Lanecia A. Rouse creates from a deep knowing that art serves as sacred ground 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 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.
Her work has been featured in exhibitions at 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); 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.
You can currently view her work at the University Museum of Texas Southern University in Houston, TX in the exhibition Terms + Conditions : The Promise V.S. Reality opening on June 19.
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 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.
Her work has been featured in exhibitions at 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); 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.
You can currently view her work at the University Museum of Texas Southern University in Houston, TX in the exhibition Terms + Conditions : The Promise V.S. Reality opening on June 19.
She is a graduate of Wofford College and Duke University Divinity School.
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ARTIST STATEMENT
My artistic practice flows from a place of deep contemplation and joyful improvisation, where mixed-media collage, photography, and painting become vessels for exploring the rich, textured tapestries of human experience. At the heart of my work lives a profound curiosity about the stories that shape us—the ones we inherit, the ones we consciously choose to embrace, and the beautiful, complex narratives we weave with our own lives.
I draw inspiration from the memory, histories, poetry, spirituality, the literature, and the landscapes that have held and formed me.
Art, for me, is more than practice—it is a bridge itself, connecting us to one another and to the vast, wild, and luminous landscapes that live within each of us.