EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts in Africana Studies, Art History, and Visual Arts
Bowdoin College, Brunswick ME
AWARDS
2023
Youth Jurors Awards, quiet as it’s kept
Trolley Barn Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
2022
Jurors Awards, High Contrast
Trolley Barn Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
2021
The Richard P. Martel Jr. Memorial Prize in Visual Arts
Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
PUBLICATIONS
2022
Power and Pride on exhibit in Destiny Arianna’s ‘Beauty in Remembrance
Marthas Vineyard Times
2021
Skin Deep Analyzing Black Representation in the Teaching of Visual Arts
Senior Thesis at Bowdoin College
2020
Destiny Kearney ’21: Black Representation in the Teaching of Visual Arts
Bowdoin College News
Black Lady Art Group Focuses on Creating Art and Making Space
Bowdoin College News
ARTIST TALKS
2024
70% Water: A Discussion on the Human Impact on Eastern Waters Ways and Ecosystems
Trolley Barn Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
2023
quiet as its kept artist talk
Trolley Barn Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
2022
4th Annual Thrive: Making a Career in the Arts
Arts Mid-Hudson, Poughkeepsie, New York
2021
Discussion with the Black Lady Art Group
Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME
Transcend Initiative Virtual Speaker Series: Visual Arts
KIPP Washington Heights Middle School, New York, NY
Canonical Whiteness: Through the lens of Exorcism Cinema and Teaching Studio Art
A Virtual Screening with Q&A, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Beauty in Remembrance
Oak Bluffs Public Library, Oak Bluffs, MA
PUBLIC ART
2024
Sidewalk Mural on Main Street
Trolley Barn Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
2023
Community Streetside Artist Exhibtion
Wappingers Falls, NY
Be Water Mural
Co-created with Megan Reyes
Little Water Prep Charter School, Poughkeepsie, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
The Destiny
Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY
Open to Love
Rose Hill Farm, Red Hook, NY
2024
Earth’s Reflection
Trolley Barn Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
2023
Members Show
Trolley Barn Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
quiet as its kept
Trolley Barn Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
Open to Love
Reason and Rukus, Poughkeepsie, NY
2022
Your Wildest Dreams
Reason and Rukus, Poughkeepsie, NY
Open to Love
Reason and Rukus, Poughkeepsie, NY
Emerging
Women's Work Art, Poughkeepsie, NY
High Contrast
Trolley Barn Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
2021
Visual Arts Virtual Open House
Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
Delta Sigma/Delta Upsilon 22nd Annual Art Show
Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
2020
RPAC Gallery
Ridgefield, CT
Visual Arts Virtual Open House
Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
2019
Visual Arts Open House
Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
2018
Visual Arts Open House
Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
AND SHE’S A BLACK WOMAN
Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME