Join us on Friday, June 26th from 6-8 PM to hear what the South has to say.

812 Royal Gallery’s annual Southern Group Show is a showcase celebrating the distinct perspective, atmosphere, and creative depth connected to the American South. From contemporary abstraction to narrative figuration, photography, sculpture, and mixed media, this exhibition highlights artist whose work reflects the complexity, beauty, tension, and spirit of Southern culture and life.

Southern creative expression cannot be easily categorized. Its output is not linear. Southern art is layered, emotional, complex, and deeply human, emerging from a rich multicultural landscape shaped by generations of cultural heritage, historical tradition, resilience, spirituality, music, storytelling, and the ever evolving melting pot that is the American South.

The Southern Group Show seeks to highlight artists whose work reflects that spirit through authenticity, individuality, and distinct points of view. Contemporary Southern art continues to expand beyond expectation, carrying with it both memory and momentum. We are honored to present a curated selection of works from esteemed Southern artists whose work truly defines the creative vision of this region we call home.