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Education
  • BFA, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL
  • City & Guilds, London, England
  • University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

Awards & Residencies
  • 2021 St. Pete Art Alliance Professional Artist Development Grant $1000
  • 2021  Creative Pinellas Arts Annual, grantees exhibition, Largo, Fl
  • ​2020 Professional Development Grant - Creative Pinellas, St. Petersburg, FL
  • 2016 VCCA Moulin a Nef, Auvillar, France
  • 2008 Residency at the Hambidge Center for the Arts and Sciences, GA
  • 2008 Artist Enhancement Grant, Division of Cultural Affairs, State of FL
  • 2006/2007 Artist’s Retreat Recipient, Division of Cultural Affairs, State of FL
  • 2006 Artist Enhancement Grant, Division of Cultural Affairs, State of FL
  • 2005 Artist Enhancement Grant, Division of Cultural Affairs, State of FL
  • 2005 Artist Resource Grant, Pinellas County Arts Council, Pinellas County, FL
  • 1990 Honorable Mention, Individual Artist Fellowship, Division of Cultural Affairs, State of FL
  • 1989 Individual Visual Artist Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA
  • 1988 Individual Visual Artist Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA
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​Museum Exhibitions
  • 2014 Florida Museum for Women Arts Annual Juried Exhibition
  • 2013 Florida Museum for Women Arts Annual Juried Exhibition
  • 2011 Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
  • 2009 Brevard Museum of Art, Melbourne, FL, Lowe Museum of Art, Miami, FL
  • 2005 Museum of the South, Birmingham, AL​
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Public Art Commissions / Public Collections 
  • All Children’s Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL, commissioned to paint a 20 foot mural surrounding the entrance to the cafeteria in the main lobby of the one million square foot hospital.
  • The Epi Center, a joint use facility between St. Petersburg, FL and Pinellas County where professionals from business, government and academia come together to provide a unique blend of information and services. Two large works one 11 ft. painting and one 10 ft. drawing in their permanent collection.
  • The Studio at 620, St. Petersburg, FL
  • Southern Graphics Council Archives , Washington University in St. Louis, MO
  • University of Akron, OH, Monumental Ideas in Miniature Books collections
  • City of Clearwater, Art in Public Places, Clearwater, FL
  • Mease Hospital Foundation, Dunedin, FL
  • Hillsboro County Arts Council, Tampa, FL
  • Allied Department Stores, Miami, FL
  • University of South FL. Tampa, FL

Selected List of Exhibitions
  • 2025 Sunistra Quintas, Tempus Projects, Ybor City, FL
  • 2024 Creative Pinellas Arts Annual, selected work of grantees. Largo, FL
  • 2024 Near & Far, Canadian encaustic Conference, Ottawa, Canada
  • 2023  Traveling Exhibition: ​Black & White, FL Woman’s Caucus for Art, Art House,  Casselberry, FL
  • ​2023- 2024  Creative Pinellas Arts Annual, selected work of grantees. Largo, FL
  • 2023 Black & White, FL Woman’s Caucus for Art, Art House,  Casselberry, FL
  • 2023 Psychedelic, The Morean Art Center, St. Petersburg, Fl
  • 2022 Beyond Words, Celebrating Books as Art, curated by Cindy Bartosek, Florida Craft Art, St. Petersburg, Fl
  • 2022 Creative Pinellas Arts Annual, Largo, Fl
  • 2022  The Best of Women, Chicago Women’s Caucus for Art, Stola Contemporary Art Gallery, Chicago IL
  • 2022  Neverne Covington, painting, prints and drawings solo exhibition, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Fl
  • 2022 Neverne Covington, prints, drawings and paintings, solo exhibition, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL
  • 2021 -2022 Woman’s  Caucus  for Art,  the portrait project, Woman who Work, exhibition traveling throughout FL
  • 2021 Landmark, Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL
  • 2021 About Face, Arts Exchange, Warehouse Arts District Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL​
  • ​​​​​2020  Relative Motion: Focused Observations, solo exhibition, Tully Levine Gallery, The Arts Exchange, St. Petersburg, FL
  • 2019 This is Me – Self portraits, Morean Art Center, St. Petersburg, FL
  • ​2018 Big Eyes, Dunedin Fine Art and Cultural Center, Dunedin FL
  • 2018 At Home with Craft, Florida Craft Art, St. Petersburg, FL
  • 2017 Etch a Sketch, curated by Catherine Bergman, Dunedin Fine Arts and Cultural Center, Dunedin, FL
  • 2017 100 Years/ 100 Artists, curated by Amanda Cooper, Morean Art Center, St Petersburg, FL
  • 2016 Etudes Pour Grands Formats, VCCA France. Le Cebo au Moulin a Nef, Auvillar, France
  • 2016 The Exquisite Corpse, curated by D. Dominick Lombardie and Amanda Cooper, the Morean Art Center, St Petersburg, FL
  • 2016 Studio @620, Directors Choice Exhibit, St. Petersburg, FL
  • 2016 Role Models, Morean Art Center, Instructors Exhibition
  • 2015 Morean Art Center St Petersburg, FL
  • 2014 Lost Worlds, Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin Art Center, Dunedin FL
  • 2014 Living Matters, Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin Art Center, Dunedin FL
  • 2014 Florida Museum for Women Arts Annual Juried Exhibition
  • 2013 The Book as Art, 21st Century meets Tradition. Curated by Brian Dettmer, Jurisha Graham, and Beth Whitehead, Decatur Arts Alliance, Atlanta, GA
  • 2013 Florida Museum for Women Artists, 4th Annual Exhibition, curated by George Bolge, CEO, Museum of Florida Art
  • 2012-2013 Florida Museum for Women Artists, 3rd Annual Exhibition, Deland, FL
  • 2012 Pattern in Patting, curated by Hyla Evans, CA, on line exhibition
  • 2012 Five X Five, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL 2012 The Wax Book, Altered, Repurposed, Remade, curated by Supria Karmakar, Castle Hill Center for the Arts, Turo, MA 6th International Encaustic Conference, Truro Center for the Arts, Castle Hill Truro, MA
  • 2012 Florida Focus, curated by Ken Rollins, Studio 620, St. Petersburg, FL
  • 2012 WOW – Women & Wax, Sarasota Art Center, Sarasota, FL 2012 C. Emerson Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL
  • 2011 A Hungry Attention, solo exhibition, Ybor School of the Visual & Performing Arts, Tampa
  • 2011 Monotype & Monoprint Invitational, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL
  • 2011 MIMB, Monumental Ideas in Small Books, first addition: Southern Graphics Council Archives (traveling the US) 2 second edition, Washington University St. Louis Permanent Collection, fourth edition, University of Akron, (traveling Internationally)
  • 2011 Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful & the Sublime, C. Emerson Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL
  • 2010 The Container Show, Dunedin Fine Art & Cultural Center
  • 2009 The Studio at 620, St. Petersburg, FL
  • 2009 Scissors/Pop Up, Florida Craftsman Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
  • 2009 Take Out, Brevard Museum of Art, Melbourne, FL
  • 2008 Intaglios and Drawings, The Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
  • 2008 The Wild & the Tame, solo exhibition, C. Emerson Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL 2007 46th Annual Founder’s Show, Von Liebig Center for the Performing Arts, Naples, FL
  • 2006 Unrestricted, Invitational, Florida Craftsman’s Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
  • 2005 International Print & Drawing Competition, University of Miami, Miami, FL
  • 2005 Outside It was Hot, The Studio at 620, St. Petersburg, FL
  • 2004 40 Years and Counting, Eckerd College Alumni Exhibit, The Art Center, St. Petersburg, FL
  • 2004 Garden of Dreams, Neverne Covington & Rachel Simmons, Morean Art Center, St. Petersburg, FL

Selected Bibliography 
  • 2020 Neverne Covington's Paintings are Seething with Life, https://stpetecatalyst.com
  • University of Miami, Florida Printmakers International Print and Drawing Competition catalogue
  • 2017 The Morean Art Center, celebrating 100 years of Art & Community, Author, Clint Page
  • 2016 The Huffington Post, Exquisite Corpse article by D. Dominick Lombardie,
  • The Wax Book, Altered, Repurposed, Remade, curated by Supria Karmakar
  • 2013 The Tampa Review, TRON online interview,
  • 2009 The Tampa Review, Featured Artist

Faculty Positions 
  • 2009-2025 Morean Art Center, St. Petersburg, FL, adjunct faculty
  • 1992-1994 Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota FL, drawing and painting, adjunct faculty
  • 1985-1989 Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL, adjunct faculty, design instructor
  • 1990- 1993 International Academy of Merchandising & Design, Tampa, FL, adjunct faculty