Lanecia A. Rouse creates from a deep knowing that art is a space where empathy is fostered, curiosity is cultivated, healing unfolds, and connection flourishes. This guiding philosophy infuses her multifaceted practice as an artist, embracing collage, abstract painting, photography, teaching, writing, speaking, and thoughtful curatorial work with local non-profit organizations.
Lanecia has been honored to share her practice through workshops at SnowFarm New England Craft School, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Shakerag Workshops, and The Glen Workshop. Her artistic journey has been enriched by meaningful 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. She was recently the Inaugural Berg Global Artist-in-Residence Fellow for the fall of 2025 at Vanderbilt University. She currently serves as Artist-in-Residence partner at Holy Family HTX Episcopal Church in Houston, TX, where she guides the curation team for the Lanecia A. Rouse Gallery, and brings her vision to the Board of Directors for Image Journal and 1708 Gallery in Richmond, VA.
Her work has been featured in exhibitions at Curb Center at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (2025); University Museum of Texas Southern University, Houston, TX (2025); Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA (2022, 2023, 2025); Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA (2024); Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN (2024); Preacher Gallery, Austin, TX (2024 and 2025); 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); 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 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 has been honored to share her practice through workshops at SnowFarm New England Craft School, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Shakerag Workshops, and The Glen Workshop. Her artistic journey has been enriched by meaningful 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. She was recently the Inaugural Berg Global Artist-in-Residence Fellow for the fall of 2025 at Vanderbilt University. She currently serves as Artist-in-Residence partner at Holy Family HTX Episcopal Church in Houston, TX, where she guides the curation team for the Lanecia A. Rouse Gallery, and brings her vision to the Board of Directors for Image Journal and 1708 Gallery in Richmond, VA.
Her work has been featured in exhibitions at Curb Center at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (2025); University Museum of Texas Southern University, Houston, TX (2025); Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA (2022, 2023, 2025); Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA (2024); Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN (2024); Preacher Gallery, Austin, TX (2024 and 2025); 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); 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 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.
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ARTIST STATEMENT
Art, for me, is both a practice and a bridge itself, connecting us to one another and to the vast, wild, and luminous landscapes that live within each of us.
My artistic practice is rooted in curiosities about how personal and cultural histories inform the present—engaging them through a focus on memory, identity, and story. I work across collage, painting, assemblage, installation, and sculptural forms to create visual poems that integrate disparate elements—juxtaposing past and present, the intimate and the collective, the seen and the felt. Drawing from artifacts of the everyday, archival photographs, found objects, textiles and photographs I have taken, these materials form a visual language through which I examine the stories we inherit, the ones we choose to embrace, and the narratives we continue to shape.
My visual poems explore a terrain where fragments of the past inspire new creation, serving as both evidence of what endures and catalysts for possibility. In this space, representation blends with abstraction, and my deep appreciation for poetry as an art form and symbolism guides the work—inviting multiple interpretations and deeper reflections on human experiencing.