Utah Visual Arts articles published in 15 Bytes, arranged by category.
Peruse the aisles of any home décor shop and you’ll find an abundance of glassware — decorative, lovely objects meant to serve various purposes. Knowing I would be reviewing the work of Andrew Kosorok, glass artist, MFA student and teacher at Brigham Young University, I asked myself, […]
Wayne Thiebaud is an American icon who paints icons of America. He is famous for his lush and colorful ice creams, pies, cupcakes, a famous and charming Mickey Mouse and many other timeless American imagery. Thiebaud has always managed to capture the American establishment and its spirit, through […]
As part of his Daily Documentary series, Dallas Graham interviewed Salt Lake Valley artist Steven Stradley, who is showing this month with Holly Mae Pendergast at Kayo Gallery and as part of the State Street Project at Gallery OneTen in Provo. Below are images by Graham as well as a segment of the interview. For the […]
by Annabelle Numaguchi It is rare that you walk into a dark room and think “light.” The luminosity of the black-walled installation featuring Bruce Boyd’s Obsessions of an Ex-Vandalexhibit hits you full force. In part, it’s the lighting and in part, it’s the amount of white on his two-toned images. […]
Erin Westenksow Berrett’s studio, located in her Holladay home, is bathed in a golden light, a warmth reflected in her still-life paintings depicting shoes, pastries, globes, and egg cartons. Take a look at Kim Silcox’s photo essay of the space. 15 BytesUTAH’S ART MAGAZINE SINCE 2001, 15 Bytes […]
photos by Kelly Brooks Painter, filmmaker, free-lance graphic artist, educator, and Director of the Central Utah Art Center, Jared Latimer can often be found huddled over a laptop in his limestone–walled basement office at the Art Center, a few blocks from Snow College in the Sanpete County town of Ephraim. He may […]
While Meri DeCaria is well-known in Utah as the Director/Curator of Salt Lake City’s Phillips Gallery and also as President of the Salt Lake Gallery Association. she is equally recognized for her work as a visual artist. Producing art in an age where social commentary and complex, visually difficult imagery are […]
Park City’s Kimball Art Center announced this week that Pam Crowe-Weisberg has stepped down from her position as Executive Director. In announcing this change, the Kimball’s Board of Directors noted that Crowe-Weisberg has served in the position for the past four years, during which time the Kimball “introduced […]
When curators or academicians talk one-on-one with artists, the result is sometimes an exercise in futility, as two different temperaments use two different vocabularies. But as a witness to several artists talking with one another . . . it’s an organic swirl of artists’ names from past and […]
An artist asked me recently if it’s true that artists are often targeted by the IRS for audit, and, if so, what can you do to avoid an audit. Good question, I thought, so I asked my own tax accountant, Karen Summerhays of The Summerhays Group, for some […]
Wendover from Salt Lake City is a trip. A trip that takes an hour and a half, a trip punctuated by several mountain ranges before the flat, white expanse of Bonneville Salt Flats. Usually this trip is made with eyes closed, waiting for the relief that comes with […]
what I thought I saw is an evolving photo/essay book designed to catch you off guard. It’s also an exhibit that challenges the way you look at people and the assumptions you make about them. And most of all, it’s a concept that makes you question how much you […]
A good friend and I ventured into the exciting world of Coyote Gulch, one of the most beautiful and enchanting backcountry trails in the entire west. This was my sixth trip, but accompanying a good friend is like hiking a trail again for the first time. Some two […]
Modern transportation means hub-to-hub: the only choice for the traveler is what to do after she reaches her destination. Likewise most jobs: issues are discussed with a supervisor, but management makes the decisions. And then there are the lives of many women, whose close connections are all with […]
In each of two separate paintings there stands a solitary figure on horseback. One is a medieval knight, the other a cowboy. Each is centered on the canvas and their poses are alike. Behind them stretches an ashlar stone wall, its scraped impasto surface—inspired by similar walls the […]
“Provo” by Justin Wheatley In most cases, traveling is a process of getting from point A to point B. The mind is elsewhere while the landscape is passed by unnoticed. Eight artists bore this in mind as they explored the Utah landscape while traveling US Highway 89 from […]
When Poor Yorick Studios was uprooted from its original downtown home and moved to its permanent location in South Salt Lake, painter and printmaker Joey Behrens followed along with her brushes, canvas and etching tools. The new space has installed skylights, washing Behrens’ working space in a bright, […]
When I asked photographer Chris Dunker to define “fine art photography” for me, he answered, “A photograph is fine art when it is made with the sole intention of a self-expression; not for money or client but because the artist is motivated and driven by the image.” As […]
This month, Park City’s Coda Gallery features the unique visual world of Salt Lake’s Melissa Peck. Peck studied at Salt Lake Community College and Utah State University and uses pencil and brush to create storybook characters, inspired by her travels, her reading and, most importantly, her two daughters, Aleah and Eve. […]
