Brooke P. Alexander
Artist Statement
The blurry, the dark, shadowed places hidden and dwelling amongst the certainty steal
my attention. Such places can communicate a vast sense of both time and setting, can convey that which is both occurring and that which is past. I do not think those spaces can be explicitly defined. They are reflections and explorations of the figures’ minds, providing a place for both their physical bodies and their thoughts to live.
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My paintings communicate a space that requires engagement and
that is not readily understood. The painted area changes as it invites and rejects visual entry. These ambiguous spaces begin when understood edges become unclear, when objects merge into another, and when uncertainty becomes apparent. They overlap, supersede, and fragment into one another and become disjointed. Within this tension, the significance and vastness of tangled space envelops the figures, more grandly connecting place and form. The two push and pull against each other as the space threatens to overwhelm the presence of the figure. In this contested environment emerges the figure as a distinct dialogue from which the space stems.
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--Brooke P. Alexander
Curriculum Vitae
Education
2018 MFA, Painting, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
2015 BA Studio Arts, minor in English, summa cum laude, Athens State University, Athens, AL
Experience
The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
Visiting Assistant Professor, Spring 2020
Beginning Painting
Drawing 1
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Fall 2019
Drawing 1 -- Two sections
2D Design
Color Theory
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Spring 2019
Drawing 1
Color Theory
Art Education
Visiting Assistant Professor, Fall 2018
Beginning Painting
Drawing 1
2-D Design
Instructor of Record, Spring 2018
Beginning Painting
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Fall 2017
Intermediate Painting
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Spring 2017
Beginning Painting
Instructor of Record, Fall, 2016
2-D Design
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Fall 2016
Intermediate Painting
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Spring 2016
Beginning Painting
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Fall 2015
Beginning Painting
2018-19 Project Manager, Walton-Young House Art Installation, The University of Mississippi Museum, Oxford, MS
2018 Art Camp Teacher, Greenville Arts Council
2014 – 15 Library Work Study, Athens State University, Athens, AL
2014 Stage painting, Macbeth, Athenian Players, Athens State University, Athens, AL
Gallery Experience
Gallery Curator for the John D. Williams Library, 2019
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Graduate Coordinator, Fall 2016 – Spring 2017, Gallery 130, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
Exhibitions
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2020 Group Bird Show, Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS, Invitation by gallery
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2019 My Studio, Zeuxis, Alabama Center for the Arts, Decatur, AL, Invitation by Zeuxis
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6 Ëš, Southside Gallery, Oxford MS, group show
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Fresh Paint: Painting the Mississippi Landscape, Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS
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Group Floral Show, Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS, Invitation by gallery
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Always Already There, Sally McDonald Barksdale Honors College, The University of Mississippi, solo show
2018 Drasticalities, Riverside Counseling & Consulting, Decatur, AL, solo show
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Chancellor’s Skybox Invitation¸Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, MS, Invitation by Jeffrey Scott Vitter
Graduate Survey, Gallery 130, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, group show
Sillage; MFA Thesis Exhibition, Gallery 130, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, solo show
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Fresh Paint: Painting the Mississippi Landscape, Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS
Student Exhibition, J. D. Williams Library, Oxford, MS, Invitation by Dr. Kris Belden-Adams and Josh Brinlee
Faculty and Student Exhibition, Carrier House, Oxford, MS< Invitation by Ginny Chavis
Mississippi Collegiate Art Competition, The University of Mississippi Museum, Oxford, MS, Juried Exhibition, Juror: Dan Brawner, Chair, Graphic Design, Watkins College of Art, Design, & Film (Nashville, TN)
Embracing Art XVI: A Coming Together of Area Amateur & Professional Artists, Carnegie Visual Arts Center, Decatur, AL, Juried
Exhibition, Juror:
4th Juried Faculty & Alumni Exhibition, Alabama Center for the Arts, Decatur, AL, Juried Exhibition, Juror: John Oles
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2017 Art of Being Southern: Fourteen by Fourteen, The Johnson Center for the Arts, Troy, AL, Juried Exhibition, Juror: Richard Mills
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Summer Group Show, Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS
Fresh Paint: Painting the Mississippi Landscape, Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS
Drawing Discourse: 8th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing, University of North Carolina Asheville, Asheville, NC, Juried
Exhibition, Juror: Scott Noel
The Figure: Interpreted Through Contemporary Mediums, Sit: Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Juried Exhibition, Juror: Barbara A.
MacAdam
2016 Vestiges, Masters of Fine Arts Candidates Group Show, Greater Memphis Area, TN, group show
Student Summer Exhibition, Gallery 130, Oxford, MS
3rd Juried Faculty and Alumni Show: Joyance, Alabama Center for the Arts, Decatur, AL
ArtFields, Lake City, SC
A Collection, (Solo Exhibition), Stephan, Land, McDavid, & Associates, PC, Oxford, MS
Grad Trio, W. O. Benjamin Fine Arts Center, Itawamba Community College, Fulton, MS
2015 Transitions: Graduate Student Exhibition, Meek Gallery, Oxford, MS
Embracing Art: A Coming Together of Amateur & Professional Artists, Carnegie Visual Arts Center, Decatur, AL, Juror: Tim Stevenson,
Professional Artist
Look: 2015 Spring Senior Art Exhibition, Alabama Center for the Arts, Decatur, AL
Group Drawing Exhibit, McClary’s, Decatur, AL
Festival of the Cranes Art Exhibit, Alabama Center for the Arts, Decatur, AL
2014 Pop Goes the Artist, Alabama Center for the Arts, Decatur, AL
Fresh Paint: Painting the Mississippi Landscape, Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS
2013 Unraveled: A Visual Response to the Ravel/Unravel Project, Omaha, NE, Juried Exhibition, Juror: Brigitte McQueen, Omaha, NE, The
Union for Contemporary Art, Founder, Beth Katz, Phoenix, AR, KatzDesignGroup, Commercial Interior Architect,Sierra Pirigyi, Omaha,
NE, Project Interfaith, Program Coordinator
Savory Jacks Show, Savory Jacks, Pulaski, Tennessee
2012 Alabama Center for the Arts Gala Exhibition, Alabama Center for the Arts, Decatur, AL
Commissions
2018 Drawing used on the cover of Bruce Levingston’s album Citizen.
Lectures
2019 "Intertwining Art and Literature," chair of the panel, SECAC, Chattanooga, TN, Oct 18, 2019.
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2018 “Eclecticism, Appropriation, Forgery: Issues of Borrowing in Art,” SECAC, Birmingham, AL, Oct 18, 2018.
2017 Visiting Artist/Lecturer: Department of Art, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, March 9, 2017.
Artist Talk, Ittawamba Community College, Fulton, MS, Feb 12, 2017.
Community Service
2018 1927 Flood, Mural on power box, Greenville Arts Council, Greenville, MS
2017 Plein Air demonstration at the fundraiser event for the William Faulkner Literary Garden at the Union County Heritage Museum, New
Albany, Mississippi
Scholarships and Awards/Honors
Award of Excellence, Mississippi Collegiate Art Competition, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS,
Juried Exhibition, Juror: Dan Brawner, 2018
Juror Award, Drawing Discourse: 8th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing, University of North
Carolina Asheville, Asheville, NC, Juried Exhibition, Juror: Scott Noel, 2017
Graduate Scholarship, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, 2015
Student Honor Marshal, Arts and Sciences Fall Graduation, Athens State University, Athens, AL, 2014
President’s List, Athens State University, Athens, AL, 2013-14
Athenian Ambassadors Scholarship, Athens State University, Athens, AL, 2013-14
Presidential Scholarship, Athens State University, Athens, AL, 2013-15
Outstanding Student Award for English, Calhoun Community College, Decatur, AL, 2013
Outstanding Student Award for Art, Calhoun Community College, Decatur, AL, 2013
Art Scholarship, Calhoun Community College, Decatur, AL, 2012-13
President’s List, Calhoun Community College, Decatur, AL, 2011-13
Academic Scholarship, Calhoun Community College, Decatur, AL, 2011-12
Publications
2019 Number Inc. Magazine interview, Issue 100
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2018 Studio Break interview, podcast
2015 Athena’s Web, Athens State University
Paintings: Satyr Queen, The Actor’s Alcohol, The Writer’s Addiction
2014 Athena’s Web, Athens State University
Paintings: Piano Organ Dreams, Avery, Our Town
Academic Essay: “Feminism in Othello”
2013 Muse, Calhoun Community College
Paintings: Tonto, The Mad Hatter
Memberships
2017-2018 The University of Mississippi Painting Guild, Vice President
2015-16 Vasari Society, Student Member, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
2013 – Sigma Tau Delta, Decatur, AL
Present
2013-14 Athenian Ambassadors, Athens State University, Athens, AL
2013-14 Art Club, Athens State University, Athens, AL
2011-13 Sigma Kappa Delta, Calhoun Community College, Decatur, AL