Alexa Lee
Birmingham, AL
lexalee99@gmail.com
Education
2024 BFA (candidate) Studio Art - painting, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL (expected graduation: April 2024)
Scholarships/Awards
2024 Ellen Shizuko Takahashi Award for Painting (University of Alabama at Birmingham)
Third Place, Gadsden Museum of Art, Gadsden, AL, STofArt: UAB Juried Exhibition
2023 Best of Show Award, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS, 49th Annual Bi-State Art Competition and Exhibition (Juror: Gary Chapman, Professor of Painting and Drawing at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL)
Betty Loeb Scholarship for Painting (University of Alabama at Birmingham)
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts Scholarship
2022 Edith H. Frohock Memorial Scholarship (Art scholarship at University of Alabama at Birmingham)
Exhibitions
2024 BFA Exhibition: I Am No Bird, Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, Birmingham, AL
STofART: UAB Juried Exhibition, Gadsden Museum of Art, Gadsden, AL (Jurors: Gary Chapman and Stacey Holloway, Professor of Painting and Drawing and Associate Professor of Sculpture at the University of Alabama at Birmingham)
48th Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, Birmingham, AL (Juror: Amanda Ross-Ho, artist, artist Los Angeles, CA)
2023 Shared Beginnings, Diverse Creations, Gadsden Museum of Art, Gadsden, AL (Group, with Sydney Marlin and Izabella Janush-Hernandez)
49th Annual Bi-State Art Competition and Exhibition, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian MS, Best of Show Award (Juror: Gary Chapman, Professor of Painting and Drawing at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL)
Alabama A to Z: 45th Biennial Museum Exhibition, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL (Juror: Dana-Marie Lemmer, executive director and curator of the Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, Alabama)
A Recent History of the Near Future: Art by Current BFA Students, Art Lab, Birmingham, AL (Invitational)
Mysterious, Marvelous, Malevolent: A Halloween Exhibition, Art Lab, Birmingham, AL (Invitational)
47th Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, Birmingham, AL (Juror: Donté K. Hayes, artist, Cliffwood, NJ)
Bibliography
"The Prettiest Whistles" and "Out of Reach" Aura Literary Arts Review Vol. 51 Issue No. 1, March 2024
“Miles to Go," "Hard Luck," and "Someone's Ghost" Aura Literary Arts Review Vol. 50 Issue No. 1, November 2023
Technical Experience
2023 Ceramic Studio Intern, Red Dot Gallery, Homewood, AL (artists Scott Bennet and Dori DeCamillis)
-Experience with standard ceramic studio practices, including firing electric kilns and explaining/demoing various clay techniques to beginning students
Gallery Affiliation
Jeanie Edwards Fine Art Gallery, Highlands, NC
Service
2023 Artwork contributor to Take Back the Night (UAB Wellness Promotion event to raise awareness for survivors of sexual assault)
2019-2021 Volunteer Art Teacher for Alabama Baptist Children’s Home, Dothan, AL