Audrey Gaither / Nashville, TN / audreygaitherart@gmail.com / @audreygaitherart

Audrey Gaither is an artist based in Nashville, TN. She earned her BFA in Studio Art from Lipscomb University and is an MFA candidate at Watkins College of Art at Belmont University. Working primarily in painting and drawing, Gaither’s work investigates memorial, belief, and imagination while reflecting on the metaphors used to tell about such things.

Gaither’s work has been shown in numerous group exhibitions and is held in private collections across the United States. While pursuing her BFA, she served as Director of Open Gallery and led the student-run space’s curatorial and programming efforts. Gaither currently works as the Watkins College of Art’s Graduate Gallery Assistant and oversees operations of The WAG (Watkins Art Gallery). Gaither lives in her lifelong hometown of Nashville.

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Audrey Gaither (b. 2003)

Nashville, TN

EDUCATION

2027 MFA in Visual Arts, Watkins College of Art at Belmont University, Nashville, TN (July 2027)

2025 BFA in Studio Art, Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2026 Watching Me Watching You, Watkins Art Gallery, Nashville, TN

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025 Prompt, Watkins Art Gallery, Nashville, TN

2025Kaleidoscope, John C. Hutcheson Gallery, Nashville, TN

2025 Painting and Sculpture, Open Gallery, Nashville, TN

2024 Craft Night, Open Gallery, Nashville, TN

2024 Ribbons and Roads, Open Gallery, Nashville, TN

2023Garden of Eden, Open Gallery, Nashville, TN

2023Concrete Poetry, John C. Hutcheson Gallery, Nashville, TN

CURATORIAL WORK

2025 Kaleidoscope, Exhibition Designer, Open Gallery, Nashville, TN

2024 Princess (Hope Kise), Open Gallery, Nashville, TN

2024 Ribbons and Roads (Audrey Gaither, Ella Crouch, Grace Bryant), Open Gallery, Nashville, TN

2024 Soothsayer (Mauro Antonio Barreto and students), Open Gallery, Nashville, TN

PUBLISHED WRITING

2024 “Spirituality and AI Intersect in Shaman in the Loop,” Number:Inc (February)

2023 “Spirituality and AI Intersect in Shaman in the Loop,” Lipscomb Art Review: Soft Time (October)

RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2026 Teaching Assistant, Watkins College of Art

25-P Graduate Gallery Assistant, Watkins College of Art

2024 Director, Open Gallery, Nashville, TN

INTERNATIONAL STUDY

2024 Florence, Italy

HONORS/SCHOLARSHIPS

2025 Graduate Assistantship (full funding), Watkins College of Art at Belmont University

2024 John C. Hutcheson Scholarship, Lipscomb University

2023 John C. Hutcheson Scholarship, Lipscomb University

2023 Art Achievement Award, Lipscomb University

2021 John C. Hutcheson Scholarship, Lipscomb University