Kariann Fuqua
Instructional Assistant Professor of Art, Foundations & Museum Studies
Kariann Fuqua is an abstract artist whose work explores the precipice of environmental disaster.
Research Interests
- Abstraction – My drawing and painting practice is explored through the language and history of abstraction.
- Provenance Research – My experience in the professional museum world and knowledge of the art market has shaped my interest in provenance and cultural heritage research of objects in public and private collections.
Biography
Kariann Fuqua (b. 1976, Oklahoma) is an abstract artist utilizing drawing and painting to investigate the
intersection of chaos and control. She received a BFA in painting from Kansas State University and an MFA in
painting from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Her work has been widely exhibited in solo and group shows across the United States including Jenkins-Johnson Gallery (San Francisco, CA), Governors Island (New York, NY), Hyde Park Arts Center (Chicago, IL), Byron Cohen Gallery (Kansas City, MO), Manifest Gallery and Drawing Center (Cincinnati, OH), Athens Institute of Contemporary Art (Athens, GA) and was awarded a public commission at McCormick Place (Chicago, IL). She received a Joan Mitchell Foundation full fellowship to the Vermont Studio Center and her work was published in New American Paintings and the Artist’s Magazine. She currently lives and works in Oxford, Mississippi where she is an Instructional Assistant Professor of Art and Director of Museum Studies at the University of Mississippi.
Courses Taught
- Art 111 Drawing I
- Art 322 Intermediate Painting
- Art 410 Art Internship
- Art 414 Exhibition Design
- Art 421 Painting
- Art 490 Directed Individual Problems
- Art 491 Thesis
- Art 521 Painting
- Art 691 Directed Individual Problems
- Art 697 Thesis
Education
MFA Art, University of Illinois-Urbana Campus (2003)