The Mississippi State University Department of Art is pleased to welcome back ceramicist Lexus Giles for the annual alumni exhibition.

"Record Keeper: Testament To Resilience" presents work honoring ancestors and contemporary members of the African American diaspora. Through clay building, throwing, carving and mark-making, Giles builds objects, faces, jugs, vessels and installations to celebrate and preserve histories, traditional practices and futures. 

The exhibition will run from Mon., Oct. 27 through Fri., Nov. 21 in the new gallery space on the first floor of the Old Main Academic Building. 

Giles will give a public artist talk on Tues., Oct. 28 at 3 p.m., followed by her artist's reception at 5 p.m. in the gallery. 

Old Main Gallery hours are  9 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday through Friday.  As always, the MSU Art Galleries are free and open to the public!

About the Artist:

Lexus Giles received her BFA from Mississippi State University in 2019. In 2023, she earned her MFA in ceramics from the University of Florida. Giles' work has been exhibited in Mississippi, Florida, Iowa, Chicago and New York. She received the 2021-2022 University of Florida Grinter Fellowship and the Sam B. Hamilton Noxubee Refuge Fellowship in 2019. She curated the Black Space exhibition for the city of Gainesville, Florida, and has used her art practice to bring awareness to cnvironmental issues like water infrastructure, teaming up with organizations like Water For People.