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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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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 as art teacher in a rural school to pursue reality as a visual artist on the east coast. By the mid-1980’s, Gay was exhibiting her work in Paris, New York, Boston and Philadelphia. While living in Manhattan, she earned a Master’s degree in Studio Arts from New York University.
A short stay in Houston in 1988 became permanent, and Gay now works and lives in the Houston Heights with her family, cats and a dog in a dramatic loft-style home/studio, set on an acre of lush native gardens along a spring-fed creek. Large rolling glass doors in the two-story spaces invite nature to be an integral part of the working and living environment.
Her 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. Gay’s 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 5 years, Gay has focused on public-art projects, as well as museum and gallery exhibitions. In 2002, she completed a $250,000 public art commission at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport. The installation entitled Houston Bayou comprises a Byzantine glass mosaic mural on a serpentine wall, columns, and the terrazzo floor design. It was selected as one of the best public art installations in the United States by the national organization Americans for the Arts for its "Fresh Perspectives / Public Art Year in Review 2002." The installation also received the "Craftsmanship Award" from the Houston Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute in 2002.
Gay continues to produce work that is both innovative and challenging, universal and personal, for public art projects, museums and gallery exhibitions.
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