Mandy Wilson is a fiber/mixed media artist, and sculptor living in East Tennessee. She graduated in 2003 from the University of North Alabama with a B.A. degree in Art Education and Photography and received her Master of Arts degree in studio arts in 2021 from Northwestern State University.  She is continuing to study now as a Doctoral of Liberal Arts student at the University of Memphis.

Her work has been featured in numerous exhibits and shows around the southeast including the American Quilters Society show in Paducah Kentucky, 2013 and 2018, and also the annual Dogwood Exhibition of Regional Art, 2021. Mandy began her career focusing on photography but quickly realized that mixed media would best serve her multitude of different interests. Her current work, “Reliquaries of Alabama” is a collection of mixed media boxes honoring the women in her family who inspired her as a child. 

She currently teaches visual art, photography, and sculpture at Walker Valley High School.

Further reading can be found at Confluence Journal. 

Artist Statement

Learning, teaching, and making creative work are essential to my being.  I have worked in many areas of art and craft including quilt-making, paper arts & bookbinding, painting, assemblage, pottery, and printmaking.  Recently, I have been particularly interested in growing and processing my own dyes in order to be more directly involved in the customizing of my own creative raw materials.  Whether it is making my own paintbrushes, fabric dyes, inks, handmade papers or pottery glazes, I find deep satisfaction in having my hand be involved in every step of the creative process.