An artist from Leesburg, Georgia, who lives and works in Knoxville, Tennessee, I have shown nationally and internationally in many individual, group, and juried exhibitions. I studied art at Valdosta State University, in Georgia, and received a B.F.A. in 2000. I was awarded a graduate assistantship to teach and paint in the painting and drawing department at the University of Tennessee, where I graduated with a Masters of Fine Art in 2003. I have taught for the University of Tennessee, and now teach through the Professional and Personal development program, Mighty Mud Studios, as well as tutoring private lessons.


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As a cathartic painter, my work expresses emotions and frustrations that would otherwise be hard to express verbally. They seem abstract at first glance to the viewer, but have some sense of childhood imagery disguised among the colorful layers. My work is fresh with vibrant lively colors, as well as layered metaphors of myself and others contrasted with the chaotic approach of the energetic marks.

Education

           

2003                                M.F.A., Painting and Drawing, University of Tennessee,

Knoxville, TN

2000                B.F.A., Art, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA

             

Selected Solo Exhibitions

 

2009                New Works by S. Fletcher, Old Java City, Knoxville, TN       

2009                Three Flights Up, Knoxville, TN

2009, 08          Exhibition of New Works, Bliss Home and Art, Knoxville, TN

2008                State of Mind, Mighty Mud Gallery, Knoxville, TN

2007                Internal Reflection, Pienkow Art Gallery, Knoxville, TN

2005-03           Bliss Home and Art, Knoxville, TN

2004                Smart Frame, Knoxville, TN

            2003                A Question of Reality, M.F.A. Thesis Project, Knoxville, TN

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

 

2008                The Balcony, Arts & Alliance, Knoxville, TN

2008-06           Three Flights Up Gallery, Knoxville, TN

2008-05           Might Mud Gallery Holiday International, Mighty Mud Studios

2005                International Art Residency- Pienkow 2005, Wroclaw Academy of Fine Arts, Plac Polski, Wroclaw, Poland

2005                Stir Fry, Farragut, TN

2005                Pienkow International, Chelm, Poland

2003                Knoxville and Vicinity: MFA Alumni exhibition, Ewing Gallery, Knoxville, TN

2001                Blonde, Recent works by Stacey Fletcher and Kelly Barrett, Gallery 1010, Candy Factory, Knoxville, TN

2000                The Naked Truth, Spinolli Galleries, Valdosta, GA

2000                Digital One, Traveling Digital Photography Show

 

Selected Juried Exhibitions

    

2008                Tomato Arts Festival, Art & Invention Gallery, Nashville, TN

2008, 07          ArtScapes, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN

2005                48^th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition, Rocky Mount Arts

                        Center, Rocky Mount, NC, Juror: George Hemphill

2004                47^th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition, Rocky Mount Arts           

Center, Rocky Mount, NC, Juror: Michael Crane

2003                46^th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition, Best of Show, Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC, Juror: Jack Early

2003                                56^th Annual Art Competition, Art Buffet, Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture, Knoxville, TN

2003                Positive/ Negative, 18th National All-media,                                                            
                                    Slocumb Galleries, Johnson City, TN, Juror: Linda Johnson Dougherty

            2002                17th Annual International Exhibition, Meadows Gallery,Tyler, Texas

2000                54th Annual Student Art Competition, Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture, Knoxville, TN

2000                New Graduate Student Exhibit, Gallery 1010, Candy Factory, Knoxville

2000-97           Valdosta State University Student Exhibition, Valdosta, GA

 

Awards and Honors

 

2005                Pienkow 2005 International Artist Workshop, Poland

2004                Best of Show, Rocky Mount Arts Center, NC

2003                Dan Culp Painting Award, Art Buffet Show, Knoxville, TN

2003                                Knoxville Museum of Art Award, Art Buffet Show, Knoxville, TN

2001                                Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Tennessee

2000                Senior Artist of the Year, Valdosta State University

1996                Valdosta State University Freshman Art Scholar recipient

 

Teaching Experience

           

2009-07           High School Arts Academy Workshop, Knoxville, TN

2009-05           Independent Art Professor, Mighty Mud Studios, Knoxville, TN

2009-03           Adjunct Professor, Personal and Professional Development Program,
University of Tennessee, Knoxville

2009-06           Tennessee Art Education Association Conference, Knoxville, TN

2007-03           Art Tutor, Emily DuMont, Diane Smith, Dr. Ayed, Knoxville, TN

2003                      Adjunct of Fundamental Art, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

2003-01           Graduate Teaching Associate, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

2000-01           Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

 

Public and Private Art Collections

 

2008                Dr. Marek Pienkowski, Poland           

2007                ArtScapes, Independent Collector, Knoxville Museum of Art, TN

2006                Contribution for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, TN      

2005                Monica Barber, Dawson, GA

2004                Contribution for Indya Kincannon, Board of Education Candidate, TN

2004             Permanent Collection, Rocky Mount Arts Center, NC

2003                Stacy Pittman, Brooklyn, NY