Brent Funderburk

Thomas Brent Funderburk (born 1952 in Charlotte, North Carolina) is a long known visual artist and W. L. Giles Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Art at Mississippi State University, where he has worked since 1982.

Funderburk's watercolor series New Solar Myths was selected as part of works by 24 artists awarded internationally for Creative Quarterly's “Best 100 Annual” in 2015.

[11] Series Solar Myths, and Flying World were both featured in an article about Funderburk's art in Watercolor Artist magazine (“Drama, Extravagance and Poetry” by John A.

[17][18] In 2019-2020, Funderburk's pieces “Soul House (Red)”, “Anteroom”, “Angelus Vitae” and “Oaxaca” were recognized at several international online juried art competitions.

[7][16][20][10][21] As a curator, Funderburk developed the touring exhibition Ecstasy: The Mystical Landscapes of Walter Inglis Anderson, which traveled with his lectures to art museums in southern states from 2008 to 2010.