===== EDUCATION =====
  * **Dec 2019**; MFA in Studio Art (Drawing), University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (4.0 GPA)
  * **Dec 2019**; Graduate Minor in Women & Gender Studies, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
  * **Dec 2015;** BFA in Art & Design (Painting, drawing, printmaking), Towson University, Towson, MD.
  * **Dec 2015;** BS in Art History, Towson University, Towson, MD (Cum Laude)

===== SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & PUBLICATIONS ======
=== 2021 ===
  * //Anomaly #31: Writing Ourselves/Mad//, //Anomaly Magazine//, special folio, Guest Editor/Curator Sarah Cavar, ISSN: 2578-580X
  * //Sketchbook Show//, Columbia Art League, Columbia, MO 
  * //5th Annual Colors Exhibition//, Fusion Art, Palm Springs, CA 
  * //SHE/HER/THEY/THEM//, IncuArts Gallery
  * //A Watched Pot Always Boils//, Juried by Jayden Dukes & Serena Swanson, Umpqua Valley Arts, Roseburg, Oregon
  * //Transvestia//, Issue 13
  * //Open Fragments//, PRAGMATA Art Collective, London, UK
  * //Nude Affiliation//, Pepney Gallery, Cavan, Ireland
  * //MASKulinity//, Juried by Anthony Shostak, Maryland Federation of Art, Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD
  * //Language//, Loosenart/Millepiani, Rome, Italy
  * //They Call Us Damsels//, 2021
  * //Midnight Zoomies//, Cherie Bruce, 2021
  * //Unapologetic Feminism//, Coin-Operated Press & Artificial Womb, 2021 
  * //Held. Zine, Issue 1//, 2021
  * //Works on Paper 2021//, Juried by Lanka Tattersall, Long Beach Island Foundation Arts + Science, Loveladies, NJ
  * //Black Cat Magazine, Issue 1//, 2021
  * //On A High Note//, Flagler County Art League, Palm Coast, FL

=== 2020 ===
  * //Every Color Has A Story//, Flagler County Art League, Palm Coast, FL
  * //Taurean National Art Tour//, Art by Taurean Studios, MD
  * //Relationships, Webster Arts//, Webster Groves, MO
  * //Introduction//* (+talk), Access Arts, School of Service, Columbia, MO

=== 2019 ===
  * //Pentiment//* (+talk), George Caleb Bingham Gallery, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
  * //2019 Graduate Showcase//, George Caleb Bingham Gallery, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
  * //Snap To Grid//, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
  * //Child’s Play//, Juried by Tim Liddy, Foundry Art Center, St. Charles, MO

=== 2018 ===
  * //The Body Collective, Volume 2//, 2018
  * //Double Booked//, SRLBX/Hitt St Gallery, Columbia, MO
  * //Future Tense II//, Juried by C. Pazia Mannella & Cathrine Armbrust, Surface Design Association, Columbia, MO
  *  //Create Magazine//, Issue XI, Aug/Sept Fall 2018, Juried by Conrad Benner, //Create Magazine//
  * //Ekphrasis//, Juried by Diana Moxon , The Box Gallery, Kansas City, MO
  * //NOVAS//, Cultural Arts Council Douglasville, Douglasville, GA
  * //Sanctuary: 31st National Juried Exhibition//, Juried by Charles Young Walls, South Cob Arts Alliance, Mable House Arts Center, Mableton, GA
  * May Cover Artist, //Crab Fat Magazine//, May issue, 2018 
  * April Cover Artist, //Crab Fat Magazine, April issue//, 2018
  * //Nessi Alexander-Barnes & Riana Bovil// (duo), Talking Horse Theater, Columbia, MO|
  * //Varsity Art XXII//, Art Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO, nominated by Joe Johnson
  * //39th Annual Paper In Particular//, Juried by Tameryn McDermott, Columbia College, Columbia, MO
  * //Gradualism//, George Caleb Bingham Gallery, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

=== 2017 ===
  * //The Graduates//, George Caleb Bingham Gallery, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
  * //The Graduates: MU MFA Candidates//, Orr Street Gallery & Studios, Columbia, MO
  * //Motley Crew//, Resident Arts, Columbia, MO
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===== PRESS, AWARDS, RESIDENCIES =====
=== 2021 ===
  * Featured Artist, Techspressionism, invited by Colin Goldberg

=== 2020 ===
  * Fibers Artist-In-Residence, Access Arts, School of Service, Columbia, MO

=== 2018 ===

  * Interviewee, "Personal Mythology: Interview with Nessi Alexander-Barnes", Sarah Mills, //Create Magazine Blog//, //Create Magazine//
   * Quoted, “For Pride, we asked you to name your favorite LGBTQ characters Growing Up, Real or Imagined”, Rowan Walrath, //Mother jones Podcast//, Mother Jones
  * Dorothy Rollins Memorial Scholarship, Merit-based scholarship, University of Missouri 
  * Interviewee, “Meet The Artist: Nessi Alexander-Barnes”, Art St Louis, St Louis, MO
  * “Paper Nouns: National Exhibit offers particular vibe at Columbia College," Aarik Danielsen, //The Columbia Daily Tribune//
  * 'Gradualism' Gives Art Students Platform To Display Work”, The Maneater/MOVE Magazine
  * Talking Horse Productions Exhibition Award, George Caleb Bingham Gallery & Talking Horse Productions, Columbia, MO

=== 2017 ===
  * Richard and Patricia Endowment for the Arts, Art Endowment Award, University of Missouri
  * Featured Artist, “Nessi Alexander-Barnes”, Aarik Danielsen, //Columbia Daily Tribune//

===== TEACHING & SERVICE =====
=== Community Arts Organizations ===
  * Assistant Instructor: Weaving, at Access Arts; 2020
  * Grant Writing, Access arts; 2020

=== University of Missouri ===
  * Instructor of Record: Drawing 1/Drawing: Materials & Methods, F2017, F2018, F2019
  * Instructor of Record: Painting 1/Beginning Painting, Sp2018, Sp2019. 
  * Lab TA: Art Appreciation Writing Intensive, F&Sp 2017
  * Shadow: Drawing 2/Color Drawing, Prof Matt Ballou, Sum2018
  * Shadow: Introduction to Screenprinting, Prof Chris Daniggelis, Sp2018
  * Shadow: Intermediate Painting, Prof. Nathan Boyer, F2017
  * Workshop: Color Theory in 4 Days, spr 2018, in Intermediate Painting w. Anna Wehrwein