|
|
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 ...
Further Information
| |
|
|
|
|
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...
Further Information
|
|
Collections:
Coming Soon!
|
|
Commissions:
Coming Soon!
|
|
|
Exhibitions for Dixie Friend Gay:
|
|
|
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, President's office, Houston
Craftsmanship Award, George Bush Intercontinental Airport Mural; Construction Specification Institute,
Houston Chapter, Houston
Commission Finalist, Iowa State Laboratories Facility, Des Moines, IA
Commission Finalist, Queens Plaza Subway Station, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York
2001 Individual Artist Project Grant, CACHH Children's' book, Famous Oaks of Houston, Houston
Commission to design Sacred Meditation Room, Sheltering Arms, Houston
Artist Award, American Institute of Architects, Houston Chapter, Houston
2000 Commission Finalist, Gateway Project, Consolidated RAC, Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport.
1999 Artist Consultant for Clear Lake Park, Houston
1998 Public Art Commission for George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston
PASTA Grant, Public Art: Support for Temporary Art, Freed Foundation & CACHH, Houston
1997, 1993 CACHH Grant, Creative Artist Program, CACHH, Houston
1985 Fellowship, New Jersey State Council of the Arts, NJ
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2002 Shadows, Shack Obscura, Van De Griff Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2001 Shadows of Truth, Grace Art Museum, Abilene, TX
2000 Treescapes, Amarillo Art Museum, Amarillo, TX
Sacred Trees, Michelson Museum, Marshall, TX
1999 Sacred Trees, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX
Sacred Trees, Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX
1995 McMurtrey Gallery, Houston
1994 Rene Fotouhi East, East Hampton, NY
1993 Sacred Spaces, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston
1991 Gasperi Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1990 Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX
1988 80 Washington Square East Gallery, NYU, New York
1987 Allan Stone Gallery, New York
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2002 Gallery Artists, Claire Oliver Fine Arts, New York
The 9-11 Show, the Art Community's Response, Fulton Street Gallery, Troy, NY
Transformation: 911, Kingwood College Fine Art Gallery, Kingwood, TX
New Artists, Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
The Big Show, Lawndale, Houston, TX (juror: Annette DiMeo Carlozzi)
Response, Exit Art, New York
New Artist, BuschlenMowatt Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
Project Phoenix, Redbud Gallery, Houston
2001 8th Annual Realism Invitational, Van De Griff Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
New Artist, BuschlenMowatt Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Box Show, Hooks-Epstein Gallery, Houston, TX
Our Crowd Collects, Margolis Gallery, Congregation Beth Israel, Houston (curator: Clint Willour)
Members’ Show, Women and their Works, Austin, TX. (juror: Terri Sultan)
2000 New Art of the West 7, Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN
(jurors: Donald J. Hagerty, Truman Lowe, Jennifer Complo McNutt)
Miniature, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston
Go Figure, Sculpture Conference 2000, Houston
Prints by Sculptors, Redbud Gallery, Houston
COLLECTIONS
Boston Public Library, Print Department, Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX
Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX
Art Museum, Amarillo, TX
Allan Stone, New York
K & B Collection, New Orleans, LA
The Barrett Collection, Dallas
The Kienholz Collection, Hope, ID
Duke Energy, Houston
Verizon, Dallas
American General, Houston
Hermann Park, City of Houston, Houston
EDUCATION
1989 MA Studio Arts, New York University, New York
1982-1983 Parsons School of Design, New York
Pratt Graphics Center, New York
1975 BA in Art Education, high honors, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Alva, OK
SELECTED LECTURES
2002 Women in the Visual and Literary Arts: Slide Lecture, Houston
2002 &01 Museum of Fine Arts Houston: Workshop presenter, "How to Run an Art Business"
2000 Michelson Art Museum, Marshall, TX: Guest Lecturer
1998 Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont TX: Visiting Artist, Slide Lecture
1999 Contemporary Art Museum, Houston: Slide Lecture
1999 Tyler Art Museum, Tyler, TX: Guest Lecturer
1996 University of Wisconsin - Green Bay, Green Bay, WI: Visiting Artist,
1994 Rice University, Houston, TX: Guest Lecturer, “New Look at 21st Century Thinking,”
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Whiteny, Kathleen. "Dixie Friend Gay at van de Griff Marr," World Sculpture News, Summer 2002
Kacmar, Donna. “Artful Destination,” Texas Architect, 3 / 4, 2002
Westbrook, Bruce. “Art's Content,” Houston Chronicle, February 23, 2002
Zwvitas Steven T. New American Paintings number 30, juror, Michael Lash, November 2000
Erskins, Ray Ben. “Grove Spirit” Access Texas, July 2000
Lightman, Victoria Hodge. “Sculpture in Houston” Sculpture, June 2000
Turner, Kay. Beautiful Necessity, The art and Meaning of Women’s Altars, Thames & Hudson, 1999
Two $250,000 Commissions Awarded, Civic Art and Design, Summer 1998
|
|
send an email
