Lanecia Rouse Tinsley: "on the bridge between"

“… come celebrate
with me that everyday
something has tried to kill me
and has failed.”
-Lucille Clifton

ARTIST TALK & RECEPTION:
Friday, October 1, 2021
5:30-9:00pm
Artist talk at 7:30pm

on the bridge between is a collection of mixed media collage works born from a year of exploring notions of resilience and the myriad ways humans choose to lean into life while on the bridge between those everyday realities that have the power to destroy us and the somethings beckoning us to keep going in spite of it all.

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My days consist of a steady intake of news, ideas and poetry that speak to what it means to be human in the world. In this studio I take what I digest, literally deconstruct it and reconstruct it into something new that stirs or opens up the imagination to new possibilities. Something enticing, aesthetically pleasing. This daily act of re-imagining invigorates, heals and keeps me keeping on.

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About the artist: 
Lanecia Rouse Tinsley 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 not-yet-formed possibilities and depictions 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.