TOMISHA LOVELY-ALLEN
Born in Louisville, KY
Resides in Louisville, KY
EDUCATION:
-CPA-Certified Public Accountant, KY
-Northern Kentucky University Bachelor’s in Accounting; Highland Heights, KY
-Northern Kentucky University Associate’s in Business Administration; Highland Heights, KY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2026 KMAC, “Material Obsession: Mini Macro” (Oct-Nov 2026)
2026 Maybe It’s Fate “Background Vocals” (Sept-Nov 2026)
2026 KMAC, “Girl Crush” (August 2026)
2026 KORE, “The Other Side” (April 2026)
2025 Louisville Visual Arts Association (LVA), “Annual Art Squared Exhibition” (Apr 2017, 2024 & 2025
2025 Pyro Gallery, “Annual Invitational”, (Jan-Mar 2025)
2024 LVA, “Ohio River Valley Bienniele” (Sept 2024)
2024 Art Center of the Bluegrass, “Southern Women?” (Jan-May 2024)
2024 Susan Morman Gallery “Perspectives 2023” - (Oct 2023-Jan 2024)
2023 Louisville Visual Art (LVA) Open Studio Exhibit at Cressman Center for Visual Arts (Oct-Nov 2023)
2023 Kentucky Center for African American Heritage, Celebrating the Black Experience” (April-June 2023)
2022 Mellwood Arts Center: Pigment Gallery- “Art In Retrospect” (Nov. 2022)
2021 Roots101 Museum:- “Black to the Future” Exhibition (May 2021-Nov 2021)
2021 The Healing Walls Project-“Spark 2 Street” (Feb 2021)
2021 Art Center of the Bluegrass, “The Art of Being Black Conversations & Experience” (Jan-April 2021)
2020 Root 101 African American Museum- “Black Before I Was Born: A Meditation on Identity” (Feb 2020)
2020 KORE Gallery – “African American Women’s Show: Celebrating Diversity In Art” (Feb 2020)
2017 Wayside Expressions Gallery - (Sept 2017)
2016 Portland Museum - Group Exhibition (May 2016)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2023 West Elm Furniture-Louisville Visiting Artist and Pop-Up Artist (Feb, 2023 & June 2023)
2021 Louisville Visitor Center-Guest Artist (Jun-Aug 2021)
PRIVATE/INSTITUTION COLLECTIONS:
2023 Novak Children’s Hospital via Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY
2023 LVA & Play Cousins Collective, “Curate.Purchase.Inspire: Sweet Fire”
2023 LVA & The Cabbage Patch House, “Curate.Purchase.Inspire: Go Far, Go Together”
2019 Scotland Health Care System, Laurinburg, NC
PUBLICATIONS/BIBLIOGRAPHY
2020 Bluegrass Bold “Stories of Kentucky Women”-illustrate Nannie Helen Burrough (June 2020)
2023 Nashville Voyager “Conversations with Tomisha Lovely-Allen (04/2023)
2023 LVA: Local Muse-St James Court Show Artist Guest (Oct 2023)
2023 Kentucky Center of African American Heritage-One of Six Awarded Prize-(April-June 2023)
2022 St James Art Show: Panel Speaker- Oct 2022
2023 LVA “Curate, Purchase, Inspire” (CPI) Art Purchase Recipient-2023
2021 Centre College-(ACKY) Panel discussion for “Art of Being Black” Exhibit (Mar 2021)
2021 Radio Lex Arts Connect-w/ Kate Savage & (ACKY)-Interview for “Art of Being Black” Exhibit (Feb 2021)
2021 Fund For the Arts “Annual Report 2021”-Interview and Visual Report- 2021
AWARDS
2026 Great Meadows Foundation Group Bully Grant to Atlanta, GA
2020 Fund for the Arts “Black Artist Fund” Grant Recipient-2020
2019 Belknap Fall Festival - "Best Artist 2019", Third Place