2025 Southern Prize Visual
Amplifying contemporary visual arts by artists who live and create in the American South.
Loretta Pettway Bennett - AL Fellow for Visual Arts
Loretta Pettway Bennett - AL Fellow for Visual Arts
Gonzalo Fuenmayor - FL Fellow for Visual Arts
Gonzalo Fuenmayor - FL Fellow for Visual Arts
Masela Nkolo - GA Fellow for Visual Arts
Masela Nkolo - GA Fellow for Visual Arts
Travis Townsend - KY Fellow for Visual Arts
Travis Townsend - KY Fellow for Visual Arts
Edgar Cano - LA Fellow for Visual Arts
Edgar Cano - LA Fellow for Visual Arts
Edgar Cano began his career in the visual arts by creating illustrations and scenographies for theater during his studies at the Faculty of Arts in Xalapa, Veracruz (UV). Over more than two decades of artistic practice, he has received numerous national and international recognitions. Most recently, he was awarded by the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Individual Support Grant, NY (2025), also, he received Best in Show at both the 61st Juried Exhibition at the Masur Museum of Art in Monroe, Louisiana, and the 16th Surreal Salon at the Baton Rouge Gallery, in 2024.
Stephen Phillips - MS Fellow for Visual Arts
Stephen Phillips - MS Fellow for Visual Arts
Lydia Thompson - NC Fellow for Visual Arts
Lydia Thompson - NC Fellow for Visual Arts
Felicia Greenlee - SC Fellow for Visual Arts
Felicia Greenlee - SC Fellow for Visual Arts
Felicia Greenlee was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania until the age of eight. Her family, originally from South Carolina, would move back in 1979. In high school of 1988, Felicia became one of the first students to participate in South Carolina’s new “Gifted and Talented” program. Graduating in 1989, Felicia continued her art studies in college. Felicia’s college work consisted of pencil drawings and oil paintings, and she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Clemson University in 1993.
Tabitha Arnold - TN Fellow for Visual Arts
Tabitha Arnold - TN Fellow for Visual Arts
2025 Southern Prize Exhibition Catalogue (TBP)
2025 Southern Prize Exhibition Catalogue (TBP)
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