About/ CV

 

 

Destiny Moore is a 22-year-old Black woman artist. Born in Miami Florida, Destiny’s work revolves around her identity, race, culture, and opinions on topics of the past, and present. In 2020 she was a YoungArts finalist and presidential nominee, Gordon Parks Centennial Scholarship Winner, and recipient of the Miami-Dade County Scholastics Silver Key along with other notable awards and mentions. As an interdisciplinary artist, she utilizes different forms of art such as painting, sculpting, animating, textiles, and design to create representations of Black female figures that center a narrative of beauty. She attended New World School of the Arts (NWSA) where she graduated in 2020. She will receive her BFA from and currently attends Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in 2024.

 

EDUCATION

2024, Maryland Institute College of Art BFA GFA, Baltimore, MD

AWARDS

2021, Black girls who paint, recipient  

2020-2021, Gordon Parks, Centennial Scholarship Winner

2020, YoungArts, Finalists, Miami, FL

2020, YoungArts, Presidential Nominee, Miami, Fl

2020, Rising Star, Finalist, Miami, Fl 

2020, Miami-Dade County, Scholastics Silver Key, Miami, Fl

2019, Florida State Fair Winner, Miami, Fl 

2019, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Pre-College, Merit Scholarship, Chicago, IL 

2019, Miami-Dade County Scholastics, Honorable Mention, Miami Fl

2018,  – Cleveland Institute of Art Pre-College, Merit Scholarship, Cleveland, OH 

2017-2020, Institute of Contemporary Arts (“ICA”), Young Arts Initiative as a student curator, Miami, Fl

2013,  Miami-Dade County, Scholastics, Miami, Fl

EXHIBITIONS

2023, The Gateway, Solo exhibition, “Through Our Eyes,” Baltimore, MD

2023, Dusse, The Park At 14th, A Black Af Experience Group Exhibition, Washington, D.C 

2023, Robert Chambers, Bridge Red Studios, “The BluPrnt,” Miami, Fl

2022, Black Artists Research Space, “All Together,” Washington, D.C

2020, YoungArts, National YoungArts Week Exhibition, Miami, MD

2019, ICA Miami, Young Arts Initiative Exhibition artist and panelist,“Common Threads,” Miami, Fl

2018, ICA,  Student Show Young Arts Initiative Exhibition, Miami, Fl

PRESS

2023, The Baltimore Banner Untold Stories: Illustrated Interview, Baltimore, MD

2023, Voyage Baltimore, Miami Fl

2022, Miami New Times feature, 8 under 25 Miami Gen Z Artists to Watch by Sofia Andrade, Miami, Fl

2021, Galerie Magazine feature, Creative Mind: Sarah Arison by Jacqueline Terrebonne, Miami, Fl

2020-2021, Voyage MIA and ShoutOutMiami feature, Miami Fl