Artists
Becky Alley
1978 - Born in Chattanooga, TN
2000 - BFA in Printmaking/Drawing, Washington University, ST. Louis, MO
2005 - MFA in Studio Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence
2017 - South Arts Kentucky State Fellow and Southern Prize Finalist for Visual Arts
Nik Botkin
1977 - Born in Charleston, WV
2007 - BA West Virginia State University, Institute
2011 - MA Marshall University, Huntington, WV
2021 - ArtFields People’s Choice 3-D Award
Kate Burke
1994 - Born in Fayetteville, GA
2016 - BFA in Fabric Design from the University of Georgia, Athens
2019 - ArtFields Category - Textiles Award
MyLoan Dinh
1972 - Born in Saigon, Vietnam
1990 - 1993 - Studied visual arts at UNC at Chapel Hill, NC
1993-1994 - School of Arts and Design at Wollongong University, Australia
2022 - ArtFields Second Place Award
Raheleh Filsoofi
1975 - Born in Tehran, Iran
1998 - BFA from Al-Zahra University, Tehran, Iran
2014 - MFA from Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton
2021 - South Arts Tennessee State Fellow for Visual Arts
Tyrone Geter
1945 - Born in Anniston, AL
1978 - MFA with emphasis on painting and drawing from Ohio University, Athens
2016 - ArtFields Merit Award
2018 - ArtFields Category: Mixed Media Award
Amy Gross
1965 - Born in Long Island, NY
1987 - BFA from Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, NY
2019 - South Arts Florida State Fellow and Southern Prize Finalist for Visual Arts
Sisavanh Phouthavong Houghton
1976 - Born in Vientiane, Laos
1999 - BFA from the University of Kansas, Lawrence
2003 - MFA from Southern Illinois University of Carbondale, IL
2019 - ArtFields Category: Painting Award
Lori Larusso
1980 - Born in Massillon, OH
2002 - BFA Studio Art, University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, OH
2005 - MFA Studio Art, Interdisciplinary Studies, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore
2019 - South Arts Kentucky State Fellow for Visual Arts
Peter Lenzo
1955 - Born in NY, NY
MFA from Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
2018 - ArtFields Merit Award
Karen Ocker
1970 - Born in Neptune, NJ
1993 - BFA from the School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2020 - South Arts Louisiana State Fellow for Visual Arts
Herb Parker
1953 - Born in Elizabeth City, NC
1978 - BFA from East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
1983 - MFA from East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
2017 - South Arts South Carolina State Fellow for Visual Arts
Vickie Pierre
1970 - Born in Brooklyn, New York
1997 - Graduated from the School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2019 - ArtFields Merit Award
Colin Quashie
1963 - Born in London, England
1980 -1981 - Studied at the University of Florida, Gainesville
2014 - ArtFields People’s Choice 2-D Award
2016 & 2018 - ArtFields Merit Awards
2018 - ArtFields People’s Choice 2-D Award
Andrew Scott Ross
1980 - Born in Queens, NY
2003 - BFA from the Atlanta College of Art, GA
2006 - MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
2006 - Studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, ME
2019 - South Arts Tennessee State Fellow for Visual Arts
Anastasia Samoylova
1984 - Born in the USSR
2007 - MA from Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow
2011 - MFA from Bradley University, Peoria, IL
2018 - South Arts Florida State Fellow for Visual Arts
Loren Schwerd
1971 - Born in NY, NY
1993 - BA in Studio Arts, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.
1999 - MFA in Sculpture, Syracuse University, NY
2015 - ArtFields Merit Award
Bill Steber
1965 - Born in Centerville, TN
1989 - BA in English and Photography from Murfreesboro’s Middle Tennessee State University, TN
2020 - South Arts Tennessee State Fellow for Visual Arts
Alba Triana
1969 - Born in Bogota, Colombia
1997 - BFA in Music Composition from Javeriana University, Bogota, Colombia
2001 - MFA in Composition New Media and MFA in integrated Media from the California Institute of the Arts, Valencia
2002 - Ph.D. studies, University of California, San Diego
2020 - South Arts Florida State Fellow for Visual Arts
Jeremiah Ariaz
1976- Born in Kansas
1995 - BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute, MO
2005 - MFA from the State University of New York at Buffalo, NY
2018 - South Arts Louisiana Fellow and Southern Prize for Visual Arts Finalist
Michaela Pilar Brown
1970 - Born in Bangor, Maine
1988 - 1991; 1996-1998 - Studied sculpture and art history at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
2018 - ArtFields Grand Prize Award
Hannah Chalew
1986 - Born in Baltimore, MD
2009 - BA from Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
2016 - MFA from Cranbrook Academy, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2022 - South Arts Louisiana State Fellow and Southern Prize Visual Arts Winner
Antonio Darden
1983 - Born in Greensboro, NC
2006 - BFA in Sculpture from Georgia State University, Atlanta
2022 - South Arts Georgia State Fellow for Visual Arts
Maggie Evans
1980 - Born in Denton, Texas
2003 - BFA in Illustration 2023, Utah State University, Logan
2008 - MFA in Painting from the Savannah College of Art and Design, GA
2017 - ArtFields Category: Painting Award
2018 - ArtFields Category: Installation Award
Jenny Fine
1981 - Born in Enterprise, AL
2006 - BFA from the University of Alabama, Birmingham
2010 - MFA from Ohio State University, Columbus
2022 - South Arts Alabama State Fellow for Visual Arts
Jamey Grimes
1976 - Born in Montgomery, AL
2000 - BFA in painting from Birmingham-Southern College, AL
2000 - BS in biology from Birmingham-Southern College, AL
2007 - MFA from University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
2019 - South Arts Alabama State Fellow
Garrett Hansen
1979 - Born in NY, NY
2002 - BA in International Economic Development, Grinnell College, Iowa
2011 - MFA in Photography, Indiana University Bloomington, IN
2018 - South Arts Kentucky State Fellow for Visual Arts
Ming Ying Hong
1990 - Born in Guangzhou, China
2011 - BFA from the University of Kentucky, Lexington
2015 - MFA, Washington University, St Louis, MO
2021 - South Arts Mississippi State Fellow for Visual Arts
Maggie Kerrigan
1965 - Born in Newport News, VA
1987 - B.Ed. in Early Childhood Education and Teaching from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville
1996 - MA in Adult and Higher Education from the University of Oklahoma, Norman
2022 - ArtFields Merit Award
Forrest Lawson
1991 - Born in Cape Coral, FL
2018 - BFA in Studio Art with Sculpture Specialization, University of Central Florida, Orlando
2019 - ArtFields Grand Prize
2022 - MFA in Studio Art, University of Georgia, Athens
Noelle Mason
1977 - Born in Chula Vista, CA
2002 - BA in Studio Art & Theatre, University of California Irvine, CA
2005 - MFA in Sculpture, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
2017 - South Arts Florida State Fellow and Southern Prize for Visual Arts Winner
Masud Olufani
1969 - Born in Los Angeles, CA
1994 - BA from Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA
2013 - MFA in Sculpture from the Savannah College of Art and Design, GA
2017 - South Arts Georgia State Fellow for Visual Arts
Fahamu Pecou
1975 - Born in Brooklyn, NY
1997 - BFA in Painting & Digital Media from the Atlanta College of Art, GA
2017 - MA from the Institute of Liberal Arts, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
2018 - Ph.D. from Emory University, Atlanta, GA
2020 - South Arts Georgia State Fellow for Visual Arts
Marielle Plaisir
1978 - Born in Le Havre, France
1993-1998 - Advanced School of Fine Arts and Decorative Arts of Bordeaux, France
1998 - Master of Applied Arts from the University of Bordeaux III, France
2021 - South Arts Florida State Fellow for Visual Arts
Sherrill Roland
1984 - Born in Asheville, NC
2009 - BFA from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC
2017 - MFA from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC
2018 - Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, ME
2020 - South Arts North Carolina State Fellow and Southern Prize for Visual Arts Winner
Kristi Ryba
1951 - Born in Walnut Creek, CA
1988 - BA College of Charleston, SC
2006 - MFA, Vermont College, Montpelier, VT
2018 - ArtFields Second Place Award
2020 - South Arts South Carolina State Fellow for Visual Arts
Noah Scalin
1972 - Born in Richmond, VA
1994 - BFA New York University, Tisch School of The Arts, NY
2022 - ArtFields Grand Prize Award
Kirkland Smith
1968 - Born in Charleston, SC
1990 - BA in Studio Art from the University of South Carolina, Columbia
2013 - ArtFields People’s Choice Award
Alexi Torres
1976 - Born in Matanzas, Cuba
1989 - 1991 - Attended the Elemental School of Art in Matanzas, Cuba
1991 - 1995 - The National School of Arts in Havana, Cuba
2017 - ArtFields Top Prize Winner
Marian Zielinski
1954 - Born in Kingston, PA
1979 - MFA in Costume Design from Illinois State University, Normal
1976 - BA in Theatre, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY
2022 - ArtFields Merit Award