Lanecia A. Rouse is a versatile artist based in both Richmond, VA, and Houston, TX. Her diverse portfolio encompasses collage, abstract painting, photography, teaching, writing, speaking, and curatorial projects for local non-profit organizations.
Lanecia has taught workshops at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Shakerag Workshops, and The Glen Workshop. She has participated in several residencies, including the Foundation for Spirituality and the Arts in Charleston, SC (2023); the Artists on Site: Series 3 Artist-in-Residence at the Asia Society HTX (2022); and the 2020–2021 Artist-in-Residence for the Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning (CERCL) at Rice University. Currently, she is the Artist-in-Residence partner at Holy Family HTX Episcopal Church in Houston, TX, where she leads the curation team for the Lanecia A. Rouse Gallery. Additionally, she serves on the Board of Directors for Image Journal.
Her exhibitions include venues such as Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA (2024); Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN (2024); Preacher Gallery, Austin, TX (2024); Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Session 5 Faculty Exhibition, Deer Isle, ME (2024); San Jacinto College Central Gallery, Pasadena, TX (2024); Galveston Art Center, Galveston, TX (2023); Brooklyn Collective, Charlotte, NC (2021, 2022, 2023); Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA (2022, 2023); Hogan Brown Gallery, Houston, TX (2023); Monterroso Gallery, Houston, TX (2022, 2023); Project Row Houses, Houston, TX (2020, 2022); Nicole Longnecker Gallery, Houston, TX (2022); Asia Society Texas Center, Houston, TX (2022); Art Is Bond Gallery, Houston, TX (2022); Urban Zen Gallery, New York, NY (2021, 2022); Duke University Chapel (2022); Collect It for the Culture, Houston, TX; Houston First Corporation, Houston, TX (2021); Inman Gallery, Houston, TX (2020); Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI; Forth and Nomad Gallery, Houston, TX (2019); the American Church in Paris, Paris, France (2018, during a one-month residency); and Fourth Chapter Gallery, Kansas City, MO (2017, 2021).
Lanecia has taught workshops at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Shakerag Workshops, and The Glen Workshop. She has participated in several residencies, including the Foundation for Spirituality and the Arts in Charleston, SC (2023); the Artists on Site: Series 3 Artist-in-Residence at the Asia Society HTX (2022); and the 2020–2021 Artist-in-Residence for the Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning (CERCL) at Rice University. Currently, she is the Artist-in-Residence partner at Holy Family HTX Episcopal Church in Houston, TX, where she leads the curation team for the Lanecia A. Rouse Gallery. Additionally, she serves on the Board of Directors for Image Journal.
Her exhibitions include venues such as Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA (2024); Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN (2024); Preacher Gallery, Austin, TX (2024); Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Session 5 Faculty Exhibition, Deer Isle, ME (2024); San Jacinto College Central Gallery, Pasadena, TX (2024); Galveston Art Center, Galveston, TX (2023); Brooklyn Collective, Charlotte, NC (2021, 2022, 2023); Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA (2022, 2023); Hogan Brown Gallery, Houston, TX (2023); Monterroso Gallery, Houston, TX (2022, 2023); Project Row Houses, Houston, TX (2020, 2022); Nicole Longnecker Gallery, Houston, TX (2022); Asia Society Texas Center, Houston, TX (2022); Art Is Bond Gallery, Houston, TX (2022); Urban Zen Gallery, New York, NY (2021, 2022); Duke University Chapel (2022); Collect It for the Culture, Houston, TX; Houston First Corporation, Houston, TX (2021); Inman Gallery, Houston, TX (2020); Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI; Forth and Nomad Gallery, Houston, TX (2019); the American Church in Paris, Paris, France (2018, during a one-month residency); and Fourth Chapter Gallery, Kansas City, MO (2017, 2021).
Lanecia’s work was recently featured in Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage, which debuted at the Frist Art Museum in Nashville, TN, from September to December 2023, before traveling to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, and The Phillips Collection in Washington, DC.
She is a graduate of Wofford College and Duke University Divinity School.
Lanecia studios at High Dawn Studio in Richmond, Va.
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Instagram: @larartstudio
She is a graduate of Wofford College and Duke University Divinity School.
Lanecia studios at High Dawn Studio in Richmond, Va.
Join her Patreon Circle of Support HERE.
Join her LAR Art Studio Fragments Substack Newsletter HERE.
Click HERE to for inquiries regarding Available Works PDF, Speaking Engagements, Interviews, etc.
Instagram: @larartstudio
ARTIST STATEMENT
My artistic practice is rooted in a contemplative and improvisational approach, exploring the possibilities of mixed-media collage, photography, and painting to reflect the textured complexities of the human experience. A central motivation for my work is to understand and shed light on the stories we are born into, the stories we choose to claim as our own, and the stories we create with our lives.
Drawing upon memory, poetry, spirituality, literature, and the geographies I have inhabited, I engage with questions about what it means to make a life, to navigate thresholds, and to imagine new ways of being. My work seeks to hold space for the in-between—the bridge between joy and deep sorrow, the tangible and intangible, and the finite and infinite. It is in these liminal spaces that I find both tension and possibility, where the human story unfolds in all its beauty and complexity. Through my process, I aim to create a visual language that speaks to the shared yet deeply individual experiences of living, making visible the layers that shape us. Whether incorporating fragments of paper, found objects, or personal photographs, my work is an invitation to pause and reflect on the connections between our inner and outer worlds.
Ultimately, my intention is to cultivate spaces where others feel seen, inspired, and empowered to imagine their own stories, their own bridges, and their own possibilities. Art for me is not just a practice, but a bridge itself—connecting us to one another and to the vast and luminous landscapes within.