Brooke P. Alexander is an Instructional Assistant Professor of Art in the Department of Art & Art History at the University of Mississippi.
Biography
Brooke P. Alexander is a painter from Athens, Alabama. She completed her BA in Studio Art with a minor in English in 2015 from Athens State University, and her MFA in Studio Art with a concentration in Painting in 2018 from the University of Mississippi. Her work is painted extensively from life, inspired by literature, while intermingling elements of memory. She participates in solo and group exhibitions regionally and nationally and was the 2024 Mississippi Fellow for South Arts.
Peculiar Landscapes
Entanglings (left), oil on canvas.
The paintings in Peculiar Landscapes linger between reality, memory, and invention. The interiors and exteriors look not only at the expected, but also seek to wander and wonder more deeply. There are shadows and burrows to hide away in, fields and beds to lie in, animals to encounter, and cakes to devour. The figures who live in these places are uneasily known. They are consumed, unearthed, and held in equal measure by the spaces. Many of these moments have been observed from life, and thus strive to slow sight, to reveal the oddity of vision. Yet they drift between fact and fiction, and the relationships between the two are never fully resolved — understood edges becoming unclear, objects merging one with another to become disjointed, uncertain presences looming. They are landscapes and stories that feel familiar at first, but which become more curious and peculiar the longer you look.
—Brooke P. Alexander
I've Always Loved the Path
Truman State University, Kirksville, MO
Solo show, 2026
Courses Taught
- Art 1010 Two-Dimensional Design
- Art 1110 Drawing I
- Art 2110 Drawing II
- Art 3110 Figure Drawing I
- Art 3120 Figure Drawing II
- Art 3210 Beginning Painting
Education
B.A. Studio Art, Athens State University (2015)
MFA Art, University of Mississippi (2018)
Recognitions
- Mississippi Fellow for Visual Arts, South Arts, 2024