Artist Information:
Dixie Friend Gay
Houston, TX
United States
Member Since: Nov 2000
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Artist Statement:
ARTIST STATEMENT
web site:
www.dixiefriendgay.com
The connection between nature
and artifacts is the focus of
my work. Questions of
transition, transformation,
erosion and metamorphosis
engage me. Physically, my
finished pieces are a
symbiosis of elements, a
dichotomy of ideas created in
painting, drawing, sculpture
and large-scale public art
projects.
In public art, my approach is
to fuse the constraints of the
space and the needs of the
client so seamlessly with my
own vision that the resulting
project feels as though
neither could have existed
alone.
My art has been featured in
galleries and museums
including the Bronx Museum,
Allan Stone Gallery, and COFA
Gallery in New York; the
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston;
Eiteljorg Museum,
Indianapolis; and van de
Griff/Marr Gallery, Santa Fe.
My work is also included in
the permanent collections of
The Boston Public Library; The
Kienholz Collection, Hope,
Idaho; Verizon, Dallas; the
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston;
and the Art Museum of South
Texas, Corpus Christi.
In the last 7 years, I have
focused on public-art
projects, as well as museum
and gallery exhibitions. In
2002, I completed a $250,000
public art commission at the
George Bush Intercontinental
Airport. The ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
SLELECTED COMMISSIONS AND
AWARDS
2003 Artist of the Year for
2003, Texas Accountants and
Lawyers for the Arts, Houston
Chapter
Individual Artist Grant,
Cultural Arts Council of
Houston and Harris County,
(CACHH) Houston
2002 Fellowship, Virginia
Center for the Creative Arts,
Sweet Briar, VA
Commission for University of
Houston Downtown, ...
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Artist Reviews:
BIOGRAPHY
Dixie Friend Gay's work
explores the mystery and power
of nature.
She was raised on a cattle
ranch in western Oklahoma:
open spaces, dirt roads, the
elements of wind, earth, rain
and sun. The cycles of the
seasons dictated life on the
remote plains. In 1978, she
resigned...
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Dixie Friend Gay's Free Artist Portfolio
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web site: www.dixiefriendgay.com
The connection between nature and artifacts is the focus of my work. Questions of transition, transformation, erosion and metamorphosis engage me. Physically, my finished pieces are a symbiosis of elements, a dichotomy of ideas created in painting, drawing, sculpture and large-scale public art projects.
In public art, my approach is to fuse the constraints of the space and the needs of the client so seamlessly with my own vision that the resulting project feels as though neither could have existed alone.
My art has been featured in galleries and museums including the ... |
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