Faculty

Virginia Taylor Derryberry

Professor of Art and Department Chair

 

240 Owen Hall
828.251.6875
vderrybe@unca.edu
http://www.virginiaderryberry.com

Biography

Professor Derryberry teaches drawing and painting classes and is actively involved in the university’s Undergraduate Research Program, serving as its Director from 2004-2007.

Her work is shown regularly in solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States and her paintings have been written about in an extensive list of publications, including the publication of her artist portfolio in New American Paintings, volume 82, 2009 and the 15th anniversary edition, 2010.  Her awards include: chosen as a Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome (2010); the Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award (2005) and the Feldman Professor Award for scholarship (2010) from the University of North Carolina Asheville; the Annual Artist Fellowship from the Southeastern College Art Association (2005); a residency at Moulin a’ Nef, Auvillar, France, through the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (2004); two Individual Artist grants from the state of Georgia (1995 and 1993).  Her drawings and paintings are in the collections of the Carnegie Museum of Art, the Morris Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, the Bank of America Southeast Collection, a site-specific installation of 16 paintings at the Hartsfield-Atlanta International Airport, and the Tennessee State Museum.

Education

• MFA, drawing and painting
  University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• MA, painting and printmaking
  Peabody College, Nashville, TN
• BA, art history (magna cum laude)
  Vanderbilt University, Nashville

Courses Taught

• ART 113  Life Drawing I
• ART 211  Painting II
• ART 201 Life Drawing II
• ART 302 Life Drawing III
• ART 310 Painting III
• ART 410 Painting IV
• ART 400 BA Seminar
• ART 490 BFA Exhibitions I
• ART 491 BFA Exhibitions II
• ART 492 BFA Exhibitions III

Recent Exhibitions (2007-present)

• Coburn Gallery, Ashland University, Ashland, OH, Third Nature, (solo), September 27–November 9, 2012. 
• Neil Britton Gallery, Virginia Wesleyan College, Norfolk, VA, (solo), September 13–December, 2012.
• ARTery Gallery (Asheville Area Arts Council), Asheville, NC; Third Nature (solo), November 2011
• Blackberry Farms Gallery, Maryville College, Maryville, TN; Alchemical Narratives (solo), December 2011
• Perspective Gallery, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA; Alchemical Narratives (solo), 2011
• Nashville International Airport, Nashville, TN; Flying Solo with Lauren, (solo), 2010-11
• Fine Arts Gallery, Valdosta State University, GA; Alchemical Narratives (solo), 2010
• Ewing Gallery of Art, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN; Continuare (invitational small group exhibition), 2010
• 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA; Southeastern College Art Association (juried members exhibition), 2010
• International Association for the Study of Dreams Conference,  Asheville, NC; (national juried exhibition, Best of Show $1,000 award), 2010
• Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ; The Authentic Visual Voice (national invitational exhibition and symposium), 2010
• Ingram Studio Art Gallery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN; The Painter’s Eye  (invitational group exhibition), 2010
• Flood Art Gallery, Asheville, NC;  Eide/Eidola (solo), 2009
• Clayton Galleries, Tampa, FL; Small Works (group invitational), 2009
• Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN; Small Packages (group invitational), 2009
• Progress Energy Center, Raleigh, NC; North Carolina Juried Exhibition, juror, Dr. Kimerly Rorschach, Director, Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, 2009
• William King Arts Center, Abingdon, VA;  Rebis, 2008  (solo)
• Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC; Allegorical Realism, curated by Edie Carpenter, 2008
• Lee Gallery, Clemson University, SC; Where We’re From, 2008

Personal Website

www.virginiaderryberry.com