Background

Luvly’s work has been exhibited in museums and galleries across the city - the Mint Museums Uptown + Randolph, Hart Witzen Gallery, Charlotte Art League, Goodyear Arts, Toughass Crew Pop-up Gallery, and Petra’s Art Lounge. She curated exhibitions for Studio1212, Flux Galleries, and Summit Coffee NoDa. In 2020, Moon was selected to be a META Mural Residency Auditor and collaborated with four artists to create a mural documenting community needs during the pandemic. In 2021, she completed a printmaking residency with MacFly Fresh at Immersive Van Gogh. She sat on the curation board for the Talking Walls Mural Festival 2022-2024, regularly assists fellow muralists, and facilitates workshops and community painting events. Since 2020, Moon has built and installed multiple pieces around Charlotte and constantly pushes her visions in more expansive, brighter directions through creative innovation. Her installations have popped up at Rail Trail Lights in 2021 + 2022, CLT Shout in 2021 + 2022, and the Charlotte International Arts Festival in 2022.

I am motivated by the mysticism of life - simplicity and imagination, patterns in nature and humanity, color and movement. Exploration and discovery are so imperative to my creative experience that I don’t like to limit the mediums I utilize. I use acrylic, watercolor, spray paint, resin, and even fabric, sculpture, metalwork, and recycled materials to create distinct, contemporary 2D and 3D works. My subjects shift each year as I deepen my understanding of self and conception of characters and symbols.
My objective with my art has always been to depict reflections of myself & my experiences. In the past my art was an intermediary between my inner child and my adult self. I am currently exploring deeper realms and therefore my art is also gaining more intensity and refinement. I am using my practice to restore and reclaim my ancestral traditions through exhibiting the practices of my ancestors through these works. As I deconstruct my family’s assimilation into American society I’ve discovered the depth of disruption through generations and my art work personifies how this shaped my notion of self and the world around me.