Aubrey Belle Wilson (b. 2002) is an artist based in Athens, Georgia. She earned her BFA in Drawing and Painting from the University of Georgia in 2025. She has showcased her work at the Dodd Galleries in the Lamar Dodd School of Art, at Peabody Hall in the University of Georgia’s Department of Religion and Office of Spiritual Well Being, and the Lyndon House Arts Center in Athens, GA. Aubrey Belle’s paintings embody paradoxes of grace and transformation while recognizing the human struggle. Suffering and lament are not devoid of meaning; rather, they are integral to the redemptive experience. She explores the in-between, the liminal space where the physical, mental, and spiritual realms coexist, reflecting the complexities of the human experience regarding the stigma of mental health in Christianity. Rooted in her personal experiences with anxiety growing up in the church in the South, she reimagines Christian iconography, using angels as recurring symbols of transition between heaven and earth. These figures, overlapping, repetitive, shifting between realms, embody the tension of navigating the divine and the earthly. Through layered compositions of opacity and transparency, large-scale imagery, and evocative color, her work explores themes of lament, redemption, and transformation.

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EXHIBITIONS

2025 一 Solo Exhibition, Office of Spiritual Well-Being Art Gallery, UGA Religion Department, Peabody Hall, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

2025 一 Surface Tension: BFA Spring 2025 Capstone Exhibition, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

2024 一 Dodd Market 2024, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

2024 一 49th Juried Exhibition, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA, Juried by Jen Sudul Edwards, Curator of Contemporary Art at The Mint Museum

2023 一 Dodd Market 2023, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

EDUCATION
2025 一 University of Georgia, Athens, GA, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art (Emphasis in Drawing and Painting), Summa Cum Laude; minor in Film Studies