CV - KOTTAVEI

KOTTAVEI CV

“I have created nothing really beautiful, really lasting, but if I can inspire one of these youngsters to develop the talent I know they possess, then my monument will be in their work.” ~Augusta Savage

Education:
M.A.T., Art Education Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA, 2013-2014

BFA, Fashion Design Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 1990-1994

High School Diploma, Visual Arts North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC 1990

Teaching Experience:
Art Teacher, Midtown High School (Formerly Grady High School) , Atlanta, Ga October 2012-current

Art Teacher, Carrollton Cultural Arts Center, Carrollton, Ga June 2012- August 2012

Fashion Design Faculty, Bauder College, Atlanta, GA, July 2004-August 2007

Art Instructor/ Registrar, Chastain Arts Center, Atlanta, GA 2000-2002

Art Teacher, Peace Corps, Bawku, Ghana, W. Africa June 1995-December 1995

Select Solo & Group Exhibitions:
"APS Arts Educators" March 2026, GER Gallery, Atlanta, GA
"Alchemical Marriage" February 2026, ArtsXchange, Atlanta, GA
"The Black Woman Tabernacle: she IS god"” June 2023, 5 Points Art Gallery Milwaukee, WS
"This Is America 2023" September 2023, 5 Points Art Gallery Milwaukee, WS
“Hollaback to the Future” June 2022, MOM Gallery, Seattle, WA
"Enlightenment" February 2020, Southwest Arts Center, Atlanta GA
"I Believe: Stories of Strength" March 2019, Facet Gallery, Atlanta GA
“The Inner Ground Railroad” February 2019, Fulton County Arts, Atlanta, GA
“Cross Pollination” February 2019,The Blue Rose Bistro, Douglasville, GA
“The Art of Values” January 2019,The Arts Exchange, Atlanta, GA
“Cross Pollination: A Dissection of Bees and Woman Both Belonging” March 2018, Sewell Mill Cultural Center, Cobb County, Ga
“Nostalgia" July 2012, Porter Sanford performing Arts Center as part of the Ebony Stitcher's Quilt Exhibit, Atlanta, GA
"Deep Roots. Fallen Leaves" February 2012, Southwest Arts Center, Atlanta GA
"Sankofa: Go Back and Retrieve" April 2012 Mark Squared Creativity Unboxed, Clarkston, GA
"Munecas de Chocolate y Papel " with Starchia, March 2012, Southwest Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
"Ephemera: If Walls Could Talk" September 2011, Marlee's Coffee House, Atlanta GA

Bibliography:
* "Our Voices. Our Lives: Kottavei" Episode 71
* "Do What You Love with Mom and Entrepreneur" Elevate the Good Podcast 2019 www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsdMtT23RZc
* “The Stitch Project, World Malaria Day”_MedShare_2012_
* “Your Voices: On Motherhood”_The International Museum of Women_2011_
* “Artist Spotlight: V. Kottavei Williams”_Tokyo Thirteen Arts_2011_
* “Kottavei: I cannot remember a moment of not having the desire to create Ivy Betty_2011
* “Kottavei Williams: Creating Art for Beauty and Social Awareness”_2011
* “Q&A: Rebecca Skloot”_Mayborn_2010_
* “National cervical Cancer Coalition Quilt Project”_Newsletter, Blog_2010_

Artist Residencies:
Chokechaka Artist Residency Peru 2025
Hub Feenix Artist Residency Finland 2026*
Farming Studio India 2026*
Chateau O'rquevaux Artist Residency France 2027*
Hello Print Friend Studios Thailand 2027*
*Upcoming Accepted