Bio
Pay attention to the little things that reveal the whole. Recognize with witness because the world is small and full.When looking at a dandelion, I see an atom, the shape of the world, nature repeating itself over and over again, the fractals, the flower of life. I use situations, figures, symbols to create sentiment and respect for nature and life. Beeswax gives my work a dream like quality. Through it’s texture and process, I’m sealing my thoughts. I’ve been working with encaustic and collage for over 20 years showing publicly, teaching and persisting the path of artist and world resident.
TOPJeni Stallings: Education and Honors
BFA: Painting, Valedictorian, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN, 1996
Painting and Art Criticism Summer Program, New York University, New York, NY, 1994
RiverArtsFest Annual Celebrated Artist, Memphis, TN, 2012
TOPJeni Stallings: Selected Exhibitions
Kick Out the Lights: A Celebration of Memphis Music, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, 2019
Spring/Summer Open House, duo, Balance Design Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, 2019
/ôr’ganik/, (solo), L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2019
Sara Howell Gallery, Winter Exhibition, 2018
The Show Must Go On, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2018
Sara Howell Gallery, Summer Exhibition, Jonesboro, AR, 2018
Shake Rattle And Roll, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2018
Holiday Group Exhibition, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2017
The Story Continues, duo, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2017
Elvis Has Left the Building, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2017
New Works, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2017
Holiday Group Exhibition, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2016
One in a Million, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2016
Summer Group Exhibition, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2010-2016
No: 10 Anniversary Show, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2016
Winter Show, Sara Howell Gallery, Jonesboro, AR, 2016
It’s Good to be The King, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2015
Art Visions, Paideia, Atlanta, GA, 2015
Sisters (duo), L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2015
Holiday Group Exhibition, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2009-2014
That’s All Right Mama, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2014
Folk x Four, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2012
Musing, (solo), Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN, 2010
Avondale Arts Association, Atlanta, GA, 2010
Solo Show, Urban Bodies Studios, Atlanta, GA, 2009
The Art Department, Atlanta, GA, 2009
Offerings (solo), L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2009
Apiology (solo), L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2008
Blind Date, Asheville Area Arts Council, Asheville, NC, 2008
The Color of Love, Catherine Kelleghan Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 2008
Holiday Group Exhibition, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2007
Esperando (solo), L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2007
Myth (solo), L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2006
Art of Caring, Perry Nicole Fine Art, Memphis, TN 2006
Grand Opening of L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2005
River District Artists, Asheville, NC, 2005
Glimmer (solo), ArtForms, Memphis, TN, 2005
Solo show, ArtForms, Memphis, TN, 2004
Sanctum (solo), ArtForms, Memphis, TN, 2003
Art Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM, 2001
Sojourner (solo), ArtForms, Memphis, TN, 2001
Breast Cancer Awareness, King Pao Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 2000
Art Paper, Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 2000
Alter, MJQ Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 2000
Keiger, Stallings, Garufi, Galerie Timothy Tew, Atlanta, GA, 2000
SoMa, Memphis Historic Society, Memphis, TN, 2000
Memphis Arts Council Art’s Day, Memphis College of Art, 1999
Art Farm, Art Farm Co-op, Memphis, TN, 1999
Memphis Biennial, Memphis College of Art, 1999
Phases (solo), Guadalupe Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM, 1999
Jeni Stallings: Recent Works, Cooper Street Gallery, Memphis, 1998
Inside-Out, Plan B Gallery, Memphis, TN, 1998
Memphis Biennial, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN, 1997
Introductions VIII, Cooper Street Gallery, Memphis, TN, 1998
Records and Signs, Midtown Galleries, Memphis, TN, 1997
Young Memphis, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN, 1996
Domestic Disturbance: Running Amok at Home, Delta Axis, Memphis, TN, 1995
Miniature Art Exhibition, Boston, MA, 1995
N.Y.U. Summer Exhibition, New York, NY, 1994
Jeni Stallings: Public Collections
St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 2016
NEA Baptist Cancer Treatment Center, Jonesboro, AR, 2014
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, Memphis, TN, 2011
Jeni Stallings: Publications
Fredric Koeppel, “Elvis is in the Gallery,” The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN, 12 Aug 2016
Fredric Koeppel, “Respect and Reverence for the King,” The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN, August 11, 2015
Fredric Koeppel, “The King, from pop icon to satire,” The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN, August 15, 2014
Ashley Johnston, “In Bloom,” The Memphis Flyer, June 2012
Carol Knowles, “The Whole Ball of Wax,” The Memphis Flyer, Memphis, TN, 24 February 2006
Jerry Cullum, “At Timothy Tew, a trio of outlooks,” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta, GA, 28 January 2000
Kelle Schillaci, “Surreal Pleasure,” Weekly Alibi, Santa Fe, NM, 10 February 1999
“Gallery Previews,” The Santa Fean, Santa Fe, NM, January/February 1999
Lynn Cline, “Jeni Stallings is aligned with art, nature,” Pasatiempo, Santa Fe, NM, 5 February 1999
“At Guadalupe, a last-minute addition,” Pasatiempo, Santa Fe, NM, 18 September 1998
Frederic Koeppel, “Art,” The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN, 14 June 1998
John Weeden, “Gallery,” The Memphis Dateline, Memphis, TN, 15-20 June 1998
Fred Burton, “Jeni Stallings and Jonathan Kohrman,” Art Papers, January/February 1998
Fred Burton “Jeni Stallings, Jonathan Kohrman, Cooper Street Gallery,” Number Magazine, 11 July – 2 August 1997