The Missing Pieces
Mixed Media, Oil Paint, and Newspaper Collage
Amiee Compton is a mixed media student artist from Pikeville, KY, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art and with a minor in Photography from Morehead State University in Spring 2026, and beginning their Master of Fine Arts in Curatorial Studies at The University of Kentucky in Fall 2026. Their work is current and contemporary while simultaneously blending past news and events with issues, topics, and feelings they explore now. They have been featured in the 2024, 2025, and 2026 issues of the “Inscape: Literary & Visual Art Journal.” They have also had numerous show features, including “Reimagine 2025,” “PRHBTN 13,” “Emerging From the Mountains: From Appalachia to the World,” “The Mountain Grrl Experience Exhibition” in 2022, 2023, and 2024, and the United States Congressional Institute’s “Congressional Art Competition.” Compton has experience as a Golding-Yang Art Gallery URF and Kentucky Folk Art Center intern.
