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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’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.J
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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.J
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
Art-making, for me, is an act imbued with love—an exploration of the self, life and the world we inhabit and create. At its heart, my practice revolves around the intricate processes of memory and re-memory, capturing the ephemeral nature of personal and collective histories. Through the medium of collage, I gather fragments of the past—images, textures, and materials—into visual poems that explore the interplay between what is remembered, what is forgotten, what is, what is imagined and what exists in the spaces between.
These works are portals, thresholds that toggle between the past, present, and future, reflecting on themes of identity, womanhood, and self-actualization. Each piece serves as a dialogue between temporal layers, asking questions about how we shape and are shaped by the moments and stories we carry.
At its core, in my art I strive to illuminate the transient beauty of memory and its capacity to hold both loss and possibility. In exploring the tension between fragmentation and wholeness, I seek to uncover the connective threads that bind us to ourselves and one another. My work invites viewers to pause, reflect, and engage with their own narratives, to consider the hidden places where truth resides, and to embrace the complexity and beauty of our shared humanity.