October 6 - December 3, 2023
From the Art Museum of Southeast Texas:
“Shawne Major (b. December 1968) is an American mixed-media artist based in Louisiana. Major is known for working in two-dimensional mixed media hangings and three-dimensional mixed media sculptures. Her drawings in this exhibition are being exhibited for the first time.
Major was born in New Iberia, Louisiana. She attended the University of Southwestern Louisiana, where she received a BFA degree in painting (1991). She went on to study at Rutgers University, where she received an MFA in sculpture (1995).
Major has exhibited extensively throughout the United States, including exhibitions in Louisiana, Georgia, Indiana, Illinois, Texas, Washington D.C., and Alabama. A selection of her awards includes a Joan Mitchell Center Artist in Residence (2016), Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Residency Fellowship (2015), Pollock-Krasner Foundation Artist Grant (2008), and Artist in Residence – Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (1992).
Her work can be found in private and permanent collections, including the Francis Greenburger Collection (New York, NY), the Ogden Museum of Southern Art (New Orleans, LA), the US Art in Embassies – Brazzaville, Congo Frederick Weisman Foundation (Los Angeles, CA), and the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington, DC).
Major was born in New Iberia, Louisiana. She attended the University of Southwestern Louisiana, where she received a BFA degree in painting (1991). She went on to study at Rutgers University, where she received an MFA in sculpture (1995).
Major has exhibited extensively throughout the United States, including exhibitions in Louisiana, Georgia, Indiana, Illinois, Texas, Washington D.C., and Alabama. A selection of her awards includes a Joan Mitchell Center Artist in Residence (2016), Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Residency Fellowship (2015), Pollock-Krasner Foundation Artist Grant (2008), and Artist in Residence – Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (1992).
Her work can be found in private and permanent collections, including the Francis Greenburger Collection (New York, NY), the Ogden Museum of Southern Art (New Orleans, LA), the US Art in Embassies – Brazzaville, Congo Frederick Weisman Foundation (Los Angeles, CA), and the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington, DC).
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Reception: October 6, 2023 | 4:30–8:30 pm
500 Main Street
Beaumont, 77701 TX
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