Spills and Coverings, her current series, has been featured in three solo exhibits, the first at Memphis College of Art’s Alumni Gallery in October 2010 and more recently at Downtown Pres Gallery in Memphis’s gallery district this past June and at The Renaissance Center in Dickson, TN in August. Other pieces from this series appeared this Spring in Fiber Plus in New York, Fantastic Fibers in Paducah, KY, and the Rome Art Coterie in Rome, GA where her piece By A Thread won 3^rd place. This Summer, other pieces were featured in The Elegant Line at The Village Theater Gallery in California and two pieces were on display at Metro Montage XI at Marietta Cobb Museum of Art in Marietta, GA where No Longer Bound was awarded 3^rd place.

In her first two years as a working artist, Deeann was featured in three solo shows in Arkansas and Tennessee featuring her first body of work, Embody. For two consecutive years she has been in the Renaissance Regional Art Exhibit at The Renaissance Center. Her work appeared in Fiber Focus 2009 in St. Louis, Missouri and two more pieces from Spills and Coverings are in Fiber Focus 2011 this Fall.

Solo Exhibitions

Spills and Coverings, The Renaissance Center, Dickson, TN, August 5-August 31

Spills and Coverings, Downtown Pres Gallery, Memphis, TN, June 24-July 23, 2011

A Common Thread, The Gallery at Memphis Theological Seminary, Memphis, TN, March 10-April 2010

Embody, Guachoya Cultural Arts Center, Lake Village, AR, March 3-28, 2009

Beneath the Surface, The Stirring Gallery, Memphis, TN, November 7-January 3, 2008

Two Person Exhibitions

Atonement, The Stirring Gallery, Memphis, TN, November 14- December 31, 2009

Group Exhibitions

2011

Fiber Focus 2011, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, September 6- October 13

The Elegant Line, The Village Theater Art Gallery, Danville, CA, July 15-August 26

Metro Montage XI, Marietta Cobb Museum of Art, Marietta, GA, July 16-September 10 

Fantastic Fibers, Yeiser Art Center , Paducah, KY, April 2-30

Rome Art Coterie 10^th National Juried Exhibition, Rome, GA, April 1-29

Fiber Plus, Blue Door Gallery, Yonkers, NY, March 19-May 21

 60^th Annual Holiday Bazaar, Main Gallery, MCA, Memphis, TN, November 21-22

The Return of the Prodigal, First Baptist Church Downtown, Nashville, TN, October 2-17

The 12^th Annual Renaissance Regional Exhibition, The Renaissance Center, Dixon, TN, September 10- October 23

2009

Fiber Focus, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, September 14- October 15

The 11^th Annual Renaissance Regional Exhibition, The Renaissance Center, Dixon, TN, August 21- October 24

Be A Doll: Women Artists Looking at Women Today, Estel Gallery, Nashville, TN, June 4- July 25 

The Artistry of Hope, The Showroom at Davis Art Advisory; The Arcade, Nashville, TN, April 18

Dogwood Arts Exhibition, Gallery, Downtown Knoxville, TN, April 2- 26

Forgiveness, First Baptist Church Downtown, Nashville, TN, April 16-May 2

Fusion Art and Fashion Show, The Cannery Ballroom, Nashville, TN, March 28

2008

Abominable Art Show with Untitled Artists, Gallery East, Nashville, TN, December 19

59^th Annual Holiday Bazaar, Main Gallery, MCA, Memphis, TN, November 21-22

The Prodigal, Fellowship Bible Church, Little Rock, AR, September 26- October 11

Love Around The World, VSA Arts of Kentucky, Bowling Green, KY, September 3- October 22

A Uniter, Not a Divider, Art and Invention Gallery, Nashville, TN, August 9- September 1

Glow Untitled Artists, Limelight Nashville, Nashville, TN, July 25

Freedom, Epiphany Gallery, Springfield, TN, July 11- August 31

Multiple Origami Untitled Artists, University of Phoenix, Nashville, TN, June 13

Psalms 23; A Juried Art Exhibition, First Baptist Church Downtown, Nashville, TN, April 25-27

Works with Words Artists Gallery Talk, Nashville Public Library Art Gallery, Nashville, TN, March 29

Works with Words, Nashville Public Library Art Gallery, Nashville, TN, March 15- June 22

2007

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Main Gallery, MCA, Memphis TN, November 28- December 14

58^th Annual Holiday Bazaar, Main Gallery, MCA, Memphis, TN, November 16-17

Painting and Sculpture, No Exit Gallery, MCA, Memphis, TN, September

National Dance Week Exhibition, Dance Works, Inc., Southwest Tennessee Community College, Memphis, TN, April

Painting Seminar, No Exit Gallery, MCA, Memphis, TN, April

Co-Exhibit at the Celeste Dance Club, Memphis, TN, February-April

Papermaking, Photography, and Book Arts, Brode Gallery, MCA, Memphis, TN, February

Drawing, Lower Gallery, MCA, Memphis, TN, February

The Aids Benefit, On the Street Gallery, Memphis, TN, February 9

Emerge, Group Show at Theater Works, Memphis, TN, February

2005-2006

The Holy Family, Immaculate Conception, Little Rock Arkansas, December 2006

Collage Painting, No Exit Gallery, MCA, Memphis, TN, November 2006

Material + Sensitivity; Fibers/Book Arts, On the Street Gallery, Memphis, TN, November 2006

Faculty Selects, Lower Gallery, MCA, Memphis, TN, October 2006

Printmaking/ Fibers, Brody Gallery, MCA, Memphis, TN, October 2006

Painting, Brody Gallery, MCA, Memphis, TN, September 2006

Passion Art Gallery, Nashville, TN, January 2006

Freshman, Main Gallery, MCA, Memphis, TN, June 2005

Collections

Memphis Theological Seminary, Memphis, TN 2010

Briarcrest Christian School, Memphis, TN 2010

First Baptist Church Downtown, Nashville, TN- 2009

The Plough Foundation, Memphis TN- 2008

First Baptist Church Downtown, Nashville, TN - 2008

First Baptist Church, Texarkana, TX- 2008

Publications

Brave Embrace: Where Art and Journaling Meet by Joy Deeann Carson, Printed at The Imaging Bureau, Ft. Worth,

TX, September 2008

Relevant Magazine, Issue 34, “How is it that you ask me for this drink?” featured in half-page ad for

Relevantstore.com;  July/August 2008, page 91

Ruminate Magazine Issue 6, Epiphany, December 2007, page 26-27

Relevant Magazine, Issue 29, November 2007, page 8

Represented as Independent Artist on Relevantstore.com, professional Giclee prints sold

Paintings used as 30 spreads of backgrounds for Worship Journal in student Bible Study book

The Air I Breathe by Louie Giglio and Stuart Hall, 2006

Painting on the cover of the second edition of the book The Air I Breathe by Louie Giglio, 2006

Invitation Journal by Joy Deeann Carson, Printed at The Imaging Bureau, Ft. Worth, TX, June 2004

Awards and Grants