Colleen Terrell Comer lives and works in Mobile, AL.
I make humorous, research based work in many different materials. Right now mostly figures and junk food. Drawing from the carnivalesque, absurd realities of contemporary life, my work re-centers the female figure within a parody of art history and popular culture. These narratives challenge historical ideas around womanhood, self-image, and feminine power in the context of every day calamities/banalities.
she/her/hers
c-comer.com
@colleencomer
colleen at c-comer dot com
EDUCATION:
2020: School of Visual Arts, Master of Fine Arts, Art Practice
2012: Columbia University Painting Intenstive, Paris, France
2002: Auburn University, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design
RECENT EXHIBITIONS:
(*solo shows)
2023: THE LAST BEACH, April 1, Head Hi Studio, Charleston, SC*
2022: NOT EVEN HOME WILL BE WITH YOU FOREVER, online exhibition by Field Projects curated by Amanda Barker
2022: Party Beach, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Curated by elizabet elliot, NYC *
2022: The Sun Party, June - August 2022, Sophiella Gallery, Mobile, AL *
2022: New American Paintings - MFA Annual - print exhibition, Issue No. 153
2021: Fabstraction, Art Club, Brooklyn, NY Curated by Andrew Whitely
2020: A Monstrous Feast, Alabama Contemporary Art Center, Mobile, AL*
2019: Becoming, Satellite Art Fair, Miami, FL*
2019: non-specific location, SVA Flatiron Gallery, New York, NY
2018: do it, January 2018, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
2017: Uncommon Territory, November 2017, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL
2016: Structures, January 2016, Mobile Arts Council, Mobile, AL*
RESIDENCIES:
2018 - 2020: Artist in Residence, Alabama Contemporary Art Center, Mobile, AL
2014: Artist in Residence Show, High Cove Community , North Carolina
2012: Columbia University Advanced Painting Intensive, Paris, France
PUBLICATIONS:
New American Paintings, No. 153, 2020 MFA Annual Issue
AFFILIATIONS:
2019 - Now: The Society of Monstrous Women, Mobile, AL
2012 - 2016: The Rumor Union, Mobile, AL
2005 - 2007: Redux Studios, Charleston, SC