b. 1987

Angee Montgomery is a contemporary Fine Art Painter based out of Mississippi. Her passion for visual art led to a BFA from the University of Memphis in 2014 and many creative professions dotting her path as a young artist such as Graphic Artist, Creative Educator and Community Arts Director for the DeSoto Arts Council.

Her work has received awards such as First Place in Oxford’s Biggest Baddest Art Exhibition and Honorable Mention in Meridian Museum’s 47th Biennial. She has received several grants to help grow the creative economy in her home state, offering the Motherland Creative Retreat in 2022 - a nature based artist’s retreat in rural Mississippi.

Montgomery’s paintings schism back and forth between the domestic and the wild, blending the lines between nature & nurture. The motivation is driven by a celebration of every experience and curiosity for what could be. Direct observation mingles with imagination and historical reference to create works with a rich personal yet universal narrative. Working with surface and building up the paint in layers is central to her process. There is always an emphasis on gesture and mark-making to give each painting a poetic power.

2014. University of Memphis, BFA in Fine Art

2023. A World of Our Own. Culter Crane Gallery, Memphis, TN

2022. Choice Exhibition presented by Nasty Women Memphis, Memphis, TN.

2022. September Artist Selection Show. DeSoto Arts Council, Hernando, MS.

2022. Collective Introductions. The Little Yellow Building @ Mississippi School of the Arts. Brookhaven, MS.

2022. Body. The Little Yellow Building. Online.

2021. Biggest Baddest Art Show, Oxford Artist’s Guild. Oxford, MS

2021. Fall Into Art, Sycamore Arts Council. Senatobia, MS

2021. 47th Annual Bi-State, Meridian Museum of Art. Meridian, MS.

2021. Member Showcase, Memphis Germantown Art League (MGAL). Memphis, TN

2021. My Best Friend, Summer Fun, & Not Your Mother’s Art. DeSoto Arts Council. Hernando, MS

2021. Spring Show, sponsored by Oxford Artists Guild, Oxford, MS

2020. Small Biz Holiday Show, sponsored by Sycamore Arts Council, Senatobia, MS

2020. Political Discord, Online Exhibition

2020. 8th Annual “All Figurative/Portrait” Online Competition, sponsored by Contemporary Art
Gallery Online

2020. War Paint, sponsored by Nasty Women Memphis, Memphis, TN

2020. Breaking Boundaries, sponsored by DeSoto Arts Council, Hernando, MS

2014. Resorts Casino, Juried Exhibition, sponsored by Desoto Arts Council & Resorts Casino,
1100 Casino Strip Resort Blvd, Tunica, MS

2014. Free for All Show, sponsored by Desoto Arts Council, 564 W Commerce, Hernando, MS

2013. Exhibition Momentum, Juried Exhibition, sponsored by Rhodes College, 419 South
Main, Memphis, TN

2013. Overwhelming Captivations, Juried Exhibition, sponsored by Featherjett Fine Arts, 477
South Main, Memphis, TN

2012. 29th Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Art Museum of the University of Memphis (AMUM), Memphis, TN, Juried by Barbara MacAdam of ARTnews magazine

2023. Best of Category. Pacesetter Gallery Plein Air Competition. Ridgeland, MS. “Curva de Euro” painting.

2023. Mini grant. Mississippi Arts Commission.

2022. Individual Project Grant. Mississippi Arts Commission.

2022. Creative Business Cohort & Seed Funding, Yoknapatawpha Arts Council, Oxford, MS.

2021. First Place. OAG Biggest Baddest Art Show, Oxford, MS. “Honey Hole” painting.

2021. Honorable Mention. Meridian Museum of Art’s 47th Bi-State Exhibition. “Trickster” painting.

2021. Mini grant. Mississippi Arts Commission.

2023. YouTube.com@DerrickMichaudChannel. "Artist Talk with Angee Montgomery" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB_xc7QqxQs

2021. Mississippi Artist to Artist Podcast. October 1, 2021. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/angee-montgomery

2020. Gallery of Commissioned Art, Volup2 Magazine. https://www.volup2.com/gallery-of-commissioned-art/2020/10/28/angee-montgomery

2019. DeSoto Magazine, July Issue. “An Artful Start”. https://issuu.com/desotomagazine/docs/desoto-july_issuu

2019. Click Magazine, March Issue. “The Art of Leadership”.

2023. Special Projects, Culter Crane Gallery, Memphis, TN

2019-2020. Executive Director, DeSoto Arts Council, Hernando, MS

2014-2019. Senior Graphic Artist, Cyber Graphics, Memphis, TN