Lanecia A. Rouse

Lanecia Rouse is a multidisciplinary artist based in Houston, TX. Her portfolio includes a range of abstract painting, photography, teaching, writing, speaking, and curatorial projects for local non-profit organizations. Lanecia creates work that focuses on liminal space, on the possibilities present in materials and their presentation that point towards “otherwise” possibilities and the everyday quests humans undergo to construct meaningful and content lives. Her work is the product of contemplative and intuitive abstract mixed-media practices and is informed by sociology, theology, culture, poetry, and history.

Lanecia is the 2020-2021 Artist-in-Residence for the Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning (CERCL) at Rice University and is also the Artist-in-Residence at Holy Family HTX (2017-Present). She is a Co-founding Creative Director for the ImagiNoir Equity Group, an international alliance and community development and equity group of black activists, artists, writers, scholars, philanthropists, and educators. In addition, she is the Director of Justice and the Arts with projectCURATE.

Lanecia has exhibited at Urban Zin Gallery, New York City, NY; Collect it for the Culture, Houston, TX; Houston First Corporation, Houston, TX (2021); Inman Gallery, Houston, TX; Project Row Houses, Houston, TX (2020); Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI; Forth and Nomad Gallery, Houston, TX (2019); American Church in Paris, Paris, France where she did a 1-month residency (2018); and Fourth Chapter Gallery, Kansas City, MO.

Lanecia is a graduate of Duke University Divinity School and Wofford College.P
Aside from shows/exhibitions, you can view her work every 3rd Saturday at the Hardy + Nance Streets Open Studios + follow my process on Instagram.

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Lanecia is available for commission art work, documentary and event photography, and speaking and workshop leadership upon request.

For speaking + workshop booking requests, contact me HERE.
Photography by Tom Rafalovich, Lacie Brawner + Elizabeth  Jones McChesney