FRANKLIN JEFFERS (he/him/they)
Interdisciplinary Visual Artist
Birmingham, Alabama
jeffersfranklin@gmail.com | www.franklinjeffers.com
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
Solo Exhibition (forthcoming), Gadsden Museum of Art, Gadsden, AL, 2026
Something Must Break, VOX Gallery, Tarrant, AL, 2025
37.2%, Allison Street Gallery, Ashland, OR, 2023
Is This the New Normal?, Retzlaff Gallery, Ashland, OR, 2021
Reclamation (with Rebeca Ramm), Marion Ady Gallery, Ashland, OR, 2021
Selected Group Exhibitions
Synergies, Alabama Clay Conference, Tuscaloosa, AL, 2025
Student Pop-Up (juried), Mid-South Sculpture Alliance, Birmingham, AL, 2024
The Capricious Cup, Roswell Visual Arts Center, Roswell, GA, 2024
Synergies, Alabama Clay Conference, Orange Beach, AL, 2024
Signs of Spring at Table Rocks, Medford, OR, 2022
Pollinators Anthology, Catalyst Gallery, Ashland, OR, 2022
First Cuts, Marion Ady Gallery, Ashland, OR, 2022
Oregon Fringe Festival, Ashland, OR, 2021
SELECTED PROJECTS
Waylines (2025–present) — Ongoing site-based interdisciplinary visual project examining self-representation
and institutional space.
PUBLICATIONS & ARTISTIC WRITING
“Franklin’s Bumblebee,” Signs of Spring @ Table Rocks, 2022
“Franklin’s Bumblebee,” Rogue Valley Pollinators Anthology, 2022
“Where Do We Go From Here?,” Oregon Wildfires Anthology, 2021
TEACHING & COMMUNITY-BASED ARTS EXPERIENCE
Community Education Coordinator, Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project (Auburn University),
2025–presentPour Crew / Educator, Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, AL, 2023–present
Ceramics Teaching Assistant, University of Alabama, 2023–2025
Printmaking Teaching Assistant, Southern Oregon University, 2021–2022
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Artist Assistant, Stacey Holloway, Birmingham, AL, 2024–2025
Head Printer, Daydream HQ, Sisters, OR, 2022
Print Shop Technician, Southern Oregon University, 2021–2022
Designer / Fabricator, Independent Practice, 2015–present
GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS
Graduate Teaching Apprenticeship, University of Alabama, 2023–2025
McNair Scholarship, 2023–2025
Osher Re-Entry Scholarship, 2022–2023
SOU Retention Grant, 2022–2023
OTA Last Mile Grant, 2022
Leon Mulling Art Scholarship, 2021–2022
MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) — Member
Mid-South Sculpture Alliance (MSA) — Member
American Welding Society
EDUCATION
MA, Ceramics & Sculpture, University of Alabama
BS, Arts (Sculpture / Experimental Performance), Southern Oregon University
AA, General Studies, Central Oregon Community College