The Artist

Tyra-Nichole Kingsborough is an African American visual artist from Greenville, SC. Using realism, her work depicts social & environmental issues that are meant to invoke change in the viewers lifestyle. She often draws inspiration from urban everyday life, like phone addiction and littering, mainly using oil and acrylic paints to create paintings that reflect societies blissful ignorance towards our environment.


Exhibitions

2025    Brevard Small Works Exhibition, Sims Art Center, Brevard College, Brevard, NC

Artisphere 2025, Fine Arts Center tent, Downtown Greenville, SC

35th Annual Upstate High School Art Exhibit, Greenville Technical College, Benson Campus, Greenville, SC (Curated by Jim Kimble)

2024    FAC Student Juried Exhibition, Sheffield Wood Gallery, The Fine Arts Center, Greenville, SC (Juried by Miranda Sawyer)

2023 Through the Eyes of a Child, Center for the Arts, Greer, SC

FAC Student Juried Exhibition, Sheffield Wood Gallery, The Fine Arts Center, Greenville, 

SC (Juried by Marty Epp-Carter)

33rd Annual Upstate High School Art Exhibit, Greenville Technical College, Benson

Campus, Greenville, SC

Congressional Art Show, SC District 4, Greenville, SC

Greenville County School District Exhibition, Greenville Center for Creative Arts, Greenville, SC



  • Honorable Mention in Brevard Small Works Exhibition, Sims Art Center, Brevard College, Brevard, NC

  • Best In Show in the 35th Annual Upstate High School Art Exhibit, Greenville Technical College, Benson Campus, Greenville, SC (Curated by Jim Kimble)

  • Greenville Technical College in Greer, Sc, Features Annual High School Art Exhibition, Carolina Arts, pg 14, 2025

  • Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, Southeast Region-at-Large 

    • 2 Gold Keys in Painting 2024

  • 1st Place in FAC Student Juried Exhibition, Sheffield Wood Gallery, The Fine Arts Center 2024

  • Young Artist Award in the Through the Eyes of a Child, 2023

  • 3rd Place in the 33rd Annual Upstate High School Art Exhibit, 2023

  • 3rd Place in the Greenville County School District Exhibition, Greenville Center for Creative Arts, 2023

Awards