Portrait image pending
Miya Bailey
Miya’s biography will sit beside a portrait, with space for his career story and selected milestones.
MIYA BAILEY
Born 1975, Asheville, NC
miyasart@gmail.com
Solo Exhibitions
2024
My My, Old Rabbit Gallery, Hidden Gallery 333, Atlanta, GA
2022
Government Cheese, Hidden Gallery 333, Atlanta, GA
2021
Twin Flame 333, Hidden Gallery 333, Atlanta, GA
2020
Broken Stories, Notch8 Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2018
Live Forever Miya, Notch8 Gallery, Atlanta, GA, August 17 – September 2
2017
Before I’m Gone Vol.1, Notch8 Gallery, Atlanta, GA, March 18 – April 24
2016
Before I’m Gone Vol. 2, Notch8 Gallery, Atlanta, GA, August 31 – October 12
2015
Windows to Nowhere 2 w/ Corey Davis, Notch8 Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2014
Windows to Nowhere w/ Corey Davis, Nelson Street Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2008/9
Miya Dreamland, City of Ink, Atlanta, GA, August 31 – October 12
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Arts, Beats, Lyrics
Galleries / Curated Spaces
2023 – Present
Old Rabbit Fine Art Gallery
2018 – Present
Peters Street Station: Hidden Gallery 333, 333 Pottery, City of Ink Social Club, Event Space
Community Teaching
2023
Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA, Instructor, Photography
Course: Constructing the Photographic Image
Course: Constructing the Photographic Image
Awards
2022
Culture Creator, Future Fest
2021
Community Impact Award, A Marelous Black Boy Art Show, Black Men Smile
Public Lectures / Presentations / Panels
2019
“Art Solves Problems at the Poverty Line” TED Talk, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Film Production
2017
Broken Stories
2015
If You Know the Words, Feel Free
2014
The World Awaits
2012
Color Outside the Lines: A Tattoo Documentary
Television / Film Appearances
2023
Black Ink New York, “Jahnova’s Bittersweet Homecoming,” VH1, Reality
2022
Black Ink New York, “Reverse Gentrification,” VH1, Reality
2021
Games People Play, “All In,” BET, Actor
2015
Black Ink Chicago, VH1, Reality
2014
Tattoo Titans, CMT, Judge
2013
Best Ink, “Brand New Life,” Judge
Bibliography / Press
2015
“Miya Bailey, founder of Atlanta’s City Of Ink tattoo shop talks about his journey that developed him into the artist he is today,” 27 March 2015, Web
2015
The World Atlas of Tattoo, Anna Felicity Friedman, Yale University Press
2013
“Miya Bailey: The Artist’s Artist,” Huffpost, 12 August 2013, Web
2012
“Miya Bailey Talks City Of Ink And Classic Hip-Hop Tattoos,” Complex, 24 May 2012, Web