Jenny Eggleston is a Raleigh-based artist raised in Richmond, Virginia. Born into a family of historians, she was immersed in Southern patriotic rhetoric and grew up with a deep love of Southern culture, food, and art. Her work is a reckoning with this whitewashed, patriarchal upbringing.
Eggleston graduated from the College of William and Mary and began graduate studies at Virginia Commonwealth University before moving to Seattle and then to Raleigh. She has exhibited throughout North Carolina and Virginia at the Weatherspoon Art Museum in Greensboro, the Muscarelle Museum of Art in Williamsburg, and the Rubenstein Arts Center at Duke University, among others.
Leaning on the legacies of Philip Guston and Llyn Foulkes, Eggleston’s work engages with political and social narratives through a combination of humor, symbolic imagery, and painterly experimentation.
She was recently selected for the North Carolina Artists Exhibition opening at the Contemporary Art Museum (CAM) happening in September 2025, and has two solo shows booked for 2027 — at the Wilson Art Center and the Horace Williams House Historic Gallery in Chapel Hill, NC. In 2025, she won the Juror’s Award for her piece The Constitution, featured in the Juror Art Guild’s showcase.
Eggleston is the owner of Egg in Nest Art Studio, a private art space providing instruction in drawing, painting, and art appreciation. Her husband is a marine scientist at NC State University, and they have three grown children.
Recent Exhibition: UNSTABLE
In response to the resurgence of American fascism, Eggleston presents Unstable. Having watched our democratic experiment pushed to the brink, culminating in the January 6, 2021 insurrection, many have felt unmoored. A troubling onset of chaos has disrupted the comfort they once took in whatever version of American democracy they believed in. For Eggleston, this has taken the form of a stampede of sorts, horses escaping their paddock, breaking free, for better or for worse, from the carousel.
Solo and Invitational Exhibitions
.Hanging by a Thread, Jenny Eggleston Artist Retrospective, The Halle Cultural Arts Center, Apex, NC, January-February, 2025​
.State of the Union, The People’s Gallery, hosted by Artspace and The Pocket Gallery, Raleigh, NC, Nov, 2024
.Unstable, Contemporary Art Museum, Raleigh, NC, November 2023- January 2024​
.Fallen Stars, Durham Art Guild at the Golden Belt Campus, Durham, NC, November 2023 - March 2023
.State of the Union, VAE Raleigh at So & So Books, Raleigh, NC, May-July 2022
.COSO 2021 Biennial, VAE Raleigh at The Hub, Raleigh, NC, October 2021
.Flora [FEM] Fauna, The Gatewood Gallery, UNCGreensboro, Greensboro, NC, April 2021
.Skipping Stones and Wishing Wells (A Sister Act), The Halle Cultural Arts Center, Apex, NC, May 2021
.Flora fem Fauna, Frankie G. Weems Art Gallery, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC, February 2020
.Durham Art Guild 65th Annual Juried Exhibition, DAG's SunTrust Gallery, Durham, NC, August 2019
.(In)Visible Organ, Rubenstein Arts Center, Duke University, Durham, NC, February 2019
.The Nasty Woman Art Show and Fundraiser, The Carrack, Durham, NC, January 2017
.Solo Show, Mute Music, Drawings and Poems, The ArtsCenter, Carrboro, NC, February 2018
.Solo Show, Halle Cultural Arts Center, Apex, NC, October 2016
.Solo Show, Durham Art Guild, Golden Belt, September 2016
.Featured Artist, Frank Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC, July 2016
.Furballs and the Quiz-o-matic Cherries, Recent Paintings and Assemblage, Artspsace, Foyer, Raleigh, NC, March – May 2016
.Head in the Clouds, Drawing and Paintings, Holly Springs Cultural Center, Holly Springs, NC, October, 2015
.Fate and Fortunes, Assemblages and Drawings, Artspace, UpFront Gallery, Raleigh, NC, February 2015
.FRANK Graphic: Drawings and Prints, Frank Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC, May-June 2014
.Fortune Boxes, Assemblages Inspired by Freaks Shows and the Circus, Halle Culture Arts Center, Apex, NC, April 2014
.Solo Exhibition of Recent Drawings, Guest Artist and Speaker, Trinity School Gallery, Trinity School, Durham, NC, April 2014
.Twisted Tongues, Surrealistic Drawings and Poetry, Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC, January 2014
.Reconfiguration, Guest Artist and Speaker, Ravenscroft Gallery of Fine Art, Ravenscroft School, Raleigh, NC, September 2014
.Twisted Tongues, Surrealistic Drawings and Poetry, 311 Gallery, Raleigh, NC, July-August 2013
.A Field of Teacups, Surrealistic Drawings and Poetry, Halle Cultural Arts Center, Apex NC, April 2013
.Reconfiguration, DeBerry Gallery for Botanical Arts and Illustration, North Carolina Botanical Gardens, Chapel Hill, NC, January 2013
.Reconfiguration, Rocky Mount Imperial Arts Centre, Rocky Mount, NC, Sept 2013
.Carbon Load, Solo Installation, Artspace UpFront Gallery, Raleigh, NC, July 2011
.Earthly Musings, 3 person exhibition, Block Gallery, Raleigh, NC August 2011
.Tulips, Artspace Lobby Gallery, Raleigh, NC, April 2010
.The Nature of Being, Gallery Nomads, Flanders Gallery at Green Hill Center, Greensboro NC, 2009
.Figuratively Speaking, M. Street Gallery, Raleigh NC, April 2009
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Recent Juried Exhibitions
.Pride Exhibition, The Halle Cultural Arts Center, Apex, NC, June 2025
.2025 DAG Members Showcase, Juror's Award, Durham, NC, Jun-Aug 2025
.2025 ArtFields Competition & Festival, Lakecity, SC, Apr-May 2025
.RFAS’s North Carolina Artists Exhibition, CAM-Raleigh, Raleigh, NC, Sept-Nov 2024
.2024 National Juried Art Exhibition, Wilson Arts Center, Wilson, NC, Oct-Nov 2024
.Pride, juried exhibition, The Halle cultural Arts Center, Apex, NC, July-Aug 2024
.Peeling In the Years, Group Exhibition, Peel Gallery, Carrboro, NC, Dec 2021
.64th Annual Juried Exhibition, Durham Arts Guild, Durham, NC, July 2018
.N.E.W. Never Exhibition Work, Visual Art Exchange, September 2015
.N.E.W. Never Exhibited Work, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC, September 2014
.Rocky Mount Imperial Arts Centre 2014 Juried Show, Rocky Mount, NC, Summer 2014
.Berserk! Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC, April 2014
.Durham Art Guild Juried Exhibition, Durham, NC, Winter 2014
.ArtSpace Collectors Galla, Artspace Raleigh, NC, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
.The White Show, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC, October 2011
.Oxidation, Halle Cultural Art Center, Apex ,NC, October 2011
.Unfettered, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC, April 2011
.For the Love of Art, VAE Juried Exhibition, Auction and Gala, Raleigh, NC,2011
.Art on Paper 2010, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
.N.E.W. Never Exhibited Work, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC, 2010
.The Party, Coordinated Exhibit, United Arts Council, Raleigh, NC, 2010
.Upfront Exhibition, Artspace , Raleigh, NC, 2010
.New Works Exhibition, Artspace, Raleigh, NC, 2010
.Exchange Gallery Exhibition, 2 person show, VAE, Raleigh, NC, 2009
.Eve’s Threads, ArtSPARK POD Installation, SPARKcon, Raleigh, NC, 2009
.Gallery Artists Exhibition, M. Street Gallery, Raleigh, NC, 2008
.Unfettered , Visual Artists Exchange Raleigh, NC, 2008,
.Love In the Air, Halle Cultural Art Center, Apex, NC, 2008
.N.E.W. Never Exhibited Work, VAE, Raleigh, NC, 2008
.Spark Con’08 Exhibition, Vintage 21 Gallery, Raleigh, NC, 2008
.American Drawing Biennial II, Muscarelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg, VA
.Juried Exhibition, 1708 Main Street Gallery, Richmond, VA.
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Awards and Reviews
.2016 Winter Residency at Penland School of Craft, Penland NC
.2015 Winter Residency at Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
.2014 Acquisition Award, Maria V. Howard Gallery, Imperial Arts Centre, Rocky Mount, NC, June 2014
.“Honorable Mention” The White Show, VAE, Raleigh NC, 2011
.Reviewed by the Independent Weekly as “White Show highlight” http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/two-new-shows-at-visual-art-exchange/Content?oid=2684973
.Independent Weekly Magazine “Artist Pick” for Carbon Load Exhibition, Artspace, Raleigh NC, August 2011
http://teachingyourmiddleschooler.blogspot.com/2011/08/exhibit-you-dont-want-to-miss.html
.“Merit Award”, For the Love of Art 2011 , VAE Exhibition, Auction and Gala, Raleigh NC
.“Merit Award” N.E.W. Exhibit, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC 2010
.NC Art Blog Review, The Birds and the Bees Jenny Eggleston at Artspace, May 2010
.15-foot wildlife mural commission, Stevens Center in Richmond, VA
.“Critics’ Choice,” American Drawing Biennial, Muscarelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg VA
.“People’s Choice” Small Works Exhibition, On the Hill Art Gallery, Yorktown, VA
.Book cover and poster design award , “Virginia Endangered Species”, Virginia Wildlife Agency
.“Everyone has a Song” painting commission, Western Wake Hospital, Cary NC 2009
Education
.Bachelor of Arts, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, 1986
.Graduate Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 1990
.Studied Abroad, Cortona, Italy, University of Georgia 1985 under John D. Kehoe