill Residency Exhibition: Wilder Gallery, London UK
2021 Allegories, Renditions and a Small Nation of Women: Yale divinity School, CT, USA
2021 Bermuda in a Changing World: Masterworks Museum Bermuda
2021 Say it Loud – Visions of Self – Christies, Rockefeller Center, New York, NY
2021 Chautauqua Visual Art Exhibit, Chautauqua, NY
2021 What is Black Art? group Exhibition: The Eaton Hotel, Washington DC, USA
2021 Femininity Defined Online Group Exhibition: Black Girls Who Paint
2021 Intrinsic Nature online Group Exhibition: The Curator’s Salon
2021 Atlantic World Art Fair, Artsy
2020 Biennial Let Me Tell You Something: Bermuda National Gallery, Bermuda
2019 To Say Almost the Same: Xika Gallery, Hangzhou, China
2019 Where Fate Leads Us: Masterworks Museum, Bermuda
2019 Emerging Artist Exhibition: Bermuda Society of Art, Bermuda
2019 A Journey to the Pridelands: WACO Theatre Center, USA
2017 Bermuse: Masterworks Museum, Bermuda
BIENNIALS
2022 Past. Present. Future. – 10th Bermuda Biennial (forthcoming), Bermuda
2022 13th edition of the Rencontres de Bamako – African Biennale of Photography, Mali
2022 14th Biennial De La Havana, Havana, Cuba
2020 Biennial Let Me Tell You Something: Bermuda National Gallery, Bermuda
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2022 Hambidge Center, Georgia, USA
2021 Chautauqua Visual Arts residency, Chautauqua, New York, USA
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Doug & Laurie Kanyer Art Collection, Yakima, WA
Bermuda National Gallery Collection
SELECTED TALKS/ PANELS
2022 Social Equity Workshop – New York Fashion Institute
2022 Stick it! Artist Talk
2021 Arts to Hearts Project Talk
2021 Women United Art Prize Podcast
2021 Traces and Pastimes, Museum Association of the Caribbean Virtual Conference
2021 Art Queens Guest Artist Talk
2021 Atlantic World Art Fair Artist Talk
2021 Tracing Our Roots Artist Talk, National Museum Bermuda, Bermuda
2021 I AM Because You Are Artists Talk , Bermuda National Gallery, Bermuda
SELECTED TEXT PUBLICATIONS/ TEXT /PRESS
2022 Forgotten lands Vol 4
2021 Maritimes Vol 34: National Museum Bermuda, Cover Story
2021 Black Collagists Book, Teri Henderson , Kanyer Publishing
2021 Bermudian Magazine
2021 Art Seen Magazine Issue 1
2021 Collage Care:Transforming Emotions and Life Experiences With Collage, Laurie Kanyer
2021 The Connoisseur
2021 ISE-DA Art Advisory
2020 Catapult Caribbean Artist Showcase Magazine: Caribbean Healing, Vol 3
2020 Create Magazine! Issue 22
2020 Photo Trouvee’ Magazine Issue 1 Artist with featured interview
2020 She Curates Interview
2020 Widewalls: 5 Black Artists to Collect Now