Education
2023-2025
Bachelor in Fine Arts in Painting, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
2020-2022
Associate in Fine Arts, Central Piedmont Community College
Group Art Exhibitions
2026
The Feminine Form, Mint to Be: The Feminine Body as Costume Art, MINT5pace, Mint Museum Uptown, Charlotte, NC
ART From ALL Perspectives, Celebrating Regional Biopoc Artists, Salisbury, NC
Creative Spirit, Airy Knoll Arts Project, Christ Episcopal Church, Charlotte, NC
Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Rowe Gallery, UNC Charlotte, NC
Perspectives, Good Year Arts, Camp North End, Charlotte, NC
2025
Hunnid Dollar Art Fair by BLKMRKT, The Ford Building, Camp North End, Charlotte, NC
University Career Center, UNC Charlotte, NC
Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Rowe Gallery, UNC Charlotte, NC
2024
Red, Lorem Ipsum Listening Bar, Charlotte, NC
Dark and Divine, Performance Suite, Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts + Culture, Charlotte, NC
Blue, Lorem Ipsum Listening Bar, Charlotte, NC
Global Studies, Lambla Gallery, UNC Charlotte, NC
University Career Center, UNC Charlotte, NC
It’s Like, Nude! McColl Center, Charlotte, NC
Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Rowe Gallery, UNC Charlotte, NC
2023
Flame and Symbol, Flux Galleries, Charlotte, NC
Believers and Cowards, Petra’s Art Lounge, Charlotte, NC
2022
CPCC Annual Juried Student Art Show, Charlotte, NC
Pink Solar, Flux Galleries, Charlotte, NC
The Last Night, Petra’s Art Lounge, Charlotte, NC
Safe Space, VAPA Center, Charlotte, NC
FAFO, The Chamber by Wooden Robot, Charlotte, NC
The Day of Abstract Structure, Petra’s Art Lounge, Charlotte, NC
2021
CPCC Annual Juried Student Art Show, Charlotte, NC
Awards and Honors
2025
Roderick MacKillop Memorial Art Merit Scholarship, UNC Charlotte, NC
2024
First Place, Talking Walls Speed Paint Showdown, Lenny Boy Brewing, Charlotte, NC
2022
Kappy McCleneghan Drawing Award, Annual Juried Student Art Show, Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC
Painting Award, Annual Juried Student Art Show, Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC
2021
Painting Award, Annual Juried Student Art Show, Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC
Work Selected for Permanent Collection, CPCC, Charlotte, NC
Events
2025
Hunnid Dollar Art Fair by BLKMRKT, The Ford Building, Camp North End, Charlotte, NC
2024
Hunnid Dollar Art Fair by BLKMRKT, The Ford Building, Camp North End, Charlotte, NC
Panelist Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts + Culture, Charlotte, NC
Panelist Lorem Ipsum Listening Bar, Charlotte, NC
Live Painter Sue Lemmond Helms Community Art House, Charlotte, NC
Local Features
2026 The Mythology of Identity with Dru Swan, ArtintheQC, Art Advocacy Organization
2025 Student artist Dru Swan blends culture and heritage as part of Career Center Gallery, NinerTimes
Black artists who are making Charlotte their canvas, NinerTimes
2024 Artist Feature, ArtintheQC, Art Advocacy Organization
Picture by Kiki Rae Post
Picture by Genea Swan
Photo by Ever Templeton
Photo by Ever Templeton
Photo by Ever Templeton
Photo by Ever Templeton