Education:
2021 PhD in Philosophy as Applied to the Visual Arts, IDSVA, Europe and U.S.
2015 MFA Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
2001 BFA Cum Laude, Painting, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Gallery Representation:
L. Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN
Exhibitions: *solo
2023 Paper Palooza L. Ross. Gallery
2021 Faculty Show, Crosstown Arts
2020 Germantown Theater*
2019 All Things Are Collaboration: An Anti-Solo Show, Rowdy Dept., Stock and Belle, Memphis, TN
2019 Church Health Collaboration and Fundraiser with Chef Kelly English
2019 DCI Gallery
2018 It's About Time, Levy Gallery
2017 Art | Race | Violence: A Collaborative Response, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN
2017 Four Knowledge: Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN
2016 Future Talk: Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI
2015 Something Old Something New Memphis Theological Seminary, Memphis, TN*
2015 Something Old Something New ArtPrize: Venue: Monroe Community Church, Grand Rapids, MI
2015 Black and White, Colors of Humanity Art Gallery
2015 2015 MCA Thesis Show, Nesin Gallery, Memphis College of Art
2014 Ameriprise, Memphis, TN*
2013 Home Sweet Home, Levy Gallery, Buckman Performing Arts, Memphis, TN*
2013 Memphis Raw-Kaleidoscope, Minglewood Hall, Memphis, TN*
2012 Winter Arts, Germantown, TN
2012 Stars of Winter Arts, Gallery Ten Ninety One, Cordova, TN
2012 Postcards from My Summer Vacation, Gallery Ten Ninety One, Cordova, TN*
2012 Elvis and the Masters, Ravine, Oxford, MS*
2012 Meditations in Peru, Eclectic Eye, Memphis, TN*
2012 Alumni Summer Exhibition, Rust Hall, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
2012 New Encaustic Paintings, Ravine, Oxford MS*
2012 Postcards from the Caribbean, Ravine, Oxford, MS*
2012 Spring Arts, Saddlecreek, Germantown, TN
2011 Winter Arts, Saddlecreek, Germantown, TN
2010 Spring Arts, Saddlecreek, Germantown, TN
2009 Alumni Exhibition, Alumni Gallery, Memphis College of Art*
2009 JCC Show, Jewish Community Center, Memphis, TN
2009 Little Mysteries, Levy Gallery, Buckman Performing Arts, Memphis,TN*
2009 Artifacts, Perry Nicole Gallery of Fine Arts, Memphis, TN
2008 Energy, Memphis, TN*
2008 Energy 2, Memphis, TN*
2001 BFA Show, Rust Hall, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
2000 Down the Rabbit Hole, Art Farm, Memphis, TN*
1999 Grand Central Station, Memphis, TN
1999 Horn Island Show, Rust Hall, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
1999 Scissors, Strings, and Wax, Elliott’s, Memphis, TN
1998 Art Farm Collaborative, Art Farm, Memphis, TN
1998 Purdy Pichurse, Art Farm, Memphis, TN
1997 Works in Progress, Brode Gallery, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Public Sculpture:
2023 In-progress project: The Hospitality Hub Hotel for the Urban Art Commission
AIR:
2023 A.I.R. Studio Paducah, Paducah, KY
2019 Marfa House, Marfa, TX
2015 Art+Bio Collaborative "Puerto Rico"
Commissions:
One Hotel
Smithsonian
National Bank of Commerce
ServiceMaster
UPS
Corky's BBQ
Heartbreak Hotel for Graceland
ATA Martial Arts Complex
Butler Street Bazaar
Ciao Bella Pizza
Hound Cake
Inside Out Gym
Mango Street Company
Peabody and Cooper Mural
St. George’s Church
YMCA Fogelman Center
Collections:
Independent Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Buckman Performing Arts, Memphis, TN
Grants and Awards:
2015 Juror's Choice, Top 5 Installations, ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, MI
2014 Special Recognition, Matters of the Heart, Art Quench Gallery
2013 Honorable Mention, My Arts Contest and Independent Art Museum
2010 New Memphis Institute Emerging Leaders Fellow Scholarship
2004 Vesta Home Show: Best in Show, People’s Choice, Best Interior Design
2001 Alumni Travel Fellowship
Conference Papers:
2021-From Abuse to Transformation: The Interpretative Work of Counter-Confederate Structures, SECAC
2019-You May Also Like...Liberating the Audience from the Parasitic Pixel, SECAC
Publications:
2018-19 "Seeing (strike) Experiencing Red" Number Inc. Magazine
Published:
"Art/Race/Violence: A Collaborative Response," Jody Stokes-Casey, Visual Arts Research, Winter 2020, p 48-67, Illinois University Press
Artists Portfolio Magazine, “Peru” series, 2013
Art des Femmes, “Home Sweet Home” series, The ArtisTTable, 2013
“Lisa Williamson Envisions the Junkyard Museum,” Memphis Parent Magazine, Jane Schneider, April 2012
“Elvis! Elvis! Elvis!,” Desoto Magazine, Greg Belz, August 2012, p64
“Party Line: WinterArts Head Start,” GoMemphis, Commercial Appeal, Michael Donahue, Nov. 28, 2011
“Lisa Williamson: Artful Endeavors,” RSVP Magazine, Leah Fitzpatrick, June 2010, p23
“Trash to Treasure,” Memphis Flyer, Mary Cashiola, April 15, 2009
“In the Junkyard,” In the Bluff, Mary Cashiola, www.inthebluffblogspot/2009/04/in-junkyard.html
“Real Moms: Lisa Williamson,” Memphis Parent Magazine, Wendy Sumner Winter, Sept. 2009
“Buckman Series Pairing Emerging Artists, Varied Styles,” GoMemphis, Commercial Appeal, Bill Ellis, Sept. 25, 2009
Uncredited, “Junkyard Hopes to Find a Home,” Memphis Business Journal, Nov. 6, 2009
“Support Sought for Interactive Art Museum on Broad Avenue,” Memphis Commercial Appeal, Thomas Bailey Jr. Nov. 10, 2009
“Junkyard Broad-Bound?” Memphis Flyer, Mary Cashiola Nov. 13, 2009
Uncredited, “Recycled Art: Junkyard Campers Create Recycled Sound Sculptures,” www.greendiary.com
“Mom Designs Kids’ Museum,” Commercial Appeal, Lindsey Melvin, March 30, 2006
Uncredited, “Students Turn Local Gallery into A Junkyard with Help from Local Artist,” Memphis City Schools, Oct. 7, 2006
Memphis Commercial Appeal, Farmer’s Market mural, 2004
Lamplighter, Farmer’s Market mural, Memphis, TN, 2004
Naturals, magazine in Cincinnati, OH, 2004
Naturals, magazine in Cincinnati, 2003
Television:
Mary Beth Conley, Interview: “Winter Arts” on Good Morning Memphis, Memphis, TN 2012
Mary Beth Conley, Interview: “Spring Arts” on Good Morning Memphis, Memphis, TN 2012
Markova Reed, Interview: “Spring Arts” on Fox News, Memphis, TN 2012
Mary Beth Conley and Alex Coleman, Interview: “Winter Arts” on Good Morning Memphis, Memphis, TN 2011
Mary Beth Conley and Alex Coleman, Interview: “Spring Arts” on Good Morning Memphis, Memphis, TN 2010
Markova Reed, Interview: “Deck the Halls” on Fox News, Memphis, TN 2009
Interview: “Deck the Halls” on WMCTV, Memphis, TN 2009
Mary Beth Conley, Interview: “Deck the Halls” on Good Morning Memphis, TN 2009
Mary Beth Conley, Interview: “Deck the Halls” on Good Morning Memphis, TN 2008
Interview: “Deck the Halls” on WMCTV, Memphis, TN 2008
“At Home,” in Cincinnati, 2004
“Memphis Highlights,” Travel Channel, National, 2002
“Sound Effects,” VH1, National, 2001
“Elvis Week,” Travel Channel, National, 2000
Radio:
Kacky Walton, Interview: “Postcards from my Summer Vacation,” WKNO, Cordova, TN, September 2012
Earl Farrell, Interview: “12 Months of Hunka Hunka Burning Love,” WREC, Memphis, TN, November 28, 2011.
2021 PhD in Philosophy as Applied to the Visual Arts, IDSVA, Europe and U.S.
2015 MFA Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
2001 BFA Cum Laude, Painting, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Gallery Representation:
L. Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN
Exhibitions: *solo
2023 Paper Palooza L. Ross. Gallery
2021 Faculty Show, Crosstown Arts
2020 Germantown Theater*
2019 All Things Are Collaboration: An Anti-Solo Show, Rowdy Dept., Stock and Belle, Memphis, TN
2019 Church Health Collaboration and Fundraiser with Chef Kelly English
2019 DCI Gallery
2018 It's About Time, Levy Gallery
2017 Art | Race | Violence: A Collaborative Response, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN
2017 Four Knowledge: Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN
2016 Future Talk: Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI
2015 Something Old Something New Memphis Theological Seminary, Memphis, TN*
2015 Something Old Something New ArtPrize: Venue: Monroe Community Church, Grand Rapids, MI
2015 Black and White, Colors of Humanity Art Gallery
2015 2015 MCA Thesis Show, Nesin Gallery, Memphis College of Art
2014 Ameriprise, Memphis, TN*
2013 Home Sweet Home, Levy Gallery, Buckman Performing Arts, Memphis, TN*
2013 Memphis Raw-Kaleidoscope, Minglewood Hall, Memphis, TN*
2012 Winter Arts, Germantown, TN
2012 Stars of Winter Arts, Gallery Ten Ninety One, Cordova, TN
2012 Postcards from My Summer Vacation, Gallery Ten Ninety One, Cordova, TN*
2012 Elvis and the Masters, Ravine, Oxford, MS*
2012 Meditations in Peru, Eclectic Eye, Memphis, TN*
2012 Alumni Summer Exhibition, Rust Hall, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
2012 New Encaustic Paintings, Ravine, Oxford MS*
2012 Postcards from the Caribbean, Ravine, Oxford, MS*
2012 Spring Arts, Saddlecreek, Germantown, TN
2011 Winter Arts, Saddlecreek, Germantown, TN
2010 Spring Arts, Saddlecreek, Germantown, TN
2009 Alumni Exhibition, Alumni Gallery, Memphis College of Art*
2009 JCC Show, Jewish Community Center, Memphis, TN
2009 Little Mysteries, Levy Gallery, Buckman Performing Arts, Memphis,TN*
2009 Artifacts, Perry Nicole Gallery of Fine Arts, Memphis, TN
2008 Energy, Memphis, TN*
2008 Energy 2, Memphis, TN*
2001 BFA Show, Rust Hall, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
2000 Down the Rabbit Hole, Art Farm, Memphis, TN*
1999 Grand Central Station, Memphis, TN
1999 Horn Island Show, Rust Hall, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
1999 Scissors, Strings, and Wax, Elliott’s, Memphis, TN
1998 Art Farm Collaborative, Art Farm, Memphis, TN
1998 Purdy Pichurse, Art Farm, Memphis, TN
1997 Works in Progress, Brode Gallery, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Public Sculpture:
2023 In-progress project: The Hospitality Hub Hotel for the Urban Art Commission
AIR:
2023 A.I.R. Studio Paducah, Paducah, KY
2019 Marfa House, Marfa, TX
2015 Art+Bio Collaborative "Puerto Rico"
Commissions:
One Hotel
Smithsonian
National Bank of Commerce
ServiceMaster
UPS
Corky's BBQ
Heartbreak Hotel for Graceland
ATA Martial Arts Complex
Butler Street Bazaar
Ciao Bella Pizza
Hound Cake
Inside Out Gym
Mango Street Company
Peabody and Cooper Mural
St. George’s Church
YMCA Fogelman Center
Collections:
Independent Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Buckman Performing Arts, Memphis, TN
Grants and Awards:
2015 Juror's Choice, Top 5 Installations, ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, MI
2014 Special Recognition, Matters of the Heart, Art Quench Gallery
2013 Honorable Mention, My Arts Contest and Independent Art Museum
2010 New Memphis Institute Emerging Leaders Fellow Scholarship
2004 Vesta Home Show: Best in Show, People’s Choice, Best Interior Design
2001 Alumni Travel Fellowship
Conference Papers:
2021-From Abuse to Transformation: The Interpretative Work of Counter-Confederate Structures, SECAC
2019-You May Also Like...Liberating the Audience from the Parasitic Pixel, SECAC
Publications:
2018-19 "Seeing (strike) Experiencing Red" Number Inc. Magazine
Published:
"Art/Race/Violence: A Collaborative Response," Jody Stokes-Casey, Visual Arts Research, Winter 2020, p 48-67, Illinois University Press
Artists Portfolio Magazine, “Peru” series, 2013
Art des Femmes, “Home Sweet Home” series, The ArtisTTable, 2013
“Lisa Williamson Envisions the Junkyard Museum,” Memphis Parent Magazine, Jane Schneider, April 2012
“Elvis! Elvis! Elvis!,” Desoto Magazine, Greg Belz, August 2012, p64
“Party Line: WinterArts Head Start,” GoMemphis, Commercial Appeal, Michael Donahue, Nov. 28, 2011
“Lisa Williamson: Artful Endeavors,” RSVP Magazine, Leah Fitzpatrick, June 2010, p23
“Trash to Treasure,” Memphis Flyer, Mary Cashiola, April 15, 2009
“In the Junkyard,” In the Bluff, Mary Cashiola, www.inthebluffblogspot/2009/04/in-junkyard.html
“Real Moms: Lisa Williamson,” Memphis Parent Magazine, Wendy Sumner Winter, Sept. 2009
“Buckman Series Pairing Emerging Artists, Varied Styles,” GoMemphis, Commercial Appeal, Bill Ellis, Sept. 25, 2009
Uncredited, “Junkyard Hopes to Find a Home,” Memphis Business Journal, Nov. 6, 2009
“Support Sought for Interactive Art Museum on Broad Avenue,” Memphis Commercial Appeal, Thomas Bailey Jr. Nov. 10, 2009
“Junkyard Broad-Bound?” Memphis Flyer, Mary Cashiola Nov. 13, 2009
Uncredited, “Recycled Art: Junkyard Campers Create Recycled Sound Sculptures,” www.greendiary.com
“Mom Designs Kids’ Museum,” Commercial Appeal, Lindsey Melvin, March 30, 2006
Uncredited, “Students Turn Local Gallery into A Junkyard with Help from Local Artist,” Memphis City Schools, Oct. 7, 2006
Memphis Commercial Appeal, Farmer’s Market mural, 2004
Lamplighter, Farmer’s Market mural, Memphis, TN, 2004
Naturals, magazine in Cincinnati, OH, 2004
Naturals, magazine in Cincinnati, 2003
Television:
Mary Beth Conley, Interview: “Winter Arts” on Good Morning Memphis, Memphis, TN 2012
Mary Beth Conley, Interview: “Spring Arts” on Good Morning Memphis, Memphis, TN 2012
Markova Reed, Interview: “Spring Arts” on Fox News, Memphis, TN 2012
Mary Beth Conley and Alex Coleman, Interview: “Winter Arts” on Good Morning Memphis, Memphis, TN 2011
Mary Beth Conley and Alex Coleman, Interview: “Spring Arts” on Good Morning Memphis, Memphis, TN 2010
Markova Reed, Interview: “Deck the Halls” on Fox News, Memphis, TN 2009
Interview: “Deck the Halls” on WMCTV, Memphis, TN 2009
Mary Beth Conley, Interview: “Deck the Halls” on Good Morning Memphis, TN 2009
Mary Beth Conley, Interview: “Deck the Halls” on Good Morning Memphis, TN 2008
Interview: “Deck the Halls” on WMCTV, Memphis, TN 2008
“At Home,” in Cincinnati, 2004
“Memphis Highlights,” Travel Channel, National, 2002
“Sound Effects,” VH1, National, 2001
“Elvis Week,” Travel Channel, National, 2000
Radio:
Kacky Walton, Interview: “Postcards from my Summer Vacation,” WKNO, Cordova, TN, September 2012
Earl Farrell, Interview: “12 Months of Hunka Hunka Burning Love,” WREC, Memphis, TN, November 28, 2011.