Curriculum Vitae
Clay Palmer
Education
2021 MFA, Painting - University of Memphis, Memphis TN
2017 BFA, Studio Arts - The University of Tennessee at Martin, Martin TN
Professional Experience
Gallery and Events Coordinator - The University of Tennessee at Martin Department of Visual and Theatre Arts
August 2021 - Present
Lecturer - The University of Tennessee at Martin
2-D Design - Fall 2021
Using Color - Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023 (upcoming)
Understanding Visual Art - Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023 (upcoming)
Gallery Practicum - Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023 (upcoming)
Instructor of Record - University of Memphis Department of Visual Art
Drawing I - Fall 2019, Fall 2020
Painting II - Spring 2021
Graduate Assistant - University of Memphis Department of Visual Art
August 2018 - May 2021
Memphis College of Art Summer Art Camp
Instructor - Drawing and Painting, Summer 2019
Staff Support Lead - Summer 2017
Support Staff/Teaching Assistant - Summer 2016
Solo Exhibitions
2021 The Company We Keep, Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art, University of Memphis
2017 Know Jehovah!, FAB Gallery, The University of Tennessee at Martin
Group Exhibitions
2022 Drawn Together: Regional Faculty Art Exhibit, The Ned McWherter Cultural Arts Center, Jackson TN
More Than a Hobby: 2022 UTM Faculty Exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery, Martin TN
Art of Science 2022, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, Tennessee
2022 Dogwood Regional Art Exhibition, The Emporium Center, Knoxville TN
Batesville Area Arts Council’s 10th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Batesville AR
Valdosta National 2022, Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery, Valdosta State University
13th Annual International Drawing Discourse Exhibition, S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, University of North Carolina- Asheville
2021 The FL3TCH3R Exhibit, Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University
The 7th Annual Guitar as Art Exhibition, FAB Gallery, The University of Tennessee at Martin
Socially Distanced, Brick City Gallery, Missouri State University
38th Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Art Museum of the University of Memphis
2020 Return of the Living Grad, FAB Gallery, The University of Tennessee at Martin
37th Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Art Museum of the University of Memphis
Voluntarily Indirect, FAB Gallery, The University of Tennessee at Martin
2019 Framing with Purpose: A Painting Exhibition by Richard Echols and Clay Palmer, Adams-Vines Gallery, Arkansas Northeasternn College, Blytheville AR
Student Exchange Exhibition, Suzhou Art & Design Technology Institute, Suzhou City, Jiangsu, China
Best of Memphis 2019, Box Gallery, Memphis TN
Young Collector’s Contemporary, Crosstown Arts, Memphis TN
36th Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Art Museum of the University of Memphis
2018 Homeward Bound, Crosstown Arts, Memphis TN
Impressions 2018, Ice House Gallery, Mayfield KY
5th Annual Guitar as Art Exhibition, FAB Gallery, The University of Tennessee at Martin
Fort Douglass Art Salon 3000, 3745 Douglass Ave., Memphis TN
Art of the South 2018, Crosstown Arts, Memphis TN
We Are Tennessee, Discovery Center, Murfreesboro TN
Outlaws, Lexington Art League, The Loudoun House, Lexington KY
2017 Impressions 2017, Ice House Gallery, Mayfield KY
Two by Three: 2D Abstraction by Three Contemporary Artists, One Wall Gallery, Martin TN
Art of the South 2017, L Ross Gallery, Memphis TN
2017 Visual and Theatre Arts Student Exhibition, FAB Gallery, The University of Tennessee at Martin
45th Annual Southern Regional Honors Conference Art Exhibition, Renaissance Hotel, Asheville NC
Not Your Mama’s Art Show, FAB Gallery, The University of Tennessee at Martin
2016 Impressions 2016, Ice House Gallery, Mayfield KY
2016: Winds of Chaos, FAB Gallery, The University of Tennessee at Martin
The FL3TCH3R Exhibit, Reece Museum, Johnson City TN
3rd Annual Guitar as Art Exhibition, FAB Gallery, The University of Tennessee at Martin
Visual Evidence, Murray Art Guild, Murray KY
The Collective: A UT Martin Student Group Exhibition, Dresden TN
Left, Right, and Everything Between, FAB Gallery, The University of Tennessee at Martin
2015 Impressions 2015, Ice House Gallery, Mayfield KY
Visual and Theatre Arts Student Show, The University of Tennessee at Martin
Modern Isn’t Modern: #Society, The University of Tennessee at Martin
2014 Visual and Theatre Arts Student Show, The University of Tennessee at Martin
Grants/Awards
2021 1st Place, 10th Annual BAAC National Juried Exhibition, Batesville Area Arts Council
Purchase Prize, 10th Annual BAAC National Juried Exhibition, Batesville Area Arts Council
2020 The Elizabeth and Harold Robinson Scholarship, University of Memphis
ArtsMemphis Artist Relief Grant
Honorable Mention - University of Tennessee at Martin Alumni Exhibition
2019 Best Graduate Award, Best of Memphis 2019, Box Gallery, Memphis TN
Graduate School Purchase Award, 36th Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Art Museum of the University of Memphis
2017 Senior Service Award, The League of Striving Artists, The University of Tennessee at Martin
1st Place - Drawing and 1st Place - Painting, 2017 Visual and Theatre Arts Student Exhibition, FAB Gallery, The University of
Tennessee at Martin
The Robert G. Cowser Literary Award in Poetry, The University of Tennessee at Martin Department of English and Modern Foreign
Languages, Martin TN
3rd Place, Not Your Mama’s Art Show, FAB Gallery, The University of Tennessee at Martin
2016 Best in Show, Impressions 2016, Ice House Gallery, Mayfield KY
Best in Show, 3rd Annual Guitar as Art Exhibition, FAB Gallery, The University of Tennessee at Martin
Honorable Mention, Left, Right, and Everything Between, FAB Gallery, The University of Tennessee at Martin
2015 1st Place - Drawing, Impressions 2015, Ice House Gallery, Mayfield KY