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The fifth annual Art of the South exhibition, presented by Number:, is open to all artists 18 and older working in any media residing in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington DC.
The exhibition will be juried by Brian Jobe, artist, educator, independent curator, and non-profit co-director of Locate Arts based in Nashville, TN.
Featured artists:
Richard Armendariz
April Bachtel
Bridget Bailey
Leticia Bajuyo
Omari Booker
Mark Brosseau
Jason S. Brown
Richie Budd
Nancy Cheairs
Paul Collins
Sage Dawson
Dawn Dickins
Kimberly Dummons
Samuel Dunson
Natalie Eddings
Brian Edmonds
Beth Edwards
Virginia Fleck
Lynne Ghenov
Michael Giles
Buster Graybill Flyswatter
Georganna Greene
Virginia Griswold
Andy Harding
Katie Hargrave
Natalie Harrison
Anne Herbert
Chintia Kirana
Paula Kovarik
Silvan Laan
Tad Lauritzen Wright
Katie Maish
Elysia Mann
T. Michael Martin
Alex McClurg
Erica Mendoza
Averell Mondie & Terri Phillips
Jeffrey Morton
Joe Nolan
Meredith Olinger
Clay Palmer
Christen Parker
Nick Peña
Giang Pham
Nate Renner
Nikii Richey
Zach Searcy
Ryan Steed
Jason Stout
Hills Snyder
Chris Boyd Taylor
Augusta Toppins
Natalie Tyree
Mary VanGieson
Jonathan Whitfill
A.C. Wilson
Tom Wixo
Jessica Wohl
Biography of the Juror
Brian Russell Jobe (American, b. 1981) is an artist, educator, independent curator, and
non-profit co-director based in Nashville, TN.
In 2015, Brian and Carolyn Jobe founded Locate Arts, an organization that connects
and promotes contemporary visual art in Tennessee. Presently, he is the Co-Executive
Director of Locate Arts + Seed Space. He also teaches art courses at Lipscomb
University.
Jobe’s studio practice is focused on sculpture, installation, and public art. His solo
exhibitions/ projects have been on view at venues such as Mixed Greens Gallery (New
York, NY), Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum (San Antonio, TX), the University of
Wyoming (Laramie, WY), the University of Tennessee College of Architecture + Design
(Knoxville, TN), and the McNay Art Museum (San Antonio, TX).
Born in Houston, Texas and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, Jobe received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Tennessee in 2004 and Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 2006. After living in Brooklyn, NY for a time, he relocated with his wife, painter Carolyn Jobe, to Tennessee.
