Felicia Grant Preston

Felicia Grant Preston is a retired art instructor and visual artist. Preston received a  BA in art from Southern Illinois University in 1976, an MS ED from Northern Illinois  University in 1979, and an MA from Chicago State University in 2003. In addition,  she has studied at the University of Illinois, The School of the Art Institute of  Chicago, Governor State University and The Savannah College of Art and Design.  Her work has been included in the Paul R. Jones collection at the University of  Delaware, considered one of the largest collections of African American art.  Publications include, the University of Delaware’s 2005 date book, Abstract and All  That, University of Delaware exhibition catalogue, African Art: the Diaspora and  beyond by Daniel T. Parker, Cover design for Mystic turf poems by Quraysh Ali  Lansana; to name a few. 

Preston’s work has been exhibited in Chicago at the Museum of Science &  Industry’s: Black Creativity exhibition, A.R.C. Gallery, Woman Made Gallery, R.H.  Love Contemporary Gallery, Artemisia Gallery, Hyde Park Art Center, South Side  Community Art Center, Beacon Street Gallery, Nicole Gallery, The South Shore  Cultural Center, Neleh Artistic Expressions, Guichard Gallery and The Bridgeport  Art Center. She has also exhibited at Fort Wayne Museum of Art Alliance, in Fort  Wayne Indiana, Vaughn Cultural Center in St. Louis Missouri, The Art Exchange  Gallery in Detroit Michigan, The Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah  Georgia, Florida Community College in Jacksonville Florida, Art Jazz Gallery in  Philadelphia Pennsylvania, The Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building and U.S.  Courthouse and Custom House Duluth, Minnesota and in numerous private  collections. 

Website: feliciagrantpreston.com