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Talula Merriwether Mays is an interdisciplinary artist currently based in Staunton, Virginia. Her work includes mask-making, miniatures, experimental film, painting, drawing, photography, book-binding, and installation work. Themes of identity, consciousness, trauma, and the mind's ability to contruct meaning/narrative are central to her work.


contact: talulamerriwether@gmail.com

          



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EDUCATION:

2019 — Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, Virginia


SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2021 February — Beverley Street Studio School Gallery
“In Through the Shadow, Out Through the Sun”
Staunton, VA

2019 May — Hunt Gallery
“To Seek Again the Patchwork House”
Staunton, VA

2018 November — Riverviews Artspace
“Bethink Oneself of That Which Echoes”
Lynchburg, VA

2018 September — The Legacy at North Augusta
“Asomatous”
Staunton, VA

2018 July — Waynesboro Public Library
“Asomatous”
Waynesboro, VA

2018 June — By & By Café
“Asomatous”
Staunton, VA

2018 April — Hunt Gallery
“Asomatous”
Staunton, VA

2018 January — Mary Baldwin University Student Success Center
“Within the Surface” Staunton, VA


GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2022 November — Staunton Augusta Art Center
“Art for Gifts”
Staunton, VA

2019 February — The Legacy at North Augusta
“Emerged/Emerging”
Staunton, VA

2018 May — Capstone Festival, Mary Baldwin University
“Asomatous”
Staunton, VA

2018 March — Hunt Gallery, Mary Baldwin University
“Annual Juried Student Art Show”
Staunton, VA

2017 March — Hunt Gallery, Mary Baldwin University
“Annual Juried Student Art Show”
Staunton, VA

2016 March — Hunt Gallery, Mary Baldwin University
“Annual Juried Student Art Show”
Staunton, VA


COLLECTIONS:

“Confounded” — Mary Baldwin University Student Success Center, Staunton, VA. Acquired 2018.


FILM FESTIVALS:

2019 October — Official Selection, Poe Film Festival College Film Awards. “Phototaxis”. Richmond, VA

2019 February — MystiCon Independent Film Festival. “Curse Worms”. Roanoke, VA

2018 October — Official Selection, Poe Film Festival College Film Awards. “Curse Worms”. Richmond, VA

2018 January — Official Selection, Richmond International Film Festival. “Delicacy”. Richmond, VA

2017 November — Best Artistic Merit, Poe Film Festival College Film Awards. “Delicacy”. Richmond, VA


AWARDS:

First Place, Annual Juried Student Art Show, — Mary Baldwin University, 2018

Third Place, Annual Juried Student Art Show — Mary Baldwin University, 2018

Best Artistic Merit, College Film Awards — Poe Film Festival, 2017

Honorable Mention, Annual Juried Student Art Show — Mary Baldwin University, 2017

Third Place, Annual Juried Student Art Show — Mary Baldwin University, 2016