FRANKLIN JEFFERS

Interdisciplinary Visual Artist
Birmingham, Alabama | jeffersfranklin@gmail.com | www.franklinjeffers.com

EDUCATION

2025 — MA, Ceramics & Sculpture, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
2023 — BS, Studio Art, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR — Magna Cum Laude
2020 — AA, General Studies, Central Oregon Community College, Bend, OR

SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2026 — Ley //\\ Lines, Gadsden Museum of Art, Gadsden, AL — Solo Exhibition
2025 — Something Must Break, VOX Gallery, Tarrant, AL — Solo Exhibition
2022 — 37.2%, Allison Street Gallery, Ashland, OR — Solo Exhibition
2021 — Is This the New Normal?, Retzlaff Gallery, Ashland, OR — Solo Exhibition
2021 — Reclamation, with Rebeca Ramm, Marion Ady Gallery, Ashland, OR — Two-Person Exhibition

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025 — Synergies, Alabama Clay Conference, Tuscaloosa, AL
2024 — Student Pop-Up, juried exhibition, Mid-South Sculpture Alliance, Birmingham, AL
2024 — The Capricious Cup, Roswell Visual Arts Center, Roswell, GA
2024 — Synergies, Alabama Clay Conference, Orange Beach, AL
2022 — Signs of Spring at Table Rocks, Nature Conservancy of Oregon and Bureau of Land Management, Medford, OR
2022 — Pollinators Anthology, Catalyst Gallery, Ashland, OR
2022 — First Cuts, Marion Ady Gallery, Ashland, OR
2021 — Oregon Fringe Festival, selected artist, Closing Ceremonies, Ashland, OR

SELECTED PROJECTS

2025–present — Ley //\\ Lines — Ongoing interdisciplinary project examining institutional geography, identity, memory, and the overlapping structures of incarceration and higher education.

ARTIST TALKS

2025 — Franklin Jeffers: Something Must Break, VOX Gallery, Tarrant, AL

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & ARTISTIC WRITING

2022 — “Pedagogical Contradictions: Art Education and the Evolving Shift in Critical Pedagogic Philosophies,” McNair Scholars Journal, Vol. 18, pp. 29–34.
2022 — “Franklin’s Bumblebee,” Signs of Spring @ The Table Rocks.
2022 — “Franklin’s Bumblebee,” Rogue Valley Pollinators Anthology.
2021 — “Where Do We Go From Here?,” Oregon Wildfires Anthology.

GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS

2023–2025 — Graduate Teaching Apprenticeship, The University of Alabama
2023–2025 — McNair Scholarship
2022–2023 — Osher Re-Entry Scholarship
2022–2023 — SOU Retention Grant
2022 — OTA Last Mile Grant
2021–2022 — Akerill Scholarship
2021–2022 — Leon Mulling Art Scholarship

TEACHING, COMMUNITY & ADVOCACY EXPERIENCE

2026–present — Board Member, Offender Alumni Association
2025–present — Community Education Coordinator, Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project, Auburn University
2023–present — Pour Crew / Educator, Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, AL
2023–2025 — Ceramics Teaching Assistant, The University of Alabama
2021–2022 — Printmaking Teaching Assistant, Southern Oregon University

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) | Mid-South Sculpture Alliance (MSA)