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About 

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Alana Gene J. Landrum is a mixed-media artist residing in Suffolk, Virginia. Originally from Oakland, California, her artistic roots were deeply nurtured and cultivated in the cultural and visual landscape of her hometown. Her work integrates a blend of abstract and expressionistic techniques to give form to her emotions, ideas, and memories while offering commentary on womanhood, identity, and the ephemeral essence of life. Her practice encompasses painting, drawing, and sculpture, through which she captures her thoughts on our shared humanity and how we choose to move through time and space. She leaves space in her works for interpretation and hopes to communicate, through subtle emotional cues, the dynamic interplay between mind, body, and spirit as they engage in an ongoing dialogue with the world around us.​

CONTACT

Alana Landrum | lana gene

  Email: alanalandrum.studio@gmail.com  

 

Instagram: @lanagene

 

 

ExPerience & cv

    Exhibitions

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  • Time: Past, Present, and Future — Towne Pavilion, Virginia Beach, VA (2025–2026)

  • 31 Women Exhibition — Suffolk Art Gallery, Suffolk, VA (2025)

  • Solo Exhibition — Pampas Café Gallery, Oakland, CA (2024)

  • Brooklyn Basin Group Show — Permanent Installation, Oakland, CA (2021)

   

Awards

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  • Bay Area Leeds: Champion of Change Career Pathways Award — Civic Design Studio (2023)

  • San Francisco International Design Week: Art and Social Impact Award — Civic Design Studio (2022)

  • OUSD ECCO Industry Partners Recognition: Internship Host of the Year — Civic Design Studio (2024)

   

Public Works ​

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  • Lead Artist — Community Mural Fence Project (2025)

  • Lead Artist — The Oakland Stairs Project (2024) - Featured in East Bay Times

  • Lead Artist — Annual Lunar New Year Mural Display, Pacific Renaissance Plaza, Oakland (2023)

  • Lead Artist — Brooklyn Basin Mural Installation, Oakland (2022)

  • Assisting Artist — Brooklyn Basin Mural Installation, Oakland (2024)

  • Assisting Artist — Ancora Place Mural, Oakland (2024)

  • Pop-Up Mural Installation, 23rd Billiards, Oakland (2023)

  • Mural at Lao Family Care Center, Oakland (2024)

  • Annual Live Painting Group Show, The Creative Expo, Oakland (2023–2024) 

 

Teaching and Community Engagement 

 

  • Paint & Sip Instructor — College of Alameda, Black History Month Events (2022–2024)

  • Art Teacher — Civic Summer Studio, Oakland, CA (2021–2024)

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    Education

  • Berkeley City College — Studio Arts Major (2022–2024)

  • College of Alameda — Studio Art (2023)

  • Laney College — Language & Art Studies (2020–2021)

   
 

© 2025 by Lana Gene. 

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