Past Exhibitions
Exhibitions
February 23 - February 24, 2017
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Virginia Scotchie: Ways of Creation
Virginia Scotchie, a ceramic artist and head of ceramics at the University of South Carolina, creates sculptural ceramics inspired by everyday objects and materials. Her work explores form, fragment, and transformation, often using reclaimed and unconventional materials like cable reels and pallets.…
February 23 - February 24, 2017
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Mary Edna Fraser: Lowcountry
Mary Edna Fraser, based in Charleston, specializes in batik and oil paintings inspired by coastal environments and aerial perspectives. Using a dye-resist batik process on silk, she depicts landscapes from her own flights over regions like Georgia, South Carolina, New Mexico, and the Appalachian…
September 1 - October 28, 2016
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William Dunlap: Look at It — Think About It
The exhibition, previously shown at the Katzen Museum in Washington, DC, features paintings, constructions, and works on paper that explore narrative, modernist concepts, and contemplation. Dunlap, rooted in the Southern tradition, incorporates themes such as history, folk art, animals, and…
September 15 - September 16, 2012
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Fahamu Pecou: Native Sun
Pecou’s work explores Black masculinity and how it is represented in popular culture. Through self-portraiture, paintings, videos, and performances, he interrogates stereotypes, celebrity obsession, and racial perceptions. His art often employs parody and exaggeration to critique societal…
September 15 - September 16, 2012
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Colin Quashie: The Plantation (Plan-ta-shun)
Quashie’s mixed media works critically examine the history and ongoing legacy of plantation life in the American South, particularly Charleston. Using satire, popular imagery, and media, his art challenges cultural stereotypes, questions societal assumptions, and sparks debate about the past and…
September 15 - September 16, 2012
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Stacy Lynn Waddell: BLACK, BURST AND BOOM!
A mixed media installation by Stacy Lynn Waddell that combines drawing, collage, and burning techniques to explore African American cultural history, personal identity, and the passage of time. Inspired by themes of failure, desire, and resilience, her work integrates imagery reminiscent of tropical…
September 15 - September 16, 2012
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Question Bridge: Black Males
An innovative video project by Hank Willis Thomas, Chris Johnson, Bayeté Ross Smith, and Kamal Sinclair that explores critical issues within the African American male community. Originating in 1996, the project features a collection of over 1,500 un-staged questions and answers from more than 150…
February 16 - February 17, 2011
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Shimmer: The Contemporary Tapestries of Jon Eric Riis
The Sumter County Gallery of Art showcased "Shimmer: The Contemporary Tapestries of Jon Eric Riis," featuring the works of renowned fiber artist Jon Eric Riis. Riis, educated at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Cranbrook Academy of Art, is considered a leading figure in contemporary…
Exhibition Archive
Details about the exhibitions listed here are available upon request. Please email: Curator@SumterGallery.com.
- Sumter Artists; Guild Winner's Exhibition & Pathfinders Art Show 2025
- Roni Henderson - Solace & Bob Warner - Out Of This World
- Esther Bynum Sharp - For The Birds & Amanda Yoder - At Home: Reflections on Time & Material
- Sumter Artists' Guild Show 2024
- Jerry Siegel – Rooted In Place: Images From The Black Belt
- Pathfinders Art Show 2024 & Sumter Artists’ Guild Winners Show 2024
- Charles Basham – Bathed in Light & Mildred and Elizabeth
- Christopher Lane – “Circle of Life” & the Sumter Artists’ Guild Winners Exhibition
- In Kyoung Chun – Glass Houses & Emma Knight – Twisted Eden
- Sumter Artists’ Guild Exhibition 2023
- Clarence Heyward – About a Dream & Gabrielle Torres – the Paradox
- Wilfred Spoon – Quiet Ground & Micah Green – Hands On, The South
- Jordan Sheridan – Spellbound & Thomas The Younger – “Be One Traveler”
- Dogon Krigga – Omphalos: The Converging Of Antique Futures & Jeremy R Brooks – Looking Back/Being Forward
- Diane Kilgore Condon – “Wild Kingdom” & Sumter Artists’ Guild Winners Exhibition
- Ecos – Resonances Of Sc Latino Stories & Susan Harbage Page – Between The River And The Wall
- Beverly Y. Smith – Ancestral Threads & Darien Arikoski-johnson – Fractured Fictions
- Susan Lenz – Last Words & Sumter Artists’ Guild Winners Exhibition
- The Supper Table & Maria Britton – Dream Bodies
- Craig Crawford – “In The Wake” & Chotsani Elaine Dean – “Trading Post: Huys De Hope” & Antonio Modesto Milian – “Indestructible”
- Stephen Chesley – Field, Trees, Sky
- Carolita Cantrell – Spirited Vision
- Andrew Blanchard – Saturday Night, Sunday Morning & Cedric Umoja – That Old Black Gospel & Dogon Krigga – Afroglyph
- Shanequa Gay – I Come As Us & Lorna Ruth Galloway – Halftone Half-Lives
- Saba Taj – Muslims Are Awesome! & William Paul Thomas – Loved Ones
- Deane Ackerman – Radiant Expressions & Terrell Clark – Eyes Of Havana
- Gil Ngolé – The Midnight Walks & Sheena Rose – This Strange Land
- Michelle Van Parys/john Hathaway/joshua Flint
- Willie Cole & Michaela Pilar Brown
- Sumter Artists’ Guild Show
- Esteban Del Valle & Antoine Williams
- Uncommon Folk – Selections From The Sc State Museum
- The Sc Watermedia Society & Sumter Artists’ Guild Winners Show & Carl Bell
- Michael Lavine: Precious 023 & Mary Bentz Gilkerson: Minervaville & Clay Burnette Aldwyth
- Sumter Artists’ Guild Show
- Tarleton Blackwell
- The Paternal Suit: Heirlooms From The F. Scott Hess Family Foundation
- The Sc Watermedia Society & Sumter Artists’ Guild Winners Show
- Christopher Sims & Lori Larusso
- Question Bridge: Black Males & Stacy Lynn Waddell
- Sumter Artists’ Guild Show
- Jim Arendt: Selvage & Elizabeth Brim
- Sumter Collects Ii
- The Sc Watermedia Society & Sumter Artists’ Guild Winners Show
- Aldwyth – Ebb And Flow
- Diana Farfán – The Dream Life Of Broken Toys & Jody Servon And Lorene Delany-Ullman – Saved
- Candice Ivy – Black Tide & Linda Fantuzzo – The Space Between
- André Leon Gray – “…until Victory Is Won” & Sheila Pree Bright – Young Americans
- Benny Andrews – The John Lewis Series
- Sarah Hobbs – Modern Angst
- Shaun Cassidy & Tom Stanley – Collaboration Of Fragments
- Phillip Millen - 1994-2008
- Ronald Gonzalez: Objects as Figures, Figures as Objects & David Voros: The Myth in the Mirror
- Susan Harbage Page: Postcards From Home
- Sumter Artist’s Guild Show
- Chris Clamp: Back to the Future & Brian Rust: Rock, Paper, Scissors
- Force of Nature: Site Installations by Ten Japanese Artists
- Eileen Blyth: Reimagining Purpose
- Bruce Chandler: Lush Life
- NBSC Oil Painter's Open Invitational & Cara-Lin Getty: Explorations
- The South Carolina Watercolor Society Traveling Exhibit & the Sumter Artist’s Guild Winners Show
- Selections from the South Carolina Arts Commission Collection
- NBSC Oil Painter’s Open Invitational & The Art of Minnie Deschamps
- The South Carolina Watercolor Society Traveling Exhibit & the Sumter Artists’ Guild Winners Show
- “Juan Logan: Close Inspection”
- The Sumter Artists Guild Show
- “Full Circle: A Retrospective” The Art of Zernie Smith & “Outlook: Charleston” Photographs by Laura Moses