EDUCATION
2026 Residency, Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, MS
2020 The Studio Museum New York, Museum Administration Summer Symposium
2020 School of the Art Institute of Chicago,BFA Studio, Recognition Scholarship
2018 East Mississippi Community College, AA in Fine Arts, Suma Cum Laude
SOLO EXHIBITIONS + PROJECTS
2018 DeKalb Regional Model Railroad Museum, DeKalb, MS, Curator: Jim Hobgood
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Aces Plein Air & Urban Sketchers Festival, Meridian, MS
2025 Art Crawl, Meridian, MS
2025 Full Moon on 5th, Meridian, MS
2025 Druid City Art Festival, Tuscaloosa, AL
2024 Advocacy & the Arts, Jackson, MS
2024 Druid City Arts Festival, Tuscaloosa, AL
2023 Kentuck Art Festival, Northport, AL
2023 Phyllis Wheatley Poetry Festival, Jackson, MS
2023 Home is Where the Heart Is, Duling Hall, Curated by The MashUp
2023 Black Girl Art Show, Los Angeles
2023 Women in Blues, West Point Blues Museum, West Point, MS, Curator Deborah Mansfield
2023 Neshoba County Fair, Philadelphia, MS
2023 Cotton District Art Festival, Starkville, MS
2023 Cotton District Art Festival’s Juried Exhibition, Starkville, MS
2023 Juneteenth Festival, Meridian, MS, Curator Jatara S.
2023 Juneteenth Festival, DeKalb, MS
2022 Alumni Exhibition, Aust Hall Gallery, Curator Lisa Spinks
2022 Full Moon on 5th, Rivere Gallery, Meridian, MS, Curator MyKiya Oliver
2021 Humanism, The Holy Art Gallery, Athens Greece, Curator by Evelyn P.
2021 Threefoot Festival, Meridian, MS, Curator Joyce Lane
2021 Unapologetically Human, The Worth Project, Curated by Group Panel
2021 These Daze, Aust Hall Gallery, Curator Lisa Spinks
2020 School of the Art Institute of Chicago 2020 BFA Student Show, Chicago, IL
2019 Im/Possible, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Curator Kevin M.
2019 San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, San Jose, California
2019 Flaxman Library, Chicago, IL
2018 162 Gallery, Chicago, IL
2018 Hinds Gallery, Jackson, MS, Curator: Sarah Teasley
2017 East MS Gallery, Scooba, MS, Curator: Lisa Spinks
TEACHING
2024 “3D Portraiture” Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS2023 Kemper Springs Community Center's Creative Arts Camp, DeKalb, MS
2021 Kemper Springs Community Center's Creative Arts Camp, DeKalb, MS
2019 Artists Self Promotion, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2019 Intro to Mural Painting, West Kemper Elementary, DeKalb, MS
LECTURES + WORKSHOPS
2026 Mixed Media Life, Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, MS
2025 “Senior Sips & Strokes Painting” Multi-County Community Agency, Meridian, MS
2025 “Beehive of the Hills” Attala County Public Library, Kosciusko, MS
2024 “3D Texture Painting” Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS
2024 “3D Portraiture” Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
2024 “STEM & Arts Integration” Mississippi Whole Schools, Hattiesburg, MS
2024 “Mindfulness Painting” Mississippi Whole Schools, Hattiesburg, MS
2024 “Visual Storytelling” Mississippi Whole Schools, Hattiesburg, MS
2024 “Red Hot Painting” Mississippi Arts & Entertainment Experience, Meridian, MS
2023 “Seniors Sips & Strokes Painting” Multi-County Community Agency, Meridian, MS
2023 “Fall Pumpkin Painting” MS Children’s Museum, Meridian, MS
2023 “Juneteenth” MS Children’s Museum, Meridian, MS
2019 “College & Chicago” West Kemper Elementary, DeKalb, MS
2018 “Intro to Wheel Throwing” East MS Community College, Scooba, MS
2017 “Intro to Color Theory” East Mississippi Community College, Scooba, MS
PUBLICATIONS
2026 Meridian Artist Brejenn Allen Selected as Inaugural Lauren Rogers Artist-in-Residence,
Published by Meridian Star
2022 Meridian Life’s Top 20 Under 40, Published by Meridian Life Magazine
2021 - 2025 Distinguished Young Women of Mississippi Magazine, Published by ABCD Printing
2020 "Featured Artist" Distant Memories Zine, Published by the Philadelphia School of Art
2019 “The Gospel of Lizzo,” F News Magazine, Published by SAIC
2019 “Kemper Artist Enlist the Help of Family to Make Masks” Meridian Star, Written by Bill G.
2018 Syzygy Magazine, Published by East MS Press
2017 “Kemper teen meshes creativity, compassion is budding sewing company,” Published by Meridian Star Newspaper
TELEVISION & RADIO APPEARANCES
2022 “Full Moon on 5th” 105.7 The Beat, 97OKK, and WALT
2022 “Local artist at Full Moon on 5th” ABC News, Good Morning Meridian
2021 "Maker Faire Meridian" ABC New Good Morning Meridian
2017 “Local Teen Designs Hospital Gowns,” ABC News Good Morning Meridian
