Rate My Professor Wanda Sullivan

Sullivan maintains an extensive record of exhibitions demonstrating her focus on oil paintings that explore conceptual themes related to gardens, natural forms, environmental change, and the interplay between synthetic and organic elements. Her solo exhibitions include Garden Anthology at Auburn University Biggin Gallery in Auburn, Alabama (2025); Reimagined Gardens at ASMS Gallery in Mobile, Alabama (2024); Natural Intersections at Gadsden Museum of Art in Gadsden, Alabama (2023); Savage Beauty: Wanda Sullivan and Rachel Wright, a two-person exhibition at Johnson Center for the Arts in Troy, Alabama (2023); Gardens of Hope at Mobile Museum of Art in Mobile, Alabama (2022, catalog published); Synthetic Naturals at Black Mountain Center for the Arts in Black Mountain, North Carolina (2022); and Worlds and Wings at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California (2015), among others. She has participated in numerous group and national juried exhibitions, such as SECAC Juried Members Exhibitions (2022, 2016), Artfields (2021, 2020), Bi-State Meridian Exhibitions (2019, 2016, 2015), and shows at institutions including Xavier University, Wichita Center for the Arts, and Mobile Museum of Art. Sullivan has received the Dawson Research Award from Spring Hill College in 2022 and 2016, a Faculty Development Grant in 2016, Honorable Mention awards in the SECAC Juried Members Exhibition and 2nd Alabama National Biennial (both 2016), and a Merit Award in the 43rd Annual Bi-State Competition Exhibition (2016). Her work appears in permanent collections and public commissions, contributing to contemporary art discourse in the Southeast and beyond.