Upcoming/Current Solo Shows
Handmade Paper - Palmette, Ocean Springs, MS, opening March 20, 2025
Outside In - Claire Elizabeth Gallery, New Orleans, LA, opening May 3, 2025
Palmette at the Springs Hotel - Ocean Springs, MS, ongoing
Upcoming/Current Group Shows
The Traveler - Walter Anderson Museum of Art, Ocean Springs, MS, ongoing
The Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Arts Center, Ocean Springs, MS, ongoing
OCEAN SPRINGS ARTIST
See His Work
Jerrod’s work can be seen at Palmette inside the Springs Hotel or by appointment at his studio in Ocean Springs, MS; Fischer Galleries in Jackson, MS; Southside Gallery in Oxford, MS; Claire Elizabeth Gallery in New Orleans, LA; and various temporary locations through Art Space 86. If you like Jerrod's work and would like a custom drawing or painting, he accepts commissions for artwork including portraits and paintings of Italy. Contact Jerrod to discuss possibilities.
About His Work
Jerrod is a full-time studio artist while also teaching drawing and painting workshops. He has exhibited his work in Japan, Italy, and across the United States. Jerrod and his wife Jessie own and run Palmette, a flower shop and art gallery located in the Springs Hotel in downtown Ocean Springs, MS. He leads Visual Explorations trips to Europe each summer, and he is also owner and co-creator of Art Space 86 which uses events to provide opportunities for artists and enrich communities through art. Jerrod and his artwork have been featured in Portico Jackson Magazine, Northside Sun, Find it in Fondren, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine, Number: Inc Arts Journal, Magnolia Magazine, Northeast Ledger, Madison Magazine, and the Scott County Times. Click HERE for a consolidated CV.
About Jerrod
Jerrod and Jessie lead a creative life together on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. Jerrod earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the New York Academy of Art in 2004. During his undergraduate years studying graphic design at Mississippi College he also spent a semester in London, England studying art history. Jerrod is a 2011-2012 recipient of a Visual Arts Fellowship from the Mississippi Arts Commission, and was named distinguished Alumnus of the Year for the Mississippi College Department of Art in 2017.
Portfolios
Past Solo Exhibitions
2024
Our Town - Palmette, Ocean Springs, MS
Drawings - Palmette, Ocean Springs, MS
2023
Living Things - Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS
2022
Jerrod and Jessie Partridge, A Creative Life Story - Duckett Gallery, Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Center, Ocean Springs, MS
Visual Explorations of Italy - Lucile Parker Gallery, William Carey University, Hattiesburg, MS
2021
Interrupting Your Regularly Scheduled Bad News - Fischer Galleries, Jackson, MS
2020
Drawings - MS Gulf Coast Community College, Gautier, MS
A Retrospective: 2009-2019 - Gumtree Museum of Art, Tupelo, MS
Unframed - Art Space 86 Loco Gallery, Jackson, MS
Observations and Reflections - Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS
2019
Unframed at Unwrapped - Art Space 86, Jackson, MS
Reflections and Observations - Community Arts Tokyo, Japan
Local Creatives Gallery featured artist - Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Arts Center, Ocean Springs, MS
2018
Ocean Springs Art Walk featured artist - Walter Anderson Museum of Art, Ocean Springs, MS
A Eudaimonic Search - Southside Gallery - Oxford, MS
Oil and Clay, Paintings by Jerrod and sculpture by Stacey Johnson - The Gail Keenan Art Center, Long Beach, MS
2017
The View from Here - Art Space 86, Ocean Springs, MS
The View from Here - Art Space 86, Jackson, MS
Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Exhibition - Mississippi College, Clinton, MS
2016
Which Wert and Art - Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS
The Face of an Age - Gallery 4 Italia at the Russian Academy of Art, Florence, Italy
Recent Works - New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, New Orleans, LA
2015
Ameraucana - Fischer Galleries, Jackson, MS
2012
Vignettes: Domestic Scenes of Debatable Significance - Marie Hull Gallery at Hinds Community College, Raymond, MS
2011
Southern Gothic - Gallery 119, Jackson, MS
2010
Recent Works - Forest Community Arts in assoc. with B. Gatewood Gallery, Forest, MS
Landscapes and Portraits: Expressing a Tradition - Mississippi Arts Commission Gallery, Jackson, MS
Songs of Innocence / Songs of Experience - Gallery 119, Jackson, MS
Selected Past Group Exhibitions
2024
Gulf Coast Plein Air - Greenhouse Biloxi, MS
Live Oak (Guest Curator) - Walter Anderson Museum of Art
2023
White Christmas - Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS
High Five - Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS
Summer Drawing Exhibition - Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS
Art of Place - Claire Elizabeth Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2022
Force of Nature - Claire Elizabeth Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Unframed at Unwrapped - Art Space 86 “Loco Gallery”, Jackson, MS,
Jerrod Partridge and David West - Belhaven University, Jackson, MS
2021
Chasing The Light - Audubon Center, Moss Point, MS
Show Me What You Got - Local Creatives Gallery, Ocean Springs, MS
Winter Group Show - Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS
Spring Arts Festival - Local Creatives Gallery tent, Ocean Springs, MS
2020
Birds - Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS
Art Lovers’ Soirée - Art Space 86, Jackson, MS
Written in the Sand: Plein Air Painters of Horn Island - The Walter Anderson Museum of Art, Ocean Springs, MS
Peter Anderson Festival - Local Creatives Gallery tent, Ocean Springs, MS
2019
Ocean Springs Art Assoc. Fall Exhibition - Community Center, Ocean Springs, MS
Contemporary Visions - Walter Anderson Museum of Art, Ocean Springs, MS
The Cedars Juried Exhibition - Jackson, MS
Local Creatives Gallery - Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Arts Center, Ocean Springs, MS
Art Lovers' Soirée - Art Space 86, Jackson,MS
Florals - Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS
2018
Space #14 - Art Space 86, Jackson, MS
Ocean Springs Art Assoc. Fall Exhibition - Community Center, Ocean Springs, MS
Local Creatives showcase - Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, MS
The Cedars Juried Exhibition - Jackson, MS
Local Creatives showcase - Almost Circle Gallery, Biloxi, MS
ArtFields - Lake City, SC
Space #13, Art Lovers' Soirée - Art Space 86, Jackson, MS
2017
Ocean Springs Art Assoc. Fall Exhibition - Community Center, Ocean Springs, MS
Bi-State Invitational - Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS
The Cedars Juried Art Show - Jackson, MS
Space #10, Art Lovers’ Soirée - Art Space 86, Jackson, MS
2016
Mississippi Invitational - Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
Space #9, Fondren Unwrapped - Art Space 86, Jackson, MS
Space #8, Art Lovers’ Soirée - Art Space 86, Jackson, MS
2015
Art by Choice - Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
Space #7, in Belhaven Park, Art Space 86, Jackson, MS
Space #6, Art Lovers’ Soirée, Art Space 86, Jackson, MS
2014
The Men of Fondren - The Cedars, Jackson, MS
Space #5, Town Creek Arts Festival at The MS Museum of Art - Art Space 86, Jackson, MS
Summertime Hues - The Attic Gallery, Vicksburg, MS
Space #4 in Banner Hall - Art Space 86, Jackson, MS
Space #3 in Belhaven Park - Art Space 86, Jackson, MS
Tribeca Ball - Alumni Pop-Up show - New York Academy of Art, New York City, NY
Not Far From Home - The Attic Gallery, Vicksburg, MS
Space #2 Art Lovers’ Soirée - Art Space 86, Jackson, MS
Reflected Realism - Delta State University, Cleveland, MS
2013
Space #1 Fondren Unwrapped - Art Space 86, Jackson, MS
Interiors/Exteriors - The Attic Gallery, Vicksburg, MS
Bi-State Invitational - Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS
Spring Exhibition - The Cedars, Jackson, MS
The Biggest Little Art You’ve Ever Seen Juried Exhibition- Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS
Single Fare - RH Gallery, New York City, NY
Art by Choice - Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS