Verneda Lights

Verneda Lights is a visual artist, photographer, historian, performance poet, author, science writer, and griot of South Carolina’s Gullahgeechee Nation. Her body of work spans from digital to traditional fine art and surface pattern design. Her most recent art works focus on traditional and abstract portraiture as a tool for story telling to gain insight into the human psyche while delivering stress management in caregiving settings. Verneda is a polymath who holds multiple advanced degrees. She is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College (AB, History, 1974), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (MD, 1978), and Strayer University (MBA, 2010). Retired after 20 years of medical practice and instruction at major US medical institutions, she also holds a certificate in International Arts Management from the International Leadership Program in Visual Arts Management from Deusto University School of Business, NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, and Guggenheim Museum (2017, Bilbao, Spain, and NYC, NY). In addition to her career as an artist, Verneda is founder and CEO of E-graphX Omnimedia, a design firm and business consultancy located in Port Royal, SC. In 2017, several of Verneda’s art works were shown at the Whitney Biennial (Occupy Museums' group exhibit. NYC, NY ), and Woman Made Gallery (Chicago, IL). In 2018-19, her work was exhibited at City Gallery (2018, Charleston, SC), Hilton Head Town Hall (2018-19, Hilton Head, SC), and Albrecht-Kemper Museum (2018-19, St Joseph, MO). Two of her artworks will be included in Albrecht-Kemper Museum's permanent collection. Her most recent art commission is currently on exhibit at the Edward M Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate (Boston, Massachusetts), June 2019 to September 2020. From March to April 2020, her work was included in Woman Made Gallery’s “Suffra-Jetting” exhibit.