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