Earl Dismuke September 2024
American
1981 Born in Winona, MS Lives in Oxford, MS
Works at his studio in Oxford, MS
Co-Founder of the Yokna Sculpture Trail, Oxford, MS
Education
2007 University of Mississippi BFA in Sculpture
2002 Holmes Community College Associates Degree in Computer-Aided Drafting
Selected Exhibitions
2024-2025 Rosemary Beach Sculpture Exhibition, Rosemary Beach, FL
2024-2026 Hattiesburg Alliance for Public Art, Hattiesburg, MS
2024 HGTV’s Hometown featured artist, episode “Chasing Waterfalls", Laurel, MS
2022-2023 University of Mississippi Museum of Art, “Gathering- Works by Earl Dismuke,” University, MS
2022 -2024 Matthews Sanders Sculpture Garden, Cleveland, MS
2022 Southside Gallery “Blue Christmas” Oxford, MS
2022 The Ogden Museum of Southern Art “Oh What A Night” New Orleans, LA
2022 Mississippi State University Galleries, “Piecing it Together- Sculpture by Earl Dismuke” Starkville, MS
2021 Mississippi Museum of Art, “Mississippi Invitational” Jackson, MS
2021 University of Mississippi Friends of the Museum, “Harvest Supper” Oxford, MS
2021 Southside Gallery “Figurative Forms“ Oxford, MS
2021 “Art on the Atlanta BeltLine” Atlanta, GA
2021 Studio Waveland, “Mississippi 3D” Waveland, MS
2021 The Little Yellow Building, “The Mississippi Garden of Rhythm and Blues” Brookhaven, MS
2021 “ArtFields” Lake City, South Carolina
2021 “Fiber Fest” Oxford, MS
2020 Walter Anderson Museum of Art “Persistence” Ocean Springs, MS
2020 The Little Yellow Building “Hope” Brookhaven, MS
2020 The Ogden Museum of Southern Art “Oh What A Night” New Orleans, LA
2020 Hibernian Sculpture Park New Orleans, LA
2019 International Sculpture Center’s “International Small Sculpture Exhibition” Portland, OR
2019 Studio Waveland “Wood, Wax, Ink, Paper, Clay: Mixed” Waveland, MS
2019 Poydras Corridor Sculpture Exhibition New Orleans, LA 2019 Studio Waveland “Metal & Glass” Waveland, MS
2018-2019 Mississippi Arts Commission’s “Fellowship Recipient Show” Jackson MS
2018 International Sculpture Center’s “International Small Sculpture Exhibition” Moore College of Art & Design Philadelphia, PA
2018 Studio Waveland “Stratum” Waveland, MS
2018 Oxford Treehouse Gallery “Mary Day” Oxford, MS
2018 Scope Basel 2018 “Art Everywhere” Basel Switzerland
2018 Clay County Arts Council “Art in Public Places” West Point, MS
2018 “Art in Public Places” Starkville, MS
2018 Starkville Area Arts Council “Cotton District Juried Art Exhibition” Starkville, MS
2018 Southside Art Gallery Group Exhibition Oxford, MS
2018 Primer Encuentro Internacional de Pintura y Escultura Urbana, Lima, Peru
2017 Museum of Biblical Art “MBA 8x8 2017 Art Exhibition” Dallas, TX
2017 North Light Gallery “North Light in 3D” Oxford, MS
2016 Union County Heritage Museum “William Faulkner: The Man” New Albany, MS
2008 Del Mar College 42nd National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Corpus Christi, TX
2007 Marimekko Art Gallery “Mellow Beauty” Solo Exhibition, Oxford, MS
2007 Gallery 130 “Mellow Beauty” Thesis Exhibition, University, MS
Curated Exhibitions
2019-2022 Anna Murphy, Mural Project, Oxford, MS
2021 “3D Mississippi” Studio Waveland, Waveland, MS
2020 “The Shelter Show” Bus Stop Mural Project, City of Oxford and Artists, Oxford, MS 2019-2020 The University of Mississippi Public Art Consultant, University, MS
2019 “From All of Us 2 All of You” Wendo Brunious, JoLean LaBorde, and Angel Perdomo, Mural Project, Oxford, MS
2018 George Tobolowsky’s “Long Road Back” Exhibition (Outdoor), University of Mississippi Museum of Art and The City of Oxford, MS
2018 Yokna Sculpture Trail, the City of Oxford Pat Lamar Park, the University of Mississippi Rebel Sculpture Park, University of Mississippi Museum of Art, and the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council Powerhouse Sculpture Garden, Oxford, MS.
2017 New Albany Public Art Program, New Albany, MS
2017 North Light in 3D Group Exhibition, North Light Gallery, Oxford, MS
2017 Yokna Sculpture Trail, the City of Oxford Pat Lamar Park, the University of Mississippi Rebel Sculpture Park, University of Mississippi Museum of Art, and the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council Powerhouse Sculpture Garden, Oxford, MS.
2016 Yokna Sculpture Trail, the City of Oxford Pat Lamar Park, the University of Mississippi Rebel Sculpture Park, University of Mississippi Museum of Art, and the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council Powerhouse Sculpture Garden, Oxford, MS.
2015 Yokna Sculpture Trail, the City of Oxford Pat Lamar Park, the University of Mississippi Rebel Sculpture Park, University of Mississippi Museum of Art, and the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council Powerhouse Sculpture Garden, Oxford, MS.
Private Collections
Private Collection, Palm Beach, FL
Private Collection, Sarasota, FL
Private Collection, Washington, DC
Private Collection, Laurel, MS
Private Collections, Oxford, MS
Private Collections, Carrolton, MS
Private Collection, Winona, MS
Private Collections, Dallas, TX
Private Collection, Madison, WI
Private Collections, New Orleans, LA
Public Collections
Permanent Collection of the City of Oxford, Oxford, MS
Permanent Collection of Splinter Creek, Taylor, MS
Permanent Collection of the University of Mississippi Office of the Provost, Oxford, MS
Permanent Collection of Hinds Community College, Raymond, MS
Permanent Collection of the University of Mississippi Art Department, Oxford, MS
Corporate Collections
CoreLogic / FNC Oxford, MS
Community Work/Project Management
2023-2024 Delta Wind Birds Mural Project, Belzoni, MS
2020-2022 Pascagoula Public Art Enterprise, Pascagoula, MS
2019-2022 Anna Murphy, Mural Project, Oxford, MS
2020 “The Shelter Show” Bus Stop Mural Project, City of Oxford and Artists, Oxford, MS
2019 “From All of Us 2 All of You” Wendo Brunious, JoLean LaBord, and Angel Perdomo, Mural Project, Oxford, MS
2015-2018, Yokna Sculpture Trail, the City of Oxford Pat Lamar Park, the University of Mississippi Rebel Sculpture Park, University of Mississippi Museum of Art and the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council Powerhouse Sculpture Garden, Oxford, MS
2015-2016 Public Art Field Trip for Horizons, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
2015 Oxford-Lafayette County Chamber of Commerce's Class of 2015 Leadership Lafayette, Oxford, MS
Awards and Grants
2023 Nominated for the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award
2021 Top 20 Under 40 Lafayette Oxford Chamber of Commerce 2020 Nominated for the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award
2019 Mississippi Arts Commission Mini-Grant Recipient
2019 Nominated for the Mississippi Arts Commission Governor’s Award 2019 Mississippi Arts Commission Visual Arts Fellowship Grant Recipient
2018 2nd Place Award in the Starkville Area Arts Council’s “Cotton District Juried Art Exhibition” Juried by Elizabeth Abston, Curator of American Art at the Mississippi Museum of Art
2017 The Gallucci Creative Fund Grant Recipient
2016 2nd Place Award Union County Heritage Museum’s “William Faulkner: The Man” Group Exhibition 2016 Best of Oxford, MS -Local Artist – listed in the top ten
2015 Oxford Mississippi Lafayette County Chamber of Commerce’s “2015 Leadership Award” for the Yokna Sculpture Trail
Membership in Professional Organizations
2021-Present Board of Directors, the University of Mississippi Friends of the Museum 2019-Present Board Member of L.O.F.T (Lafayette Oxford Foundation for Tomorrow) 2019-Present Mid-South Sculpture Alliance Professional Member
2019 Exhibition Committee – International Sculpture Center’s Conference 2018 Texas Sculpture Group
2007-present ISC-International Sculpture Center