Brown Foundation Gallery
August 26 - November 12, 2023
ArtWalk Reception
Saturday, Augsut 26, 2023
6 – 9 PM
Artist talk at 6:30 PM
These exhibitions are supported in part by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Texas Commission on the Arts.
Lanecia A. Rouse
Betwixt
Betwixt features mixed media collages on paper and canvas by Lanecia A. Rouse that explore liminal spaces and states of being. Derived from the Latin word “limen,” which means “threshold,” a liminal space is the moment between what was and what will be. Rouse’s work incorporates found materials into layered abstractions that explore color, texture, and the patina of time on their surfaces. She compares her process of collecting, layering, constructing, and deconstructing as parallel to her own lived experience. Through these works Rouse patiently navigates moments of disorientation following loss, life transition, death, and anything that births uncertainty by seeking beauty in the disorder. Rouse describes her work as a space composed of the time between the ending of one part of one's life and the unknown new beginning (job loss, moving, heartbreak, war, physical and emotional deaths). She excavates these layers to reveal a sort of visual poetry, providing ways to dig into an ambiguous terrain.
Lanecia A. Rouse (b. 1978, Atlanta, GA) is a multidisciplinary artist who splits time between Houston, TX, and Richmond, VA. Her portfolio includes a range of mixed media collage, abstract painting, photography, teaching, writing, speaking, and curatorial projects for various non-profit organizations. She is a Co-founding Creative Director for the ImagiNoir Equity Group and the Director of Justice and the Arts with projectCURATE. She also serves as the Chair of the Curation Team for the Lanecia Rouse Tinsley Gallery of Holy Family HTX in Houston, TX. She has exhibited at Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA (2022 + 2023), Project Row House, Houston, TX (2022), Art is Bond. Gallery, Houston, TX (2022), Nicole Longnecker Gallery, Houston, TX (2022), Asia Society Texas, Houston, TX (2022), Urban Zin Gallery, New York City, NY (2021 + 2022), The Brooklyn Collective, Charlotte, NC (2021 + 2022), Monterroso Gallery, Houston, TX ( 2022 + 2023), Duke University Chapel (2022) ; Collect it for the Culture, Houston, TX (2021); Houston First Corporation, Houston, TX (2021); Inman Gallery, Houston, TX (2020); Project Row Houses Round 51: Local Impact II, Houston, TX (2020); Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI; American Church in Paris, Paris, France where she did a 1-month residency (2018); and Fourth Chapter Gallery, Kansas City, MO (2017 + 2021). This fall she will be joining the Foundation for Spirituality and the Arts in Charleston, SC as one of their 2023 Fall Artist-in-Residence. Lanecia is a graduate of Duke University Divinity School and Wofford College. Her work can also be seen at the Hardy + Nance Streets in Houston, TX and High Dawn Studios in Richmond, VA.
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