PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE // CV
EDUCATION
2015 MS – Instructional Technology, California State University, San Bernardino, California
1986 BS – Business Administration, Minor in accounting, California State University, Los Angeles, California
1984 AA – Accounting, La City College, Los Angeles, California
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 “Soulful Alchemy|Exploration of Mystic Connections, Holt & Palm Gallery, Ontario, CA
2022 “The Unexpected Expectations of Menopause” Metro Gallery, Pomona Arts Colony, CA
2021 “Heartful Remembrance” Metro Gallery, Pomona Arts Colony, CA
2021 “Shadow Narratives” Kunstmatix Online Gallery
2020 “Echoes of Shadow Revealed” Progress Gallery, Pomona Arts Colony, CA
2018 “Abstracted Expression” Redlands Arts Association, Redlands, CA
2012 “A Visual Rhythm” Riverside Community Art Association, Riverside, CA
2012 “New Work” Fontana City Steelworkers’ Auditorium, Fontana, CA
2011 “Transformation” Redlands Arts Association, Redlands, CA
2011 “Memories | A Little Bit of Then and Now” Relish Delicatessen
2009 “New Mixed Media Work” Redlands Arts Association, Redlands, CA
TWO and THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024 “Human Touch”, University of Redlands Art Gallery, CA
2022 ” Syncona Mesa Open Studio” Desert Hot Springs, CA
2015 “African Wildlife Reflections” Redlands Arts Association, Redlands, CA
1994 “8th Anniversary Two Man Exhibit”, Tadels Fine Art Gallery, San Bernardino, CA
RESIDENCIES & GRANT
San Bernardino Arts Connection Micro Grant, 2023
Creatives Corps of Sol Cal / California Arts Council, 2023
Château Orquevaux Artist in Residence, France 2023
Center for Cultural Innovation, Quick Grant Award, CA 2022
Dorland Art Colony, Artist-in-Residence —Temecula, CA 2019
AWARDS
2019 Third Place at Loma Linda Fall Art Exhibition, Loma Linda, CA
2019 Best of Show at Redlands Festival of Arts, Redlands, CA
2019 Honorable Mention OC Fair Fine Art, Costa Mesa, CA
2017 Honorable Mention 48thMMM Show, Redlands, CA
2016 Honorable Mention 47thMMM Show, Redlands, CA
2015 Ozel Jewelers Community Award 46thMMM Show, Redlands, CA
2015 Honorable Mention at Redlands Festival of Arts, Redlands, CA
2015 Award of Merit California State Fair Fine Art, Sacramento, CA
2014 Award of Merit California State Fair Fine Art, Sacramento, CA
2014 Best Story Telling, Brandon Gallery, Fallbrook, CA
2013 Award of Merit California State Fair Fine Art, Sacramento, CA
2012 Wilson’s Frame Up Award 43rd MMM Show, Redlands, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
“Images of Black Culture, Life, & History” Inland Empire African American Chamber of Commerce, Redlands, CA
“All You Can Eat”, Bunny Gunner & Studio C, Claremont, CA
“Life Doesn’t Frighten Me”, Fallbrook Library Art Gallery, Fallbrook, CA
“7th Annual Festival” Redlands Festival of Arts, Redlands CA
“William E. Leonard NOS Art Collection“ NOS Event Center, San Bernardino, CA
“Coffee!!!” Café Torino Y Galeria De Arte, Ensenada, Mexico
“OC Fair Acres of Fun Fine Art Exhibit” OC Fair Visual Arts Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
“Elements Fine Art Show” Olive Avenue Market, Redlands, CA
“The Neighborhood” CBS comedy show, Hollywood, CA
2018
“Riverside County Artscape 2018” Riverside Arts Council, Riverside, CA
“Women in Print” Claremont Community Foundation Art Gallery, Claremont, CA
“Four Inch, Mini Exhibition” The Threshold Art Gallery, Redlands, CA
“2018 NOS All California Juried Art Exhibition” NOS Citrus Fair Event Center, San Bernardino, CA
“Beverly Hills Spring Affaire in the Garden” City of Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills, CA
“49th Annual Multi Media Mini Show” Redlands Art Association, Redlands, CA
“NOS Permanent Collection Thru 2000” Dr Garcia Art Gallery, San Bernardino, CA
“39th Annual Art For Heaven’s Sake” Redlands United Church of Christ, Redlands, CA
“2018 Juried Member’s Exhibition” NOS Art gallery, San Bernardino, CA
“Music and Art in the Garden” San Bernardino Symphony Guild, Highland, CA
“Hearts on Fire” Brandon Gallery, Fallbrook, CA
“2018 Member’s Juried Exhibition”, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
“Valentine Exhibition” 2Nd Story Gallery, San Dimas, CA
“BAM Arts Fair” Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
“2018 Studio 6 Tour” Loma Linda/Redlands, CA
“2018 NAPAC Valentine Ball” Nigeria-American Public Affairs Committee-USA, Burbank, CA
2017
“Ink & Clay 43” The W. Keith & Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery, Pomona, CA
“2017 Open Studio 6 Tour” Loma Linda/Redlands, CA
“2017 NOS All California Juried Art Exhibition” NOS Citrus Fair Event Center, San Bernardino, CA
“Rotary Spring Art Show” Rotary Club of Sherman Oaks, Studio City, CA
“38th Annual Art For Heaven’s Sake” Redlands United Church of Christ, Redlands, CA
“2017 Red Dirt” Red Dirt Art Festival, Redlands, CA
“New Visions” Riverside Community Arts Association, Riverside, CA
“California Tales: Real or Imagined Member’s Juried Exhibition”, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
“9th Biennial Ontario Open Art Exhibition”, Ontario Museum of History and Art, Ontario, CA
“48th Annual Multi Media Mini Show” Redlands Art Association, Redlands, CA
2016
“Brush Off”, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
“3rd Annual Festival” Redlands Festival of Arts, Redlands CA
“57th Annual Summer Art Fair” Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA
“Rotary Fall Art Show” Rotary Club of Sherman Oaks, Studio City, CA
“2018 Red Dirt” Red Dirt Art Festival, Redlands, CA
“Off the Wall”, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
“37th Annual Art For Heaven’s Sake” Redlands United Church of Christ, Redlands, CA
“45th Annual Art and Wine festival” Mountain View Chamber of Commerce, Mt. View, CA
“2016 NOS All California Juried Art Exhibition” NOS Citrus Fair Event Center, San Bernardino, CA
“47th Annual Multi Media Mini Show” Redlands Art Association, Redlands, CA
“2016 Open Studio 6 Tour” Loma Linda/Redlands, CA
2015
“Loving the Landscape-Plein Aire Artists of Riverside”, U of R Alumni House, Redlands, CA
“2015 Open Studio 6 Tour” Loma Linda/Redlands, CA
“36th Annual Art For Heaven’s Sake” Redlands United Church of Christ, Redlands, CA
“California State Fair Fine Art Exhibit” State Fair Visual Arts Gallery, Sacramento, CA
“Drought| Member’s Juried Exhibition”, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
“Under Pressure Exhibition”, Chaffey Community Museum of Art, Ontario, CA
“2nd Annual Festival” Redlands Festival of Arts, Redlands CA
“2015 NOS All California Juried Art Exhibition” NOS Citrus Fair Event Center, San Bernardino, CA
“You Speak Your Mind and Heart” Friends of RCCD Forensics, Riverside, CA
“All You Can Eat”, Bunny Gunner Gallery, Claremont, CA
“Create-Works from Museum Collections”, Chaffey Community Museum of Art, Ontario, CA
“2015 Red Dirt” Red Dirt Art Festival, Redlands, CA
2014
“PAAR Dale Senior Center Exhibit”, Riverside, CA
“Art in the Yard”, Riverside, CA
“California State Fair Fine Art Exhibit” State Fair Visual Arts Gallery, Sacramento, CA
“Dry County” The SCA Project Gallery, Pomona Arts Colony, Pomona, CA
“Just Speak Your Mind and Heart Benefit Art Auction” Corona, CA
“Festival of Lights- Artisans Collective”, Mission Inn, Riverside, CA
“Mayor’s Celebration for Arts & Innovation”, Riverside Municipal Auditorium, Riverside, CA
“35th Annual Art For Heaven’s Sake” Redlands United Church of Christ, Redlands, CA
“Transferring Ink 3” Fallbrook Art Center, Fallbrook, CA
“Celebrating the Elements of Art-Small Works” Brandon Gallery, Fallbrook, CA
“2nd Annual Mission Gables Art Show” Associates of Redlands Bowl, Redlands, CA
“Art in the Wildlands” Yucaipa Vision Quest, Yucaipa, CA
“All You Can Eat! Claremont April 2014”, Garner House, Claremont, CA
“Community Action Partnership Gala Art Show”, San Bernardino International Airport Terminal, San Bernardino, CA
“4th Annual Within Radius Art & Music Festival”, Trinity Lutheran Church, Riverside, CA
“The Arts Colony’s Best of Your Best 2014”, Corona, CA
“2014 Open Studio 6 Tour” Loma Linda/Redlands, CA
“SBAA 2014 Open Art Exhibition” San Bernardino Art Association, San Bernardino, CA
“Art on State Street” Redlands Art Association, Redlands, CA
“Art Under the Umbrellas” La Quinta, CA
“45th Annual Multi Media Mini Show” Redlands Art Association, Redlands, CA
“Elements at Olive Avenue Market Art Show”, Redlands, CA
“Omo Yoruba Cultural Enrichment Conference”, Citrus College-Glendora, CA
2013
“The 8 @ Pan African Film & Arts Festival”, Art 2000, Los Angeles, CA
“Ink & Clay 39” The W. Keith & Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery, Pomona, CA
“2nd Annual Mission Gables Art Show” Associates of Redlands Bowl, Redlands, CA
“Winterfest, Too!”, Riverside, CA
“CCMA Air Sale” CCMA Museum, Ontario, CA
“Totally Carried Away & Off The Wall”, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
“34th Annual Art For Heaven’s Sake” Redlands United Church of Christ, Redlands, CA
“Rejuvenate Fall Gallery” Corona, CA
“The Arts Colony’s 2013 Winter Show”, Corona, CA
“Let*It*Snow” The SCA Project Gallery, Pomona Arts Colony, Pomona, CA
“A Tribute to Women”, Healthy Heritage Movement, Riverside, CA
“Art 2000 Masks Un-Masked Exhibition” The Vanguard Community Art Gallery, Moreno Valley, CA
“The Persistence of Memory| Member’s Juried Exhibition”, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
2012
“PAAR 2012 Paint Out Exhibit”, Riverside, CA
“The Arts Colony’s Best of Your Best 2012”, Corona, CA
“Winterfest, 12!”, Riverside, CA
“Jazz in the Pines” Idyllwild Arts Academy, Idyllwild, CA
“The road of Art” Galaria de la Ciudad, Riviera Cultural Center, Ensenada, Baja California
“The Fan Show” The SCA Project Gallery, Pomona Arts Colony, Pomona, CA
“Your Face Here: The Modern Self-Portrait” Mt San Jacinto College Art Gallery, San Jacinto, CA
“Fontana Arts Festival, Fontana, CA
“Olive Avenue Market Art Show”, Redlands, CA
“Art Under the Umbrellas” La Quinta, CA
“Riverside County Artscape 2012” Riverside, CA
“43th Annual Multi Media Mini Show” Redlands Art Association, Redlands, CA
“33th Annual Art For Heaven’s Sake” Redlands United Church of Christ, Redlands, CA
“Glitterati” Da Gallery, Pomona Arts Colony, Pomona, CA
2011
“CCMA Fall Juried 2011 Show” CCMA Museum, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
“PAAR 6th Annual 2011 Paint Out Exhibit”, RCAA, Riverside, CA
“RCAA Spring Forth Members Exhibit”, Riverside Community Arts Association, Riverside, CA
“Revealing Character: Four Hundred years of Portraits at the Riverside Art Museum”, Riverside, CA
“42th Annual Multi Media Mini Show” Redlands Art Association, Redlands, CA
“32th Annual Art For Heaven’s Sake” Redlands United Church of Christ, Redlands, CA
“Olive Avenue Market Art Show”, Redlands, CA
“5th Annual Artists for a Cause Show” Redlands, Redlands, CA
“Pokrasso and Colleagues” Riverside City College, Riverside, CA
“Rejuvenate Annual Winter Gallery Night” Corona, CA
“RCAA Hot Time Members Exhibit”, Riverside Community Arts Association, Riverside, CA
“Avenue of the Arts- Avocado Festival”, Fallbrook Arts Inc, Fallbrook, CA
2010
“CCMA Best Foot Forward” CCMA Museum, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
“PAAR @UCR Botanica Gardens Primavera Event”, Riverside, CA
“Rejuvenate 2nd Anniversary Gallery Night” Corona, CA
“4th Annual Artists for a Cause Show” Redlands, Redlands, CA
“PAAR 2010 Fifth Annual Paint Out Exhibit”, Riverside, CA
“RCAA New Visions Members Exhibit”, Riverside Community Arts Association, Riverside, CA
“31st Annual Art For Heaven’s Sake” Redlands United Church of Christ, Redlands, CA
“Olive Avenue Market muddy parrots’ Holiday Art Show”, Redlands, CA
“PNET Verse to Image @ RCAA Exhibit”, Riverside Community Arts Association, Riverside, CA
2008
“29th Annual Art For Heaven’s Sake” Redlands United Church of Christ, Redlands, CA
“Art Depot Art in the Park” Art Depot, Fontana, CA
“Off The Wall”, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
2007
“Omo Yoruba Cultural Enrichment Conference”, Citrus College-Glendora, CA
“28th Annual Art For Heaven’s Sake” Redlands United Church of Christ, Redlands, CA
2006
“27th Annual Art For Heaven’s Sake” Redlands United Church of Christ, Redlands, CA
“2006| Member’s Juried Exhibition”, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
1998
“6th Annual African-American Artists Festival” Tadels Art Gallery, San Bernardino, CA
1995
“4th Annual African-American Artists Festival” Tadels Art Gallery, San Bernardino, CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
(Articles)
Shana Nys Dambrot, MEET ABSTRACT HISTORY ARTIST ADEOLA DAVIES-AIYELOJA, LA Weekly, March 18, 2024
Matt Szabo, "‘Centered on the Center’ celebrates art in Huntington Beach" Daily Pilot e-newspaper: Sunday, March 31, 2024Patrick Brien, "Loma Linda artist taps her cultural background to create art" Southern California News Group: Inland Empire, August 16, 2020, pg. A9
Lesley Riley, Quotes Illustrated, North Light/F&W Media, Nov. 2014, pg.
Penny E. Schwartz, “Two artist to be featured at Holiday Show” The Press Enterprise, Nov. 28, 2015, pg10
Nedra Myricks, “Multi-Faceted Adeola Davies-Aiyeloja” Inland Scene Magazine, Jan/Feb., 2014, pg 22
Wallace Allen, “REDLANDS FESTIVAL OF ARTS 2013” Westside Story Newspaper-Online Edition, May 23, 2013 Issue
**** Dr. Hinds, Revealing Character: Four Hundred years of Portraits at the Riverside Art Museum
Daniel Foster, “Artist’s Works a Colorful Joy” The Press Enterprise, August 19, 2009, pg.D2
Penny E. Schwartz, “Grief Gives Way to Inspiration” The Press Enterprise, May 2, 2009, pg.C3
Aimee Kelly, “Images-Self Starter” Inland Magazine, June 1999, pg. 24
Wallace Allen, “Adeola Davies-Aiyeloja and Charles Bibbs” The Westside Story, Feb. 4, 1999, pg1
Ed Manuel, “Reception for Sister City Youth Ambassadors Monday” ” The SB Sun, July 26, 1998, pg10
“Artist will show ‘Joyful Dance series at Redlands gallery” Redlands Daily Facts, Sept. 10, 1997, pg1A3
Wallace Allen, “She Creates Joy With Her Paintings” The Westside Story, Sept. 18, 1997, pg3
Mark Muckenfuss, “Summerfest show features 25 artists” The San Bernardino County Sun, June 1995, pg. D1
Kittridge Sports, “Spectacular Mammoth Lakes Presents 33rd Annual Fine Arts Festival” The Mammoth Times Weekly, June 29, 2005 18, Digital
Wallace Allen, “Nigerian Artist Featured at African American Artist Summerfest” The Westside Story, June 8, 1995, pg1
COLLECTIONS
Universal Studios
City of Riverside, Riverside
Redlands United Church of Christ, Redlands
Loma Linda Ronald McDonald House
Chaffey Community Museum of Art, Ontario, Ca
Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
National Orange Show, San Bernardino, CA
Morrison, Toni, Poet Laurette
Oklahoma Arts Council, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
EDUCATION
2015 MS – Instructional Technology, California State University, San Bernardino, California
1986 BS – Business Administration, Minor in accounting, California State University, Los Angeles, California
1984 AA – Accounting, La City College, Los Angeles, California
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 “Soulful Alchemy|Exploration of Mystic Connections, Holt & Palm Gallery, Ontario, CA
2022 “The Unexpected Expectations of Menopause” Metro Gallery, Pomona Arts Colony, CA
2021 “Heartful Remembrance” Metro Gallery, Pomona Arts Colony, CA
2021 “Shadow Narratives” Kunstmatix Online Gallery
2020 “Echoes of Shadow Revealed” Progress Gallery, Pomona Arts Colony, CA
2018 “Abstracted Expression” Redlands Arts Association, Redlands, CA
2012 “A Visual Rhythm” Riverside Community Art Association, Riverside, CA
2012 “New Work” Fontana City Steelworkers’ Auditorium, Fontana, CA
2011 “Transformation” Redlands Arts Association, Redlands, CA
2011 “Memories | A Little Bit of Then and Now” Relish Delicatessen
2009 “New Mixed Media Work” Redlands Arts Association, Redlands, CA
TWO and THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024 “Human Touch”, University of Redlands Art Gallery, CA
2022 ” Syncona Mesa Open Studio” Desert Hot Springs, CA
2015 “African Wildlife Reflections” Redlands Arts Association, Redlands, CA
1994 “8th Anniversary Two Man Exhibit”, Tadels Fine Art Gallery, San Bernardino, CA
RESIDENCIES & GRANT
San Bernardino Arts Connection Micro Grant, 2023
Creatives Corps of Sol Cal / California Arts Council, 2023
Château Orquevaux Artist in Residence, France 2023
Center for Cultural Innovation, Quick Grant Award, CA 2022
Dorland Art Colony, Artist-in-Residence —Temecula, CA 2019
AWARDS
2019 Third Place at Loma Linda Fall Art Exhibition, Loma Linda, CA
2019 Best of Show at Redlands Festival of Arts, Redlands, CA
2019 Honorable Mention OC Fair Fine Art, Costa Mesa, CA
2017 Honorable Mention 48thMMM Show, Redlands, CA
2016 Honorable Mention 47thMMM Show, Redlands, CA
2015 Ozel Jewelers Community Award 46thMMM Show, Redlands, CA
2015 Honorable Mention at Redlands Festival of Arts, Redlands, CA
2015 Award of Merit California State Fair Fine Art, Sacramento, CA
2014 Award of Merit California State Fair Fine Art, Sacramento, CA
2014 Best Story Telling, Brandon Gallery, Fallbrook, CA
2013 Award of Merit California State Fair Fine Art, Sacramento, CA
2012 Wilson’s Frame Up Award 43rd MMM Show, Redlands, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
“Images of Black Culture, Life, & History” Inland Empire African American Chamber of Commerce, Redlands, CA
“All You Can Eat”, Bunny Gunner & Studio C, Claremont, CA
“Life Doesn’t Frighten Me”, Fallbrook Library Art Gallery, Fallbrook, CA
“7th Annual Festival” Redlands Festival of Arts, Redlands CA
“William E. Leonard NOS Art Collection“ NOS Event Center, San Bernardino, CA
“Coffee!!!” Café Torino Y Galeria De Arte, Ensenada, Mexico
“OC Fair Acres of Fun Fine Art Exhibit” OC Fair Visual Arts Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
“Elements Fine Art Show” Olive Avenue Market, Redlands, CA
“The Neighborhood” CBS comedy show, Hollywood, CA
2018
“Riverside County Artscape 2018” Riverside Arts Council, Riverside, CA
“Women in Print” Claremont Community Foundation Art Gallery, Claremont, CA
“Four Inch, Mini Exhibition” The Threshold Art Gallery, Redlands, CA
“2018 NOS All California Juried Art Exhibition” NOS Citrus Fair Event Center, San Bernardino, CA
“Beverly Hills Spring Affaire in the Garden” City of Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills, CA
“49th Annual Multi Media Mini Show” Redlands Art Association, Redlands, CA
“NOS Permanent Collection Thru 2000” Dr Garcia Art Gallery, San Bernardino, CA
“39th Annual Art For Heaven’s Sake” Redlands United Church of Christ, Redlands, CA
“2018 Juried Member’s Exhibition” NOS Art gallery, San Bernardino, CA
“Music and Art in the Garden” San Bernardino Symphony Guild, Highland, CA
“Hearts on Fire” Brandon Gallery, Fallbrook, CA
“2018 Member’s Juried Exhibition”, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
“Valentine Exhibition” 2Nd Story Gallery, San Dimas, CA
“BAM Arts Fair” Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
“2018 Studio 6 Tour” Loma Linda/Redlands, CA
“2018 NAPAC Valentine Ball” Nigeria-American Public Affairs Committee-USA, Burbank, CA
2017
“Ink & Clay 43” The W. Keith & Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery, Pomona, CA
“2017 Open Studio 6 Tour” Loma Linda/Redlands, CA
“2017 NOS All California Juried Art Exhibition” NOS Citrus Fair Event Center, San Bernardino, CA
“Rotary Spring Art Show” Rotary Club of Sherman Oaks, Studio City, CA
“38th Annual Art For Heaven’s Sake” Redlands United Church of Christ, Redlands, CA
“2017 Red Dirt” Red Dirt Art Festival, Redlands, CA
“New Visions” Riverside Community Arts Association, Riverside, CA
“California Tales: Real or Imagined Member’s Juried Exhibition”, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
“9th Biennial Ontario Open Art Exhibition”, Ontario Museum of History and Art, Ontario, CA
“48th Annual Multi Media Mini Show” Redlands Art Association, Redlands, CA
2016
“Brush Off”, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
“3rd Annual Festival” Redlands Festival of Arts, Redlands CA
“57th Annual Summer Art Fair” Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA
“Rotary Fall Art Show” Rotary Club of Sherman Oaks, Studio City, CA
“2018 Red Dirt” Red Dirt Art Festival, Redlands, CA
“Off the Wall”, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
“37th Annual Art For Heaven’s Sake” Redlands United Church of Christ, Redlands, CA
“45th Annual Art and Wine festival” Mountain View Chamber of Commerce, Mt. View, CA
“2016 NOS All California Juried Art Exhibition” NOS Citrus Fair Event Center, San Bernardino, CA
“47th Annual Multi Media Mini Show” Redlands Art Association, Redlands, CA
“2016 Open Studio 6 Tour” Loma Linda/Redlands, CA
2015
“Loving the Landscape-Plein Aire Artists of Riverside”, U of R Alumni House, Redlands, CA
“2015 Open Studio 6 Tour” Loma Linda/Redlands, CA
“36th Annual Art For Heaven’s Sake” Redlands United Church of Christ, Redlands, CA
“California State Fair Fine Art Exhibit” State Fair Visual Arts Gallery, Sacramento, CA
“Drought| Member’s Juried Exhibition”, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
“Under Pressure Exhibition”, Chaffey Community Museum of Art, Ontario, CA
“2nd Annual Festival” Redlands Festival of Arts, Redlands CA
“2015 NOS All California Juried Art Exhibition” NOS Citrus Fair Event Center, San Bernardino, CA
“You Speak Your Mind and Heart” Friends of RCCD Forensics, Riverside, CA
“All You Can Eat”, Bunny Gunner Gallery, Claremont, CA
“Create-Works from Museum Collections”, Chaffey Community Museum of Art, Ontario, CA
“2015 Red Dirt” Red Dirt Art Festival, Redlands, CA
2014
“PAAR Dale Senior Center Exhibit”, Riverside, CA
“Art in the Yard”, Riverside, CA
“California State Fair Fine Art Exhibit” State Fair Visual Arts Gallery, Sacramento, CA
“Dry County” The SCA Project Gallery, Pomona Arts Colony, Pomona, CA
“Just Speak Your Mind and Heart Benefit Art Auction” Corona, CA
“Festival of Lights- Artisans Collective”, Mission Inn, Riverside, CA
“Mayor’s Celebration for Arts & Innovation”, Riverside Municipal Auditorium, Riverside, CA
“35th Annual Art For Heaven’s Sake” Redlands United Church of Christ, Redlands, CA
“Transferring Ink 3” Fallbrook Art Center, Fallbrook, CA
“Celebrating the Elements of Art-Small Works” Brandon Gallery, Fallbrook, CA
“2nd Annual Mission Gables Art Show” Associates of Redlands Bowl, Redlands, CA
“Art in the Wildlands” Yucaipa Vision Quest, Yucaipa, CA
“All You Can Eat! Claremont April 2014”, Garner House, Claremont, CA
“Community Action Partnership Gala Art Show”, San Bernardino International Airport Terminal, San Bernardino, CA
“4th Annual Within Radius Art & Music Festival”, Trinity Lutheran Church, Riverside, CA
“The Arts Colony’s Best of Your Best 2014”, Corona, CA
“2014 Open Studio 6 Tour” Loma Linda/Redlands, CA
“SBAA 2014 Open Art Exhibition” San Bernardino Art Association, San Bernardino, CA
“Art on State Street” Redlands Art Association, Redlands, CA
“Art Under the Umbrellas” La Quinta, CA
“45th Annual Multi Media Mini Show” Redlands Art Association, Redlands, CA
“Elements at Olive Avenue Market Art Show”, Redlands, CA
“Omo Yoruba Cultural Enrichment Conference”, Citrus College-Glendora, CA
2013
“The 8 @ Pan African Film & Arts Festival”, Art 2000, Los Angeles, CA
“Ink & Clay 39” The W. Keith & Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery, Pomona, CA
“2nd Annual Mission Gables Art Show” Associates of Redlands Bowl, Redlands, CA
“Winterfest, Too!”, Riverside, CA
“CCMA Air Sale” CCMA Museum, Ontario, CA
“Totally Carried Away & Off The Wall”, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
“34th Annual Art For Heaven’s Sake” Redlands United Church of Christ, Redlands, CA
“Rejuvenate Fall Gallery” Corona, CA
“The Arts Colony’s 2013 Winter Show”, Corona, CA
“Let*It*Snow” The SCA Project Gallery, Pomona Arts Colony, Pomona, CA
“A Tribute to Women”, Healthy Heritage Movement, Riverside, CA
“Art 2000 Masks Un-Masked Exhibition” The Vanguard Community Art Gallery, Moreno Valley, CA
“The Persistence of Memory| Member’s Juried Exhibition”, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
2012
“PAAR 2012 Paint Out Exhibit”, Riverside, CA
“The Arts Colony’s Best of Your Best 2012”, Corona, CA
“Winterfest, 12!”, Riverside, CA
“Jazz in the Pines” Idyllwild Arts Academy, Idyllwild, CA
“The road of Art” Galaria de la Ciudad, Riviera Cultural Center, Ensenada, Baja California
“The Fan Show” The SCA Project Gallery, Pomona Arts Colony, Pomona, CA
“Your Face Here: The Modern Self-Portrait” Mt San Jacinto College Art Gallery, San Jacinto, CA
“Fontana Arts Festival, Fontana, CA
“Olive Avenue Market Art Show”, Redlands, CA
“Art Under the Umbrellas” La Quinta, CA
“Riverside County Artscape 2012” Riverside, CA
“43th Annual Multi Media Mini Show” Redlands Art Association, Redlands, CA
“33th Annual Art For Heaven’s Sake” Redlands United Church of Christ, Redlands, CA
“Glitterati” Da Gallery, Pomona Arts Colony, Pomona, CA
2011
“CCMA Fall Juried 2011 Show” CCMA Museum, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
“PAAR 6th Annual 2011 Paint Out Exhibit”, RCAA, Riverside, CA
“RCAA Spring Forth Members Exhibit”, Riverside Community Arts Association, Riverside, CA
“Revealing Character: Four Hundred years of Portraits at the Riverside Art Museum”, Riverside, CA
“42th Annual Multi Media Mini Show” Redlands Art Association, Redlands, CA
“32th Annual Art For Heaven’s Sake” Redlands United Church of Christ, Redlands, CA
“Olive Avenue Market Art Show”, Redlands, CA
“5th Annual Artists for a Cause Show” Redlands, Redlands, CA
“Pokrasso and Colleagues” Riverside City College, Riverside, CA
“Rejuvenate Annual Winter Gallery Night” Corona, CA
“RCAA Hot Time Members Exhibit”, Riverside Community Arts Association, Riverside, CA
“Avenue of the Arts- Avocado Festival”, Fallbrook Arts Inc, Fallbrook, CA
2010
“CCMA Best Foot Forward” CCMA Museum, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
“PAAR @UCR Botanica Gardens Primavera Event”, Riverside, CA
“Rejuvenate 2nd Anniversary Gallery Night” Corona, CA
“4th Annual Artists for a Cause Show” Redlands, Redlands, CA
“PAAR 2010 Fifth Annual Paint Out Exhibit”, Riverside, CA
“RCAA New Visions Members Exhibit”, Riverside Community Arts Association, Riverside, CA
“31st Annual Art For Heaven’s Sake” Redlands United Church of Christ, Redlands, CA
“Olive Avenue Market muddy parrots’ Holiday Art Show”, Redlands, CA
“PNET Verse to Image @ RCAA Exhibit”, Riverside Community Arts Association, Riverside, CA
2008
“29th Annual Art For Heaven’s Sake” Redlands United Church of Christ, Redlands, CA
“Art Depot Art in the Park” Art Depot, Fontana, CA
“Off The Wall”, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
2007
“Omo Yoruba Cultural Enrichment Conference”, Citrus College-Glendora, CA
“28th Annual Art For Heaven’s Sake” Redlands United Church of Christ, Redlands, CA
2006
“27th Annual Art For Heaven’s Sake” Redlands United Church of Christ, Redlands, CA
“2006| Member’s Juried Exhibition”, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
1998
“6th Annual African-American Artists Festival” Tadels Art Gallery, San Bernardino, CA
1995
“4th Annual African-American Artists Festival” Tadels Art Gallery, San Bernardino, CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
(Articles)
Shana Nys Dambrot, MEET ABSTRACT HISTORY ARTIST ADEOLA DAVIES-AIYELOJA, LA Weekly, March 18, 2024
Matt Szabo, "‘Centered on the Center’ celebrates art in Huntington Beach" Daily Pilot e-newspaper: Sunday, March 31, 2024Patrick Brien, "Loma Linda artist taps her cultural background to create art" Southern California News Group: Inland Empire, August 16, 2020, pg. A9
Lesley Riley, Quotes Illustrated, North Light/F&W Media, Nov. 2014, pg.
Penny E. Schwartz, “Two artist to be featured at Holiday Show” The Press Enterprise, Nov. 28, 2015, pg10
Nedra Myricks, “Multi-Faceted Adeola Davies-Aiyeloja” Inland Scene Magazine, Jan/Feb., 2014, pg 22
Wallace Allen, “REDLANDS FESTIVAL OF ARTS 2013” Westside Story Newspaper-Online Edition, May 23, 2013 Issue
**** Dr. Hinds, Revealing Character: Four Hundred years of Portraits at the Riverside Art Museum
Daniel Foster, “Artist’s Works a Colorful Joy” The Press Enterprise, August 19, 2009, pg.D2
Penny E. Schwartz, “Grief Gives Way to Inspiration” The Press Enterprise, May 2, 2009, pg.C3
Aimee Kelly, “Images-Self Starter” Inland Magazine, June 1999, pg. 24
Wallace Allen, “Adeola Davies-Aiyeloja and Charles Bibbs” The Westside Story, Feb. 4, 1999, pg1
Ed Manuel, “Reception for Sister City Youth Ambassadors Monday” ” The SB Sun, July 26, 1998, pg10
“Artist will show ‘Joyful Dance series at Redlands gallery” Redlands Daily Facts, Sept. 10, 1997, pg1A3
Wallace Allen, “She Creates Joy With Her Paintings” The Westside Story, Sept. 18, 1997, pg3
Mark Muckenfuss, “Summerfest show features 25 artists” The San Bernardino County Sun, June 1995, pg. D1
Kittridge Sports, “Spectacular Mammoth Lakes Presents 33rd Annual Fine Arts Festival” The Mammoth Times Weekly, June 29, 2005 18, Digital
Wallace Allen, “Nigerian Artist Featured at African American Artist Summerfest” The Westside Story, June 8, 1995, pg1
COLLECTIONS
Universal Studios
City of Riverside, Riverside
Redlands United Church of Christ, Redlands
Loma Linda Ronald McDonald House
Chaffey Community Museum of Art, Ontario, Ca
Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
National Orange Show, San Bernardino, CA
Morrison, Toni, Poet Laurette
Oklahoma Arts Council, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
