Lanecia A. Rouse Tinsley (b.1978, USA)
EDUCATION
Duke Divinity School, Masters of Divinity, 2003
Wofford Collage, Bachelor of Arts Sociology, 2000
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
2016-Present, Artist-in-Residence Partner for Holy Family HTX, Houston, Texas
2015-2017, St. Paul's UMC After School Program Art Teacher, Houston, Texas
2011-2014, Director of The Art Project, Houston
• Coordinated numerous art workshops, classes and exhibitions in partnership with Houston based artists and art organizations
INSTALLATIONS
2020, Round 51: Local Impact II at Project Row Houses, "Otherwise" Perception
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019, Forth and Nomad Gallery, Within/Without, Houston, TX
2017, Inversion Coffee + Art, Exquisite Reverie, Houston, TX
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021, Truth Be Told: Seek What is Hidden, ArtLeadHer, Urban Zen Gallery, New York City, NY
2021, Color Story, Partnership Tower - Level 2 Avenida North Parking garage elevator lobby - Entrance on Rusk, take elevators to Level 2, Houston, TX
2021, Collect it for the Culture III, 1201 Main Street, Houston, TX
2020, Hearts, Hands and Heritage, Community Artists' Collective, Houston, TX
2020, Animal Crossing, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
2020, Intersections: A Contemporary Art Exhibit 2020, Holy Family HTX, Houston, TX
2019, Spectra, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids. MI
2019, DITA 10Year Anniversary Exhibition, Duke University Chapel, Durham, NC
2018, Transfigured: A Contemporary Art Exhibit Featuring the Parament Collection of Lanecia A. Rouse Tinsley, Holy Family HTX, Houston, TX
2017, Renaissance 12:21, Four Chapter Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
2016, Community Artists' Collective, Objects of Art & Craft, Houston, TX
2015, Unexpected Intersects, Sojourn Montrose Gallery, Houston, TX
2014, Black, White and Between, JoMar Visions, Houston, TX
2013, Perspective, The Doshi House, Houston, TX
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
2020, The Creator’s Table, Spokane, Washington
2018, Visiting Artist Residency at The American Church in Paris, Paris, France
SELECTED SPEAKING + PANEL ENGAGEMENTS
2020, The Breath & The Clay Online International Gathering, Greensboro, NC
2020, Artist Talk in Conversation with Poet, Alexandra Lane: The Creative Process, Raleigh, NC
2019, Art and the City: State of Black Houston Anniversary Symposium Panel, Moderator, The Gregory School, Houston, TX
2019, In Conversation with Kate Bowler (moderator) + Christian Wiman, Duke Initiative in Theology + the Arts, Durham, NC
2019, Faith in the Arts: A Theology of Making Panel with guest lecturer Makoto Fujimura, Fuller Theological Seminary Texas, The Museum of Fine Arts Houston
2018, Faith in the Arts Panel, Fuller Theological Seminary Texas, The Glassell School of Art, Houston, TX
SELECTED TEACHING EXPERIENCES
2020, The Glen Workshop Online, Introduction to Abstract Expressionist Painting
2019, The Glen Workshop in Santa Fe, NM
2019, Visual Poetry: Mixed Media Encaustic Class, Grunewald Guild, Plain, WA
2019, Abstract Acrylics Class, Grunewald Guild, Plain, WA
2019, Wabi Sabi + Pottery Workshop, The Jung Center, Houston, TX
2018, Visual Poetry: Mixed Media Encaustic Class, Grunewald Guild, Plain, WA
PUBLICATION FEATURES
“Houston 2030”, Houston City Book, March 2020
McKenzie, Zachery: “Human Nature”, Houston City Book, May 2019
Gordon, Maggie: “After Losing Child, Houston Preacher-Turned-Artist Does Her ‘Crazy Thing’”, Houston Chronicle, November 15, 2017
Ables, Beth: "Creating With Intention", Trouve Magazine, Volume 2, 2014
TEXTS
“Creating Without Walls,” In Her Studio Magazine, 2019
SELECTED PODCASTS + ONLINE INTERVIEWS
2020, “Otherwise” Perception: A Conversation on Art, Perception, and the Imagination with Lanecia Rouse Tinsley and Dr. Jessica B. Davenport, Project Row Houses Media,
2020, Summer Stage Series Online Studio Visit + Conversation with Lanecia, Image Journal
2019, Opening the Door: A Conversation with Abstract Painter Lanecia, The Image Journal
2019, Impermanence with Lanecia Rouse Tinsley, Makers + Mystics
2019, Sacred Gumbo and the Art of Toni Morrison, The Relay
2018, Lanecia Rouse: Death, Life and Full-time Art, Beyond with Daphne Cohn
2017, Light + Darkness with Lanecia Rouse Tinsley, The H
2017, The Colors of the Calendar with Lanecia Rouse Tinsley, Holy Family HTX
KNOWN COLLECTIONS
The American Church in Paris, Paris, France
Holy Family HTX Episcopal, Houston, Texas
Sweetgreen, Houston, Texas
CURTORIAL PROJECTS
2020, Intersections: A Contemporary Art Exhibit, Houston, TX
2019, Intersections: A Contemporary Art Exhibit, Houston, TX
2018, Transfigured: HFHTX 2017 Artists' Collective Art Exhibit, Houston, TX
2016, BLMHTX Symposium Art Exhibition at Rice University, Houston, Texas
2016, BLMHTX Symposium Art Exhibition at Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas
2015, Image A World BLMHTX Symposium Art Exhibition, Houston, Texas
Boards
2020-present, Advisory Board Member for Artists for Artists