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Janice S. Burleson
jansb6@comcast.net www.janburleson.com
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Education
• Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, December 2016, summa cum laude
• M.S.S.W., Master of Science in Social Welfare, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Sept. 1978 –June 1980, magna cum laude
• B.S.S.W., Bachelor of Science in Social Welfare, East Tennessee State University, Minor in English, June 1971 - June 1975, cum laude
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Awards and Exhibitions
2023
Synthesize: Shape, Surface, Saturation, Group Exhibition with Carl Gombert, Carrie Pendergrass, and Kelly Spell,
The Emporium, Knoxville Arts and Culture Alliance
G.R.I.T.S./ Feminism in the South, The Bells Gallery, Dothan, Alabama, juried by Holly Roberts Meyers
Dogwood Regional Exhibition, Knoxville, TN, juried by Todd Herzberg
Positive-Negative 38, Slocumb Gallery, East Tennessee Stat University, juried by Mark Scala, The Frist Museum
National Juried Exhibition, Knoxville Arts and Culture Alliance, juried by Julie Jack, Tennessee Wesleyan University
Arts in the Airport, Fall 2023, Arts and Culture Alliance, Knoxville, TN, juried by John Powers
Open Exhibit, The Arts Center, Athens, TN, juried by Mandy Wilson, First Place
2022
Things Pile Up, Solo Exhibit, The Emporium, Knoxville, TN
Members Juried Exhibition, Association for Visual Arts, Chattanooga, TN, Juror’s Choice
Positive-Negative 37, Slocumb Gallery, East Tennessee State University, juried by Kevin Tucker, the High Museum
The Stilled Life, CHA Art Space, Chattanooga, TN
How Are We Doing, Association for Visual Artists, Chattanooga, TN
2021
Arts in the Airport, Spring, Arts and Culture Alliance, Knoxville, TN
Into the Blue, Group Exhibition, CHA Art Space, Chattanooga, TN
Members Juried Exhibition, Association for Visual Arts, Chattanooga, TN
Arts in the Airport, Fall, Arts and Culture Alliance, Knoxville, TN
2020
National Juried Exhibition, Arts and Culture Alliance, Knoxville, TN., Juror’s Citation, Juried by Jordan Ahlers
Members Juried Exhibition, Association for Visual Arts, Chattanooga, TN
Arts in the Airport, Spring, Arts and Culture Alliance, Knoxville, TN
Arts in the Airport, Fall, Arts and Culture Alliance, Knoxville, TN
2019
The Rochambeau Drawings, 2012-2104, Solo Exhibit, The Arts Center, Athens, TN
Members Juried Exhibit, Association for Visual Arts, Chattanooga, TN
You. Me. Us, Group Exhibit, Association for Visual Arts, Chattanooga, TN
Exposure, Group Photography Exhibit, The Arts Center, Athens, TN. Third Place
Pop-Up, Group Show, Association for Visual Arts, Chattanooga, TN
2018
Ann and Steve Bailey Opportunity Artist Grant Recipient
Dogwood Regional Fine Arts Exhibition, juried by Leigh Suggs
ReImagined, The Arts Center, Athens, Second Place
2017
Dogwood Arts Regional Fine Arts Exhibition, juried by Leslie Noell
Positive-Negative 32, Slocumb Gallery, East Tennessee State University, juried by Anna Foerschne.
Regional College Student Exhibition, Athens Area Council for the Arts, Second Place
2016
Group Exhibit, Unitarian Universalist Church, Chattanooga, curated by Christina Renfer Vogel
One World Exhibit, The Arts Center, Athens, TN, Third Place
2015
FRESH Young and Emerging Artists Exhibit, Association of Visual Artists, Chattanooga, TN.
Best of Show, Community Artists’ League, Athens, TN
Regional College Art Student Exhibit, The Arts Center, Athens, Tennessee, Second Place
2014
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Senior Thesis Exhibit, Purchase by University Center
Dogwood Regional Fine Arts Exhibition, juried by Julie Levin Caro
Inconspicuous, at The Apothecary, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Group Senior Exhibition
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Juried Student Exhibit, juried by Jered Sprecher Associate Professor, University of Tennessee at Knoxville
2013
Lillian B. Feinstein Scholarship Exhibit, Cress Gallery, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Curator’s Award, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Juried Student Exhibit, juried by Joseph Peregine, curated by Ruth Grover
2012
Dogwood Arts Regional Fine Arts Exhibition, juried by Terri Jordan, Curator of Exhibits at Customs House Museum
Positive-Negative 27, Slocumb Gallery, East Tennessee State University, National Juried Exhibit, juried by Dr. Gail Levin
Award of Excellence, University of Tennessee Juried Student Exhibit, juried by William T. Dooley
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Publications
2015 The Pulse, Chattanooga’s Weekly Alternative, August 20, 2015.
2015 Sequoya Review, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
2014 The University Echo, Volume 108, Issue 29
2014 The Pulse, Chattanooga’s Weekly Alternative, April 17, 2014.
2013 Sequoya Review, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
2003 Finalist, Photographer’s Forum Best of College Photography Annual 2003.