Genevra Bell

is a freelance Illustrator, specializing in children's illustration.

Genevra works primarily in watercolor and ink. Her clients include Pottery Barn Kids, MacKenzie-Childs, and Better Homes and Gardens.

Solo Shows and Exhibits:

I Think There is a Story Here, 2012, The Beauty Shop, Fairfield, Iowa, USA

Chapter II, In Which We Meet, White Rabbit, Iowa City, 2016

Johnston County Library, February, 2017



Group Shows:

Perched Transparent, 2005, Unity Gallery, Fairfield, Iowa, USA

BFA Senior Exhibition,  2009, Unity Gallery, Fairfield, Iowa, USA

Flying Leap Group Show 2013, 2014

Pembroke 6x6 exhibition, February 2017

Galleries:

Flat Space Art, Nottinghill, UK 2017 to present

Flying Leap Art Space, Fairfield, Iowa, USA, 2012 to present

Stacey Hurlin, 2014

Cookhouse Gallery, Windermere, Cumbria, UK, 2011

The Beauty Shop Art Space, Fairfield, Iowa, 2011

Retail Stores:

Sheila's Cottage, Ambleside, Cumbria, UK, 2011

The Scarlet Ribbon, Windermere, Cumbria, UK, 2014

Natural Selections, Fairfield, Iowa, USA, 2013 to present

White Rabbit, Iowa City, Iowa, USA, 2013 to present

Sisters Garden, Iowa City, Iowa, USA 2013 to present

The Pumpkin Patch, Ames, Iowa, USA, 2013 

Mohair Pear, Cedar Falls, Iowa, USA, 2015- present

The Plaid Peacock, Waterloo, Iowa, USA, 2015-present

Crafted QC, Quad Cities, Iowa, USA 2016-present

Paperish Mess, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 2015-present

Phoenix Underground, Kansas City, MO, USA 2016-present

Design/Sign Design/Window Display:

-Window displays:

The Apple Pie Bakery, Ambleside, UK, 2008

Green Building Supply Co. Fairfield, Iowa, 2015

Natural Selections, Fairfield, Iowa, 2015

The Arbor Bar, Fairfield, Iowa, 2015

Organic Matters Cafe, Fairfield, Iowa, 2016

-Sign Design:

Scarlett Ribbon, Windermere, UK, 2011

Mr. H's in Ambleside, UK, 2015

-Map for the City of Fairfield Iowa's 1st Friday Art Walks, 2008



Does not include private collections*



Education:

University of California Davis, MFA, 2023

Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, Iowa, USA (Cum Laude) (Outstanding Art Student Award), BFA in Fine Art, 2009

Kendal College, Cumbria, UK (Merit) Certificate in Graphic Design

Apprenticeships / Continued Studies

Text Illumination, Carrie Allen (reproduction artist for University of Saskatchewan, Canada), Summer, 2002

Calligraphy, Bonnie Allen, Fairfield, Iowa, 2002-2004

Calligraphy, John Stimson, Fairfield, Iowa, 2003

Fairs:

Firefly Market, Boulder, CO

Strawberry Swing, Kansas City, MO

Market Day, Des Moines, Iowa

Lucky Star Market, Ames, Iowa

Vintage and Made, Des Moines, Iowa

Not Your Mother's Craft Fair, Iowa City, Iowa

What a Load of Craft, Iowa City, Iowa

Handmade City, Davenport, Iowa

Dharma Foundation Christmas Market, Fairfield, Iowa

Bentonsport fall colors/ scenic drive market, Iowa

Mohair Pear, Cedar Falls, Iowa

Merry Market, Des Moines, Iowa

Good Makers Market, Wilton, Iowa

State Street Market, Geneseo, Illinois