Misty Findley
Education
2023-2026 MFA (in progress) Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
2020 BFA Painting and Drawing, Chico State University, Chico, CA
2017 AA-T Studio Art- Sierra College, Rocklin, CA
Experience
2024 TA in Figure Drawing for Isoko Onadera, Louisiana State University
2023 TA in Drawing Composition for Miles Kinney, Louisiana State University
2017 Technical Assistant- Ridley Gallery, Rocklin, CA
2017 Teacher’s assistant in Art Appreciation for Brenna Chapman, Sierra College, Rocklin, CA
2017 Teacher’s assistant in Intro to Painting for Patrick Marasso, Sierra College, Rocklin, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2020 Feast, B-SO Gallery, Chico State University, CA
Group Exhibitions
2024 Louisiana Contemporary Exhibition, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
2023, Disquiet, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2023 9 Weeks Barnes Ogden Gallery, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
2022 St Tammany Art Association Members Show, Covington, LA
2020 Art at Apollo, Nor-Cal Musicians Collective, Apollo School of Music, Chico, CA
2019 Bold Expressions, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Carmichael, CA
2019 Mini Print Exchange, B-SO Gallery, Chico State University, CA
2019 Creative Parts, B-SO Gallery, Chico State University, CA
2018 Moonlit Macabre, BMU Gallery, Chico State University, CA
2018 -Ation, BMU Gallery, Chico State University, CA
2018 Strange Figurations, Limner Gallery, NY
2018 10 10 20 Show, B-SO Gallery, Chico State University, CA
2017 Placer Arts Studio Tour, Auburn, CA
2017 Maker Fusion, Ridley Gallery, Sierra College, CA
2017 Halberg Merit Award Exhibition, Sierra College, CA
2017 Student Show, Sierra College (Purchase Award), CA
2015 Open Juried Show, Rocklin Fine Arts, Rocklin, CA (Honorable Mention)
2014 Open Juried Show, Placer Arts, Auburn, CA
Awards
2020 Jennifer Tancreto Award, CSU Chico
2019 Maria Pesely Memorial Reward- Bold Expressions, Sacramento Fine Arts Center
2019 Richard Hornaday Memorial Scholarship, CSU Chico
2018 Mary Ahlquist Memorial Scholarship, CSU Chico
2017 Halberg Merit Award, Sierra College
2016 Kingsley Award, Sierra College
Publications
2024 Dilate Magazine- Featured Artist, Issue 5
2022 Women United Art Movement Magazine- Featured Artist, Issue 1
2019 Catalogue for 24th Annual Ink & Clay, Janet Turner Print Museum, Chico, CA
2019 Catalogue for 64th Juried Student Exhibition, Jacki Headley University Art Gallery, Chico, CA
2018 Sierra Journal- Featured Artist
Collections
Ridley Gallery, Rocklin, CA
Andy and Shana Laursen, Auburn, CA