Utah Visual Arts articles published in 15 Bytes, arranged by category.
At the artist conversation for the recently-opened salt 7 show at the Utah Museum of Fine Art, Whitney Tassie seems relaxed and at home. Tassie is the new Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the UMFA, and the exhibition she’s designed for her inaugural offering to Utah is […]
Manhattan has SoHo, San Francisco has SoMa, and if John Harris is right, Concept Gallery is in what will become SoSa. Harris, VP of Operations for Concept, which had its VIP grand opening on February 22, co-founded the new, vibrant gallery with artists Jeffrey Barker and Jeffrey […]
These broad questions are made digestible because they’re addressed through the experiences of a unique character, Eric. The audience is brought on a striking journey as they learn about Eric, who has recently left behind his life as Erica. His story is compelling not because he is transgender […]
Geoff Wichert takes a look at artists using humor in their work, at Finch Lane and Art Access.
Today, it’s easy for even the average, low-tech, untrained person to take a nice photograph. With a point-and-shoot digital camera. With a telephone. With an iPad. So why in the world would professional photographers approach their art in the most challenging ways – using ancient technology and […]
John Hughes has been writing for our Hints & Tips column for over three years now, providing advice on everything from painting in the snow to choosing an easel to how to get out of an artist rut. We decided it was finally time to see him in […]
Kelsey grew up in Utah and currently lives in Holladay with her soon-to-be-husband. She graduated from the University of Utah with a BA in Art History and from there moved into arts education and taught youth through programs at the UMFA and for many years with Bad Dog […]
For the Park City Gallery Stroll tonight, (yes, it’s the last Friday of the month already) J GO Gallery is revealing a new body of work by Curtis Olson — three years in the making. The exhibit’s title, Antikythera: Knowledge Objects, is a reference to an ancient […]
Camellia Rowland grew up in a small desert town in southern California. She danced ballet for 13 years and trained with professional companies in Santa Barbara and San Diego. She has also lived in New York and Quebec and is fluent in French. She holds an associates degree […]
It’s been said that all living things are connected. Mixed media artist Michelle Montrose Larsen, who graduated from Utah State University (USU) in 2011 with a BA in Art Education and minor in English, is exploring these relationships in her upcoming show Cycles Churn and Systems Operate at […]
Greg Stocks, a local painter, has fond memories of his late professor Harrison “Grout” Groutage, who passed away on February 5 at the age of 87. In the mid-80’s, Stocks took a watercolor class from Groutage and found himself in the instructor’s office for a personal critique. “I […]
When an entire roll of film taken at the Keukenhof Gardens in the Netherlands came out blurry, Shalee Cooper decided it was time to study photography. After returning from her study abroad, she enrolled in the foundation program at the University of Utah, and has made Salt Lake […]
A slew of new exhibitions, including one currently at the CUAC, has brought Japanese artist Ushio Shinohara back into the light. An award-winning documentary at Sundace also tells the story of his artist wife, Noriko.
I like to emphasize the contrast between a first glance appearance of the strangely beautiful image and my fascination with them and the harsh consequences of the disasters depicted in them. —Lenka Konopasek The first Lenka Konopasek I remember encountering was among the most unforgettable works of […]
These days many people seem to have nostalgic feelings towards technologies of the 1980s — when the personal computer was still emerging with its DOS program and huge floppy discs captured and shaped our lived experience. Because our lives were once recorded on clunky video cassettes and […]
The Alice Gallery opens Portrait as Narrative and Narrative as Portrait this month, an exhibit featuring three Utah artists, though visitors would be forgiven if they mistook it for the work of four. Rebecca Pletsch makes her impact felt in two distinct mediums, painterly oils and photographic collages. Full […]
In an observation regarding humankind’s cerebral relationship to the landscape, controversial author Salmon Rushdie once stated, “we will, in short, create fictions, not actual cities or villages, but imaginary homelands, Indias of the mind.” Many have cited the interconnected discourses of art, environment and human perception. Indeed, […]
photos by Kelly Green Throughout history, advancements in technology have brought about significant changes for the book. In the 15th century the printing presses began making the written word available to the masses and today a person can tote around an entire library on a Kindle. The full […]
“Gallery” tends to evoke an image of a rectangular space with white walls and (mostly) flat art statically attached to them. “Gallery Stroll” in Salt Lake City evokes images of people standing around, drinking coffee or wine, eating snacks, socializing, and either engaging with or ignoring said […]
