CV/Resume
Exhibitions & Awards
2024, “The Souls Of Black Folk”Photography Award Finalist, Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize
2024, "Grandma" Finalist, Lucie Foundation Open Call: Heritage Black and White Category
2024, “The Souls Of Black Folk” LowellArts Award & Grand Valley State University Art Galleries Purchase Award. Regional Arts Exhibition, Festival Of The Arts.
2023, "Grandma" Winner of the The Brian Lehrer Show Best Photo Sitting on Your Phone 2023 Contest
2023, “Take Space” - 37th Annual LowellArts West Michigan Art Competition, Lowell, Michigan
2022, "Portrait Photography: How to Shoot & Edit Environmental Portraits," Staff Pick, Skillshare
2022, Portals: Alfield Reeves, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, Michigan
2022, Regional Arts Exhibition Festival Of The Arts", Grand Rapids, Michigan
2022, Art & Social Justice Exhibition, ArtWorks & ArtxchangeGr, Big Rapids, Michigan
2021, “UnforSEEN” - Finalist, LensCulture Black & White Photography Awards
2021, United In Purpose Community Showcase & Art Exhibition, Grow Hub GR, Grand Rapids, Michigan
2021, Black Rapids Art Exhibition, NIA Centre, Grand Rapids, Michigan
2021, The Color Of The Year, ArtxChange, Rivertown Crossing Mall, Grand Rapids, Michigan
2021, "Walls", "Caution: Black Girl Magic", & "Don't Touch My Hair", (Honorable Mention) Masur Museum of Art 58th Annual Juried Competition, Monroe, Louisiana
2020, Just Joy (Directors Award), Finding The Light, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont
2020, Untitled, Finding The Light, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont
2020, Diaries, LoosenArt Mag & Gallery, Rome, Italy
2020, Too Tired for 2020, The Too Tired Project, Vermont
2020, The is a Movement, Not a Moment, ARTivism Initiative, Worcester, Mass.
2020, Detroit 2020, SaveArtSpace, Detroit, MI
2020, Virtual Arts Festival, Festival Of The Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
2019,TRUTH Expressed Through The Arts, New Harvest Christian Center, Battle Creek, MI
2019, Black Refractions, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
2019, Shades Of Blackness, Devo Place, Grand Rapids, MI
2019, Art With An Impact, Light Gallery + Studio, Grand Rapids, MI
2019,The Decisive Moment, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2018, The Platform, Black Arts & Cultural Center, Kalamazoo, MI
2017, Art Hop, Black Arts & Cultural Center, Kalamazoo, MI
Interviews & Panels
2023, Grand Rapids music venue faces backlash over art competition x Crain's Grand Rapids Business
2022, Art Prize x Cultivate GR - "How to Advance in the art world" Panel
2022, Career Chat with Kent ISD
2022, The Create Fund: Alfield Reeves Shoots for Authenticity
2022, Cultivate Featured Artist
2022 Composition Series Interview
2022 Visionary Series, Grand Rapids Art Museum
2021, "Rising Stars: Meet Alfield Reeves", Voyage Michigan Magazine
2021, United In Purpose Panel, Grow Hub GR, Grand Rapids, Michigan
2021 “Black Art In The Absence of Light” Panel at The Grand Rapids Art Museum
2021, Screen Time: A Year of Business Online, The Entrepreneur Hub, Podcast
2021, Creative Confessions w/ Creatives Are Essential
2020, Experimentations IV — Embracing Creativity, CherryDeck
2020, Through the Eyes of a Liberian Photographer in America with Alfield Reeves Photography, BrickRose Exchange
2016, Social Media, Hair Subjects Of New Collaboration On The Black Experience, Public radio from Western Michigan University
Press & Publications
2024, Justin F. Roebuck for The New York Times
2024, Griselda Mata, Kari Coffman, Brenda Vazquez & Ben Ingebretson for The New York Times
2024, Chigozie Obioma for The New York Times
2024, Clover Schwalm for The New York Times
2024, Kiley Reid for TOAST Magazine
2024, Lucy VanDyke for The New York Times
2023, Marcelo Lehninger, Bob Bernhardt, Duo Shen, Dr. Pearl Shangkuan & Duane Davis of the Grand Rapids Symphony for Grand Rapids Magazine Sept/Oct 2023 Issue
2023, Heather Thompson Day for Viral Jesus Podcast of Christianity Today
2023, Dazmonique Carr of Deeply Rooted Produce for Wolverine Boots.
2023, Ashton for Insider in partnership with Type Investigations
2023, 8th Day Gym for Grand Rapids Magazine, May/June Issue
2022, SKILLSHARE CLASS | "Portrait Photography: How to Shoot & Edit Environmental Portraits"
2022, Dean Fritzemeier for STAT News
2022, Amber & Mike Dowdy for The New York Times
2022, Dr. Abha Gupta Varama for Grand Rapids Magazine May/June 2022 Issue
2022 "UnforSEEN" - Finalist, LensCulture Black & White Photography Awards as seen on The Guardian
2022 Linda Nemec Foster, David Cope & Amy Nemecek for Grand Rapids Magazine, March/April 2022⠀
2021 STEM Greenhouse for Grand Rapids Business Journal
2021 Jerica Boss for the Cover of the Spring Issue of PARTNERS in Community by Grand Rapids Community Foundation
2021 Trish Fite for PracticeLink Magazine Summer '21
2021 Jeff Hosler for Grand Rapids Magazine - Sept/Oct'21
2021 Nappy Head Club for Vogue Greece
2021 STEM Greenhouse for Grand Rapids Press
2021 Fluresh, Pharmhouse Wellness & 3Fifteen for Grand Rapids Magazine - July/Aug'21
2021 Rachel & Rikki of Nappy Head Club for GROWN Mag
2021 Iain and Kalie Charnly for the Spring Issue of PARTNERS in Community by Grand Rapids Community Foundation
2021 No Label Lipstick by Jenny Marie for Career Mastered Magazine
2021 Reginald Flynn for ProPublica
2021, Tia Chakraborty for PracticeLink Magazine Job Interview Issue 2021.
2021, Derether Greer for the Cover of the Spring Issue of PARTNERS in Community by Grand Rapids Community Foundation
2021, When Protective Orders Don't Protect, The Trace & The 19th News
2020, Inside Track: Price empowers through poetry, Grand Rapids Business Journal
2020, Flare of Rebellion, Mob Journal
2020, November Artist of the Month, Art Jobs
2020, Take Space, Something Different Magazine
2020, Artist Of The Week, CherryDeck
2020, Engagement of the Week, WeddingDay Magazine
2019, Embrace Love I & II, Vogue Italia
2019, So Before You Go, Style Cruz Magazine, August 2019 Vol 26
2019, Untitled, Shuba Magazine: Issue#23 Vol. 8
2019, RAWr, Spinning Shades Magazine: Issue No: 3 March Issue
2019, Experimentations I, Piction Magazine: March Black Special Edition,
2019, Couples Choice, WeddingWire
2019, Quintessential Vintage, Eloque Tears for Eloque Magazine, UK
2018, Couples Choice, WeddingWire
2018, Bitterzoet Magazine, New Haven, CT
2017, Couples Choice, WeddingWire,
2017, Now This, New York City, NY
2017, Burlington Style, Burlington, NJ
2017, GRNow, Grand Rapids, MI
2016, Blavity, San Francisco, CA
2016, The Banner, Grand Rapids, MI
2016, WMUK, Kalamazoo, MI
2015, The Rapidian, Grand Rapids, MI