Jeff Bell
Education
2008 MFA University of North Carolina at Greensboro
1998 BA University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2018 ReNautilus, 21c Museum Hotel, Durham, NC
2018 ReSpace, Gatewood Gallery, UNCG, Greensboro, NC
2017 Night / Day / Night, Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC and Greensboro Project Space, Greensboro, NC
2017 Project Reject is Underway (As Notary Public - Collaboration with Megan Sullivan), Artspace, Raleigh, NC
2016 Within / Without (Very Metal), SPECTRE Arts, Durham, NC
2014 RePiano, SPECTRE Arts, Durham, NC
2013 Mountains and Objects, Wayne County Arts Council, Goldsboro, NC
2012 Jeff Bell, Frank Creech Art Gallery at JCC, Smithfield, NC
2011 The Wedge Room, VAE Annex, Raleigh, NC
2010 Bridge and Blocks, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH
2010 Jeff Bell and Len Davis, Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC
2009 The Sled and the Blocks, Flood Gallery, Asheville, NC
2008 Reconstitution, BCAC, Durham, NC
Recent Group Exhibitions
2018 Group Show, United Arts Council, Raleigh, NC
2018 Cold, Soggy Fries - Team Lump, Gatewood Gallery, UNCG, Greensboro, NC
2017 Anywhere but Here, Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2016 In-Dus-Try, Light Art Design, Chapel Hill, NC
2016 The Contemporaries, Light Art Design, Chapel Hill, NC
2016 New, Light Art Design, Chapel Hill, NC
2016 Near Mint, Flanders Gallery, Raleigh NC
2015 Area 919, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC
2014 Some Mountains, United Arts Council, Raleigh, NC
2013 Sculpture in the Garden, NC Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, NC
2013 Wood Work, 311 West Martin Street Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2013 Exchange Gallery, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC
2012 Come Out and Play Sculpture Show, Chapel Hill, NC
2012 Home and Hearth, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC
2012 Scrapel Hill, University Mall, Chapel Hill, NC
2011 Pulp, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC
2011 Skateboard Art Show, United Arts Council, Raleigh, NC
2010 Exchange Gallery, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC
2010 Progression or Recession?, LabourLove Gallery, Durham, NC
2010 Green Frame, Raleigh City Museum, Raleigh, NC
2009 Divide, Sparkcon installation, Raleigh, NC
2009 Sample, United Arts Council, Raleigh, NC
2009 Redux, Desotorow Gallery, Savannah, GA
2009 North Carolina Artists Exhibition, Raleigh Fine Arts Society, Raleigh, NC
2009 The Down East Sculpture Exhibition, Emerge Gallery,Greenville, NC
2008 100 under 1,000, Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2008 Bird’s Eye View, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC
2008 UNCG MFA Exhibition, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
2008 Graduate Exhibition, Gatewood Gallery, Greensboro, NC
2008 Sculpture Exhibition, Gatewood Gallery, Greensboro, NC
2007 Graduate Exhibition, EUC Gallery, Greensboro, NC
2007 Weaver Cooke, Juried Exhibition, Greensboro, NC
2006 Graduate Exhibition, EUC Gallery, Greensboro, NC
2005 Implements and Silhouettes, Bleeker Street Gallery, Carrboro, NC
Awards
2017 Professional Development Grant, Raleigh, NC
2010 Emerging Artist Grant, Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC
Professional Experience
2016 - Present Executive Director, Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park and Museum, Wilson, NC
2014-2016 Museum Manager, 21c Museum Hotel, Durham, NC
2013-2014 Gallery and Exhibitions Manager, CAM Raleigh, Raleigh, NC
2012-2013 Lead Preparator, CAM Raleigh, Raleigh, NC
2009-2010 Board of Directors, Liberty Arts, Inc., Durham, NC
2006-2008 Graduate Student Member of Falk Visiting Artist Series, UNC Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
2002–2006 Registrar, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham,NC
May 2001 Session Studio Assistant in Iron Studio, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
1998-2002 Assistant Registrar, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC