Arabela Wilson
artbyarabela@gmail.com
Education
2023 — Arts Council of Rockland Mentorship Program - Rockland County, NY
2015-18 — Massachusetts College of Art and Design - Boston, MA
Grants & Awards
2024 — Charlotte Mouquin Rising Star Award - Arts Council of Rockland - Rockland, NY
2023 — Arts Council of Rockland ‘Artist’s Support Fund’ Grant - Rockland County, NY
2015 — Awarded a scholarship to Massachusetts College of Art and Design - Boston, MA
Exhibitions & Art Events
2025 — Perry Lawson Fine Art “Emerging Visions” group exhibit - Nyack, NY
2024 — Hidden Treasure Gallery “Arts Council of Rockland Members Show” group exhibit - West Nyack, NY
2024 — Hidden Treasure Gallery, Arts Council of Rockland group exhibit - West Nyack, NY
2023 — Johnny Apollo Gallery group exhibit - Nyack, NY
2023 — Johnny Apollo Gallery “The Beast with a Million Eyes Reunion” group exhibit - Nyack, NY
2023 — X House “Arts Council of Rockland Mentorship Program” group exhibit - Nyack, NY
2023 — X House - featured live painter at a ticketed event - Nyack, NY
2023 — Hidden Treasure Gallery “Arts Council of Rockland Members Show” group exhibit - West Nyack, NY
2023 — Le Poisson Rouge “Art Battle” live painting competition – Manhattan, NY
2023 — X House “Evening Salon presented by Morgana’s Culture Club” featured live painter - Nyack, NY
2022 — Glitter Thicket group exhibit - Nyack, NY
2020 — Frisson “Blacklight Body Paint Party” artist coordinator - Boston, MA
2019 — Members of the House “Private NYE Party” featured live painter - Boston, MA
2019 — The Creative Zone “Artisan Flea Market” featured art vendor - Boston MA
2019 — Frisson “Durante Techno DJ Night” featured live painter - Waltham, MA
2019 — The Creative Zone “Self Love & Dancing” featured live painter - Boston, MA
2019 — El Punto Urban Art Museum “Art Season 2019” featured muralist - Salem, MA
2019 — North Shore Community Development Coalition “Fiesta en la Calle” featured art vendor - Salem, MA
2019 — The Lower Level “Blacklight Glow Party by Frisson” featured vendor & live painter - Cambridge, MA
2019 — Zuzu “Open Decks Art Showcase by Frisson” group exhibit - Cambridge, MA
2019 — Rockland Center for the Arts “Do Your Thing” art donated in group exhibit - West Nyack, NY
2018 — “Equinox Music & Art Festival” featured exhibit artist & live painter - Concord NH
2018 — Zuzu “Sense Art Show” group exhibit - Cambridge MA
2018 — RAW: Natural Born Artists “Envision” group exhibit - Queens, NY
2017 — The Beast with a Million Eyes “3rd Annual Tribute to the Artistic Legacy of the Nyack Public Schools (Alumni exhibition)” exhibit - Nyack, NY
2016 — Sean Scully’s personal studio “A Conversation with Nature” art exhibit & auction to benefit Blue Rock School - Palisades, NY
2016 — The Beast with a Million Eyes group exhibit - Nyack, NY
2015 — GARNER Arts Center “Annual Arts Festival” group exhibit - Garnerville, NY
2015 — Hilltop Art Gallery group exhibit - Nyack, NY
2014 — Blue Hill Golf Course, exhibit & art auction to benefit Blue Rock School - Pearl River, NY
2014 — GARNER Arts Center “Annual Arts Festival” group exhibit - Garnerville, NY
2014 — Hilltop Art Gallery group exhibit - Nyack, NY
2014 — Rockland Center for the Arts group exhibit - West Nyack, NY
2014 — Valley Cottage Library group exhibit - Valley Cottage, NY
2013 — GARNER Arts Center “Annual Arts Festival” group exhibit - Garnerville, NY
Presentations & Artist Talks
2025 — Presentation at Clarkstown High School North for “Arts Career Day” - New City, NY
2025 — Presentation for the Arts Council of Rockland Mentorship Program “Branding & Marketing for Artists” - Nyack, NY
2025 — Artist Talk at Perry Lawson Fine Art, for the “Emerging Visions” exhibition - Nyack, NY
Commercial Artwork Commissions
2024-25 — Outback Steakhouse, artwork commission and licensing - Tampa, FL
2024 — Stellar Snacks, artwork commission and licensing - Carson City, NV
2023 — Six23 Social, mural series commission - Sparkill, NY
2023 — Clarkstown North High School, mural assistant to Alice Mizrachi - New City, NY
2023 — Brooklyn Community Arts & Media High School, mural assistant to Alice Mizrachi - Brooklyn, NY
2023 — Z Fit Studios, mural commission - Pearl River, NY
2021 — Black Parakeetz, mural series commission - Nyack, NY
2019 — Punto Urban Art Museum “Art Season 2019” selected muralist - Salem, MA
2019 — Woolworth, mural series commission - Nyack, NY
2017 — The Taco Lounge, mural series commission - Nyack NY
Publications
2018 — Interviewed by Boston Voyager for “The Boston Arts & Culture Weekly Review”
2018 — Artwork featured in Boston Voyager