Libations Behind the Curtain was included in the 2020 Figurative Impulse exhibition at Pellissippi State University. The regional exhibition included 12 artists from Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and Louisiana and is described in the Pellissippi State News.
Stout’s work was included in the 2020 Contemporary figurative exhibition, Voluntarily Indirect, at the University of Tennessee at Martin. The exhibition was held at the Fine Arts Building Gallery from January 9 - February 1st, 2020. Artists included, Carl Moore, Clay Palmer, Davey Mann, Denise Stewart-Sanabria, Donna Woodley, Ivy-Jade Edwards, Jason Stout, Jed Jackson, Kelly Cook Harmon, Jodi Hays, Marlos E'van, Matt Christy, Nuveen Barwari, Robert Fairchild, Roger Allen Cleaves, and Samuel Dunson.
Curated by Clay Palmer, this show exhibits contemporary observations from Tennessee artists on the human figure. A printed catalog of the work featured selected pieces with artist statements. The digital version of the catalog can be viewed by clicking here.
Blood Money Vice was included in the Kent State Small Works Juried Exhibition, which occurred in February of 2019 at the KSU Downtown Gallery, Kent State University, Kent OH. The international exhibition featured more than 50 works of art: https://www.kent.edu/art/event/small-works-juried-exhibition
The Hills Observatory was included in the 2019 exhibition, “The Art of Hope” at Mississippi State Art Gallery, Mississippi State University, Starkville MS.
Stout’s work was included in the 2019 Exhibition, “Our Heritage Thru the Arts.” The national exhibition was held at the 1894 Gallery in Texarkana, Arkansas. Information on the exhibit was featured in the Texarkana Gazette: https://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/features/story/2019/oct/24/new-1894-gallery-exhibit-highlights-artistic-heritage/801160/
Stout’s drawing, “Hats for Bats, Flames for Names” was featured in Art of the South, an annual juried exhibition by Number: Inc. The exhibition is open to artists residing in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington, D.C. and West Virginia. The 2019 exhibition occurred May 28-July 14, 2019 and was juried by Bethany Springer
“American Movie Premier” was featured in the 2019 Dogwood Arts Regional Art Exhibition at the Emporium Art Center in Knoxville, TN. The exhibition was on view June 7-28.
Black Star Unscripted, a solo exhibition by Jason Stout will open at REM Gallery in San Antonio, Texas on November 9th, 2019. The reception will be held from 6-9pm.
This exhibit, consisting of drawings and paintings, deals with notions of political strife coexisting with environmental concerns to create compositions of smaller troubled environments. There are fragmented figurative elements existing in and outside of these clouds, as well as tools, weapons, and vices. These fragments serve as visual metaphors that address specific narratives from our modern time.
Black Star - A black star is created when matter compresses at a rate significantly less than the freefall velocity of a hypothetical particle falling to the center of its star, because quantum processes create vacuum polarization, which creates a form of degeneracy pressure, preventing spacetime (and the particles held within it) from occupying the same space at the same time. The predicted interior of a black star will be composed of this strange state of spacetime, with each length in depth heading inward appearing the same as a black star of equivalent mass and radius with the overlayment stripped off. Temperatures increase with depth towards the center.
Unscripted - Not following a prepared script.
REM Gallery | 219 E Park Ave, San Antonio, TX 78212
Photograph by Discovery Park of America
“Jason Stout grew up in Martin, Tennessee, and always knew he was talented in the arts. As a child in elementary school, his teachers would give his artwork a little bit more attention than the rest of the kids, and he soaked it up. His inspiration came from sitting at the railroad tracks in the car, watching the trains coming in from Chicago and observing the fun 80s graffiti that was displayed on the cars. Now as an associate professor of art at the University of Tennessee at Martin, Stout encourages his students to not dismiss fellow students and the community if they do not understand art. Instead, he encourages them to be a bridge and connect the community with the art.”
Listen to this episode of Reelfoot Forward by Discovery Park of America by clicking here.
Jason Stout is interviewed by Sabrina Bates of the Weakley County Press for an article on his personal work, his work with UT Martin, and his contributions to art in Weakley County.
http://www.nwtntoday.com/2019/07/10/bringing-art-from-the-classroom-to-the-community/
The 2019 University of Tennessee Outstanding Teacher Award is presented by the UT Alumni Association as a recognition of teaching excellence. Jason Stout was a recipient of the 2019 UTAA Outstanding Teacher Award during the 2019 UTAA Board of Governor’s Awards Dinner.
Jason Stout's talk, "How to Disappear Incompletely: Derrrida, Absence and Presence", at the University of Memphis, in conjunction with his guest artist and juror appointment for the Best of Memphis art exhibition, April 2019.
Stout’s work was a part of Salon des Refuses, the 2019 Visual and Theatre Arts Faculty Art Exhibition in March of 2019. The exhibition was held in the Fine Arts Gallery of the UT Martin Fine Arts Building.
“Offline Instant Messenger Gale” was part of the Center for Contemporary Arts National Competition in 2018. The exhibition was featured at The Center for Contemporary Arts in Abilene, Texas from November 6, 2018 to January 26, 2019.
“Dark Star Halo Pass” and “Open Carry Storms Vary” were both accepted into the 59th Mid-States Art Exhibition in Evansville, Indiana in Fall, 2018. The exhibit was featured at the Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science from December 9, 2018 to March 3, 2019.
“Rebellion Brume” was featured in the 2018 FLETCH3R Exhibition along with its corresponding catalog. The Annual FL3TCH3R EXHIBIT is an international juried exhibit focused on socially and politically engaged art based in Johnson City, TN
The full catalog may be found by clicking here.
Jason Stout receives the 2018 Registered Student Organization Advisor of the Year award at University of Tennessee at Martin in April of 2018.
“Texas National features an assortment of art, including photography, painting, sculpture and mixed media, and includes over 90 pieces of art by 81 di fferent artists from 30 states.
Distinguished artist and curator Benito Huerta is the juror for the 2017 Texas National Competition & Exhibition, now in its 23rd year. The School of Art’s annual juried competition attracts entrants from across the United States, providing artists an opportunity to have their work juried by highly acclaimed artists and critics.”
View the full catalog by clicking here.
Jason Stout is interviewed by Chris Davis of the Memphis Flyer in advance of his solo exhibition, “Into a Birdless Sky” at Circuitous Succession Gallery in Memphis.
Full issue here: https://issuu.com/contemporarymedia/docs/memphisflyer_3-2-17
“Consumption Nation Boom” receives 1st Place in Painting at the Impressions 2017 exhibition held at the Icehouse Gallery in Mayfield Ky.