Washington, DC b. USA 1970
Billy Colbert has exhibited all over the country. His most notable solo exhibitions have been museum shows at the African American Museum in Dallas, Texas and the Delaware Center for Contemporary Art in Wilmington, Delaware. Colbert has used popular culture, personal experiences and cultural leveraging to serve as narrative for his 2D and 3D mixed media works. A few of his public collections include the University of Wisconsin at Madison, the National Academy of Sciences, Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas and The African American Museum in Dallas, Texas. His work is in numerous private collections including noted actor, Jeffery Wright, prominent art collector and former NBA player and Coach, Darrell Walker.
In 1999 Colbert won the Mixed Media Purchase Prize and was chosen Best in Show at the Carroll Harris Simms National Black Art Exhibition at the African American Museum in Dallas, Texas. The show was curated by the late artist and Mac Authur Fellow, John T.Scott.
Colbert works and resides in Washington, D.C.. He received his MFA in painting from the University of Delaware in 2000, where he was a Presidential Fellow.
EDUCATION
University of Delaware, 2000
Master of Fine Arts, Painting
Frostburg State University, 1993
Bachelor of Science, Graphic Design
AWARDS
2000 Best of Show
Carroll Harris Simms National Black Art Competition
Juried by the late artist and MacAuthur Fellow, John T. Scott
African American Museum, Dallas, Texas
2000 Mixed Media Purchase Prize 2000
Carroll Harris Simms National Black Art Competition
Juried by the late artist and Mac Authur Fellow, John T. Scott
African American Museum, Dallas, Texas
1999-00 Presidential Fellowship, University of Delaware
1998-99 Full -Tuition Scholarship, University of Delaware
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 The Idle Mind is the Devil’s Workshop, Morton Fine Art, Washington, DC
2011 Montserrat House, Washington, D.C.
2010 Honfleur Gallery, Washington, D.C.
2009 Longview Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Visiting Artist, Delaware State University, Dover Delaware
2008 K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christie, TX
Mason Murer Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia
2007 Red Door Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
2006 Space B Gallery, New York, NY
Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg, PA
2005 Mason-Murer Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia
Pyramid-Atlantic, Silver Spring, Maryland
Vegetate, Washington, DC
2004 Cubicle 10, Baltimore, Maryland
Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
2004 Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD
2002 The African American Museum, Dallas, Texas
Mount Saint Maryʼs College, Emmittsburg, MD
Penn Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2001 Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC
2000 University of Delaware, MFA Thesis, Newark, DE
1999 Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC
1997 Northern Virginia Urban League, Alexandria, VA
1996 The Stuart Mott House, Washington, DC Museum Show
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 DC NOW, Morton Fine Art & *a pop-up project, Bethesda, MD
2011 Kinetics, Par Projects Art Gallery , Cincinati, Ohio
2009 20 X 20 Washington, D.C. Curated by Sondra Arkin
2008 University of Dayton, Rike Center Art Gallery, Dayton, Ohio
North of U Street- Billy Colbert and Michael Platt
2007 Reasons to Riot, Memphis College of Art+Design, Memphis Tennessee
Jolly Cowboy- District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington, DC
Concrete Domain- Bronx River Arts Center, Bronx, New York, NY
2006 Residue from the Bling-Bling Circus Cubicle Ten, Washington, DC
DC Studio- American University Faculty Show Katzen Arts Center, American University, Washington, DC
2005 Take Me to the River Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria, South Africa
The Emerging Eye Quinland Visual Arts Center, Gainesville, Georgia
Pyramid-Atlantic, Silver Spring, Maryland Collectorʼs Auction
Fusebox, Washington, DC Transformer Auction
The Arts Club of Washington, Washington, DC
The Southern Graphics Council Presents Studio Space DC
2004 National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC New Acquisitions
from Washington, D.C. Artist
David Adamson Gallery, Washington, DC DC Print Portfolio
Museum Of Contemporary Art, Wash, DC Member Show: MOCA Darlings Transformer Gallery, Washington, DC Transformer Alumni Show
2003 Transformer Gallery, Washington, DC
Thelma Harris Gallery, Oakland, California
Washington, D.C. Convention Center, Washington, D.C.
2002 Museum Of Contemporary Art, Wash, DC DCCAH Art Applicant Exhibition
African American Museum, Dallas, TX 300 Years of African American Art
2001 University of Delaware, Newark, DE Invitational Alumni Print Exhibition
2000 African American Museum, Dallas, Texas “An Evening With Bill Cosby” 25th Anniversary Invitational Auction and Exhibit
1999 African American Museum, Dallas, Texas 19th Annual Carroll Harris Simms National Juried Art Competition and Exhibition
1998 Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC
University of Delaware, Newark, DE New Graduate Student Show
1998 Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD
100th Anniversary Celebration Invitational Exhibition
1997 Washington Design Center, Washington, DC
National Urban League Convention, Art Exhibition
1996 Washington Design Center, Washington, DC Color of Art Exhibition
1994 District of Columbia Arts Council Annual Group Exhibition
Washington Project for the Arts 15th Annual Art Auction
1993 Stephanie Ann Roper Gallery, Frostburg, MD
Reflecting on our Past, Senior Exhibition
Lane Center Gallery, Frostburg, MD Artist Speak Out Against Racism
COMMISSIONS
District of Columbia Commission for the Arts and Humanities
KSI Services, Washington, DC
Junea Padillia, Woodbridge,
Virginia Four Points Development, Washington, DC
Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC
District of Columbia Housing Department
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
African American Museum, Dallas, Texas
District of Columbia Commission for the Arts and Humanities
Clark Parsia, Washington, DC
National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
John A. Wilson Building, Washington, DC
KSI Services, Washington, DC
Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas
Philander Smith College, Little Rock, Arkansas
St. Maryʼs College, St. Maryʼs City, Maryland
The John Wilson Building, Washington, DC
Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC
Washington, DC Art Bank
Winston Salem State University, Winston Salem, NC
University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, Maryland