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EDUCATION
2007 Caversham Centre for Artist and Writers, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
1999 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan ME
2000 MFA , Georgia State University – School of Art and Design, Atlanta GA
1996 BFA, The Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah GA
1993 AA, The College of The Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas
AWARDS
2016 ‘Excellence in Arts’ Awardee – The Bahamas Consulate, Atlanta, GA
2016 Visual Artist Awardee – National Black Art Festival (NBAF)
PUBLIC & PRIVATE COLLECTIONS (selected)
The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham AL
Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson International Airport, Atlanta GA
City of Atlanta, Atlanta GA
Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta GA
CLICO, Trinidad, West Indies
College of The Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas
East Atlanta Library, Atlanta GA
King & Spalding, Atlanta GA
Baha Mar Resort, Nassau, Bahamas
The Central Bank of The Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas
The D’Aguilar Foundation, Nassau, Bahamas
The Dawn Davies Collection, Nassau, Bahamas
Private collections in The Bahamas, United States, Italy and South Africa
Public Art Artists Registry, Fulton County Arts Council, Atlanta GA
Public Art Atlanta National Registry, City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs, Atlanta GA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 Fractal Reflections, September Gray Fine Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2014 Works by Lillian Blades, The Hudgens Center for the Arts, Duluth GA
2010 Reconnecting at Transforming Spaces, NPAA, Nassau, Bahamas
2009-2010 Eye Sea Reflections, Hammonds House Museum, Atlanta GA
2009 Fragmentations & Fabrications, The Beach Institute, Savannah GA
2008 Eye Connect, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta GA
2007 Lukasa (Memory Board) Series by Lillian Blades, The Rialto, Atlanta GA
2006 Birthings, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta GA
2005 Passage, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta GA
2003 Patterns and Sources, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta GA
2000 Return to the Womb, Georgia State University Art Gallery, Atlanta GA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2016-2017 ‘Spinning Yarn’, Crealde Art Center, Winter Park, FL
2016-2017 ‘Quilts and Social Fabric: Heritage and Improvisation’, Harvey B. Grant Center, Charlotte, NC
2016 ‘From Columbus to Junkanoo’, The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas
2015 Echoes: Lineage of the Spirit; Lillian Blades & Masud Olufani, The Art Place, Marietta GA
2014 Eleven Strong, The Glassbridge Gallery/Baha Mar, Nassau, Bahamas
2014 Exquisite Exhibit, The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta GA
2012 NE6 Kingdom Come, National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas
2011 Beverly Buchanan and Lillian Blades, Taubman Museum, Roanoke VA
2010-2011 Recollection: The Past is Present (3 person show with Amalia Amaki and Beverly Buchanan), The Cameron Museum, Wilmington NC
2009 Reclamation of Memory, Madison Morgan Cultural Center, Madison GA
2009 Reflections on the Rainbow, Southwest Art Center Gallery, Atlanta GA
2008 Sugar, Popop Studios Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas
2007-2008 The Fourth National Exhibition, The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas
2007 A Summer Show… With Caribbean Roots, City Gallery East, Atlanta GA
2007 Bahamian Art: Pre-Columbian to Present, The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas
2006 Assemblation, Eyedrum, Atlanta GA
2006 Funky Nassau – Recovering an Identity, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany & The National Gallery of the Bahamas, Nassau, Bah curators: Amanda Coulson and Erica James
2005 The Art of Caribbean Women Artists, CLICO Art Gallery, Trinidad, West Indies
2005 Pin Up Show, City Gallery East, Atlanta GA
2005 Scared Spaces, Broyles Art Center, Westminster Schools, Atlanta GA
2004 Personal Patterns: Lillian Blades & Daniel Hoover, SunTrust Plaza Gallery, Atlanta GA
2003-2004 Figuring the Feminine… African American Artists from 1870 to Present (curated by Emily Hanna), The Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham AL
2003 Looks Good on Paper II, Spruill Gallery, Atlanta GA
2003 Inaugural National Exhibition 1973-2003, The National Gallery of the Bahamas
2002 Culture Shock: Georgia’s Foreign Born Artists, SunTrust Plaza, Atlanta GA
2000-2001 Our New Day Begun- African American Artist Entering the Millennium (curated by Alvia Wardlaw), Austin, Dallas & Houston TX
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2012-2016 ECP Art Instructor, The Globe Academy, Atlanta GA
2012-2015 Art Instructor, Clarkston Community Center (CCC), Clarkston GA
2015 Teaching Assistant (Art History), Morehouse College, Atlanta GA
2014 Workshop Instructor, The Hudgens Center for the Arts, Duluth GA
2007-2008 Foundations Professor (Drawing I and Drawing II), The Savannah College of Art & Design, Atlanta GA
ART RESIDENCIES
2007 4-Week Printmaking Residency, Caversham Centre for Artist and Writers, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa, awarded through Fulton County Arts Council, Georgia
2005-2006 Studio Residency Program, The Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta Ga
1999 9-Week Studio Residency, Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Skowhegan ME
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
2013 The Sea of Us, Art Gala Collaboration (with 344 Students from Lyford Cay International School), Nassau, Bahamas
2012 Banho De Luz for City of Atlanta’s ELEVATE, Hardy Ivy Park, Atlanta GA
2011 Ancestral Totem for City of Atlanta’s ELEVATE, Underground Atlanta, Atlanta GA
2010 Jean Childs Young Life Quilt Assemblage, 12′ x 20′ mixed media assemblage for foyer of Jean Childs Young Middle School, Atlanta GA
2009 The Hopscotch Project, City of Atlanta Contract for Services, Howell Park, Atlanta GA
2009 Sea Bouquet – Love My Bahamas Coca Cola project, Downtown Mural, Nassau, Bahamas
2003-2005 Quilted Community, East Atlanta Library, Fulton County Arts Council Public Art Collaborative project with 300+ participants from East Atlanta, Atlanta GA
2002 Quilted Passages, Concourse E, Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Atlanta GA