Genavieve Gilbert
Artist, educator and curator. Greenville, South Carolina.
Education
Palm Beach Atlantic University, Bachelor of Arts in History, Minor in Art, 2005
Ringling School of Art and Design, Fine Arts, 2001-2002
Selected exhibitions
2026: The Veils Between Us, Canvas Coffee + Art House, Greenville, SC
2026: MOTHERS, Canvas Coffee + Art House, Greenville, SC
2025 and 2026: Kaleidoscope Fundraising Auction for Premier Arts Collective, Zen, Greenville, SC
2025: Premier Art Collective Art Walk, Camperdown, Greenville, SC
2025: Free as a Bird, Canvas Coffee + Art House, Greenville, SC
2025: Prayers in Paint, Canvas Coffee + Art House, Greenville, SC
2025: Artists of the Upstate, juried show, Artisphere, Greenville, SC
2025: Dreamscapes, Dolly F. Pardi Gallery, Greenville, SC
2024: Flat Out Under Pressure, Metropolitan Arts Council, Greenville, SC
2024: Metropolitan Arts Council 12x12 Retrospective Open Studios show, Dolly F. Pardi Gallery, Greenville, SC
2023: The Art Room GVL fall show, Greenville, SC
2023: Greenville Open Studios, Metropolitan Arts Council, Greenville, SC
2023: Celebration of Faith through Art, Symphony of Art, Beloved Gallery, Marble Falls, TX
2023: Flat Out Under Pressure, Metropolitan Arts Council, Greenville, SC
2019: 4 Elements, Van Der Plas Gallery, New York, NY
2019: East Austin Studio Tour, Austin, TX
Teaching
2023-2025: Elements of Art & Design and Art History (high school), Upstate Homeschool Co-op, Greenville, SC. Original lesson plans; about 20 students per class.
Bethel Austin: Creativity and the Holy Spirit, original curriculum taught as single sessions and multi-week courses for 20 to 50 people.
Studio classes and workshops in drawing, painting, watercolor, acrylic and foundations.
Curation and arts leadership
2024 to present: Co-owner and Art Director, Canvas Coffee + Art House, Greenville, SC. Curates and organizes rotating exhibitions (about eight solo and group shows and about 15 artists and makers so far) and community programs including workshops and Sketch Club.
2017-2021: Founder and leader of the art team at Bethel Austin, Austin, TX. Grew the team to about 10 artists who created work during worship services and events.
Publication
We Are the Makers: Partnering with God to Release Heaven on Earth. Messenger Books, 2021.