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Felecia Chizuko Carlisle was born in Pensacola, FL in 1972, lives in North Carolina, and works nationally with strong ties in South Florida, including gallery representation at Emerson Dorsch (Miami, FL). She received her master’s degree in fine art from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2006 with a focus in New Genres. Carlisle works within a wide variety of contexts in performance, installation, sound, sculpture, photography, and video. Many of her works feature two phases, atmospheric intervention using sculptural form and lighting, and community activation.
In 2023, Miami-Dade Art in Public Places commissioned Carlisle to make a forty foot wide
mosaic in Aventura’s Brightline station. Many of her works feature two phases: atmospheric
intervention using sculptural form and lighting, and community activation.
Solo and group exhibitions include Museum of Contemporary Art (North Miami, FL), Deering
Estate (Miami, FL), Elaine L. Jacobs Gallery (Detroit, MI), Frost Art Museum (Miami, FL), USF
Contemporary Art Museum (Tampa, FL), Locust Projects (Miami, FL), Vizcaya Museum and
Gardens (Miami, FL), Riverside Art Center (Chicago, IL), and Emerson Dorsch. Awards
include the South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship, Wavemaker Grant as part of the
Andy Warhol Foundation Regional Re-granting Program, Foundation for Contemporary Art
Emergency Grant, the Knight Foundation Champion Award and Arts and Culture Catawba
County. Residencies include Wayne State University, Santa Fe Art Institute, OxBow Artist
Residency, Cannonball, and MC Holler. Collections include Miami-Dade County Art in Public
Places, Margulies Collection, HistoryMiami, and FIU Special Collections.
FELECIA CHIZUKO CARLISLE
Born in 1972 in Pensacola, FL.
Lives and works in Hickory, NC. and Miami, FL.
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024 Matter is a Verb, Emerson Dorsch, Miami, FL
2021 Patterns of Interference, Emerson Dorsch, Miami, FL
2018 FOREVER AND A DAY Elaine L. Jacob Gallery WSU, Detroit, MI
2017 Radio Silence Emerson Dorsch, Miami, FL
2015 Shift Riverside Art Center Chicago, IL
2012 Facade Dorsch Gallery Miami, FL
2011 I Saw Three Cities Dorsch Gallery Miami, FL
2010 Yellow and Gold Dimensions Variable Miami, FL
2008 Copy, Paste, Return Golden Pudel Club: PudelKollection Hamburg, Germany
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2019 South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship Exhibition Museum of
Contemporary Art North Miami, FL
2017 Aesthetics and Values Frost Art Museum Miami, FL
2014 Contemporary Arts Program Vizcaya Museum Miami, FL
2014 Florida Contemporary Baker Museum Naples, FL
2012 In Residence Contemporary Art Museum USF Tampa, FL
2010 New Work MIAMI Miami Art Museum Miami, FL
2001 Pacific Northwest Annual Bellevue Art Museum Bellevue, WA
PUBLIC PROJECTS
2022 Troubling Water/99Hz. West Aventura Brightline Station, Miami Dade Art in
Public Places, Aventura, FL.
2016 LOT MIAMI Independent Project Miami, FL
2015 Broken Triangle Miami Dade Fire and Rescue Miami, FL
2014 EE-glee’s Gate Schmidt Center Public Exhibition Space, FAU Boca Raton, FL
2011 after Tom Waits “What’s He Building?” Bookcliffs Council Rifle, CO
2010 WOW3 Public Sculpture Commissions Ft. Pierce, FL
2007 WOW3 Public Sculpture Commissions Ft. Pierce, FL
2005 Wedding Portraits The Market Street Kiosk Poster Series San Francisco Arts Commission SFCA in collaboration with artist, Jessica Hobbs
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Upstate Art Weekend. Amenia Crossroads Studios, Amenia, NY.
2021 Double Life/Flayed Beings/Hidden Counterparts. Bert Green Gallery, Chicago,
IL.
2020 TIME/FRAME/MATTER Emerson Dorsch (Miami) Bert Green Gallery (Chicago)
Aggregate Space (San Francisco) (forthcoming)
2019 9hrs Wayne State University (Detroit) Bert Green Gallery (Chicago)
2019 Deering Estate Contemporary Art Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition Miami, FL
2018 PARADISE SUMMIT MIAMI Emerson Dorsch Miami, FL
2016 Soundings: Protest/Politics/Dissent Power Plant Gallery/Duke University
Durham, NC
2015 Residential Properties Fountainhead Residency Miami, FL
2015 Sounding Room Locust Projects Miami, FL
2014 southXeast: Contemporary Southeastern Art Schmidt Center, Boca Raton, FL
2013 Miami 3D Curator: Ombretta Agro Miami, FL
2012 Wedding Crashers Deering Estate Miami, FL
2010 9 at 12/6 6th Street Container Miami, FL
2009 The Yard Casa Lin Miami, FL
Video Art TV Transfera Media Arts Madrid, Spain
Moab Video Project Curator: Christy Gast Locust Projects, Miami, FL;
MAC21, Moab, UT
Analogous Juror: Lucy Lippard, ENMU Runnels Gallery, Portales, New Mexico
17 Days Video Series Curator: Adriane Little, Digital Media and Animation
Gallery Alfred State University Alfred, NY; CEPA Gallery Buffalo, NY;
RichmondCenter for Visual Arts UWM, Kalamazoo, MI; University at Buffalo
Art Gallery Buffalo, NY
Sculpture and Collaboration Invitational University of North Florida Art
Gallery Jacksonville, FL
Group Photo Session Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
WOW2 Curator: John Hayes Public Sculpture Exhibition Ft. Pierce, FL
2007 Snap to Grid Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
Endwise Curator: Hermonie Williams Current Gallery Baltimore, MD
Sisyphean Desires, Systems and Devices, Traveling Exhibition Curator:
Avantika Bawa, Drain Magazine-Journal of Contemporary Art and Culture; Tilt
Gallery and Project Space Portland, OR; Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta, GA;
Sarai Media lab; New Delhi, India; Forum Gallery of Cranbrook Academy of
Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI; Parsons The New School for Design, Fine Arts
Dept, NY, NY; MAGA Film Festival, Macon, GA; Indie Showcase, Cox
Communications
2006 Faculty Show University of West Florida Art Gallery Pensacola, FL
Vernissage MFA Graduate Exhibition San Francisco Art Institute San
Francisco, CA
2005 My Country, Right Or Left LH Horton Jr Gallery Stockton, CA
Wedding Portraits Market Street Kiosk Poster Series San Francisco Arts
Commission San Francisco, CA
Return of Futurism 1015 Folsom San Francisco, CA
PERFORMANCES
2019 My Vessel is Healthy and I Request Free Practique/ The Hidden Life of Trees
Deering Estate Contemporary Art Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition Miami, FL
2018 FOREVER AND A DAY Elaine L. Jacob Gallery WSU Detroit, MI
2016 StringPiece Contemporary Arts Program Vizcaya Museum & Gardens Miami,
FL
2015 Sounding Room Locust Projects Miami, FL
2014 Columns of Air Contemporary Arts Program Vizcaya Museum Miami, FL
2010 Flash Orchestra Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL; WOW3, Ft. Pierce, FL; New
World School of the Arts, Miami, FL
2009 Sensory Overload 4.0 The Honey Pot Tampa, FL
2008 Moving Hearts/Beating Sound UWF Art Gallery Pensacola, FL
CURATION
2018 Because the Dawn Breaks co-curated with Tyler Emerson-Dorsch, Detroit, MI
2018 PARADISE SUMMIT co-curated with Lori Kelly, Key West, FL
2017 Paula Wilson: Salty & Fresh co-curated with Tyler Emerson-Dorsch, Miami,
FL
FAIRS
2021 UNTITLED ART Emerson Dorsch
2013 PULSE MIAMI Dimensions Variable, Miami, FL
2012 PULSE MIAMI Emerson Dorsch, Miami, FL
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2021 Champion Award, Knight Foundation.
2020 Artist in Residence, Wayne State University.
2019 South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship Award, Miami, FL
2016 Santa Fe Art Institute Artist Residency, Sante Fe, NM
2015 Wavemaker Grant via Cannonball/Andy Warhol Re-Grant, Miami, FL
2015 Foundation for Contemporary Art Emergency Grant, NY, NY
2013 OxBow Artist Residency (Fall), Saugatuck, MI
2013 Cannonball, year-long Artist Residency (2014), Miami, FL
2012 Cannonball, year-long Artist Residency (2013), Miami, FL
2010 City of Ft. Pierce Arts Commission, Public Works
2006-09 Lefferts L. and Margarete M. Mabie Endowment Visiting Scholar, University of
West Florida, Pensacola, FL
2007 City of Ft. Pierce Arts Commission, Public Works
2005 San Francisco Arts Commission Market Street Kiosk Poster Series Commission
2004 San Francisco Art Institute Private Donor Grant
1998 Maude Bullock-Smith Fund Scholarship for the Arts
COLLECTIONS
Margulies Collection
HistoryMiami
FIU Special Collections
The Mikesell Family Collection
LINKS/ARTICLES/REVIEWS
RCS: ROCKING CHAIR SESSIONS RCS vol. 130 | Felecia Chizuko Carlisle (interview)
Art & Object Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami Showcases South Florida Talent
ARTBURST MOCA Exhibition Features Top Work from Across South Florida
Culture Owl MOCA Exhibition Features Top Work from Across South Florida
WorldRedEye Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami Celebrated the Opening of the South Florida Cultural Consortium Exhibition
INDULGE This couple’s gallery is the place to see and be seen for Miami art lovers
WUM an online journal for the arts Felecia Chizuko Carlisle “Radio Silence” at Emerson Dorsch
a closer listen At the Intersection: Music and Field Recordings
Redefine Magazine Archival Feedback- Self-Titled Album Review (Other Electricities)
Locust Roundtables Felecia Chizuko Carlisle and Valerie George
ART IS ABOUT… Sounding Room/ Felecia Chizuko Carlisle and Valerie George / Locust Projects
Sun Sentinal “Unique contribution” to FAU campus Jonathan Marcus
Miami Rail Fall 2012 Reviews Naomi Fry
Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art July 2012: Felecia Chizuko Carlisle @ Dorsch Gallery Shana Beth Mason
Jai-alai magazine #9 (Spring 2012)
KNIGHT ARTS Two Exhibits Attempt to Define What Shapes Our Space Anne Tschida
ARTSLANT Emptiness and Luminosity Converge Christina Gast
Biscayne Times What We Talk About When We Talk About Art Anne Tschida
New Times Miami New Work Miami 2010 Carlos Suarez De Jesus
Plugged Art Collective: Interview with Raina Benoit Online Publication
Striking Mechanism: Independent label for Music and Art: 1, 2, or 3 Seconds DVD Publication Edition of 1000
Drain Magazine: Journal of Contemporary Art and Culture: Sisyphean Desires, Systems and Devices
Analogous Exhibition Catalog Eastern New Mexico University
Creative Loafing, Online Arts and Entertainment Who’s who at Sensory Overload 4.0”, Megan Voeller
EDUCATION
2006 San Francisco Art Institute MFA New Genres
1998 University of West Florida BFA Summa Cum Laude
