Utah Visual Arts articles published in 15 Bytes, arranged by category.
“I am constantly trying to better understand—and if need be, reconfigure, subvert, or topple—accepted and repressive systems, ranging from the design of a street to the systemic oppression throughout society,” says Provo artist Susan Krueger-Barber, who holds an MFA in Studio Arts from the School of the […]
Michelle Franzoni Thorley, an only child, was raised by “a savvy single mother, whose favorite color is green.” Her father taught her about Mexican culture and art. “I have always felt inspired by the indigenous and Latin art. I love to share my view of the world through […]
To celebrate the holiday season, here is an image of the work of Midway artist Robert Duncan as it appears in the “Town of Light” display in Lovere, Italy. The village selects an artist and projects their work each night on the facades of the historic buildings that […]
As evidenced by his exhibition of recent works that went up at Anthony’s Fine Art on December 7th, Bryan Mark Taylor travels the world for inspiration. Originally from Portland, Oregon, Taylor studied art at BYU and the Academy of Art University in San Francisco and now resides in […]
Out of her studio in the Salt Lake City area, Cristall Harper has painted series of vibrant contemporary interpretations of traditional genres like seascapes and florals, but she is best known for her portraits of dogs. She’s looking forward to an exhibition of these canine canvases at Park […]
Ask most people about their best times and they’re likely to mention family and friends (if only because it’s the socially acceptable thing to do). Not Laura Hendricks. “The best thing to happen to me in 2018 was a solo trip I took to Yellowstone National Park. I […]
On Saturday, Amanda Michelle Smith’s ceramic painting “Virtual Reality” will be sold at auction via Unibrow, the startup begun by her husband, Casey Jex Smith. “It’s the culmination of 11 1/2 years of effort. It’s been overwhelming for our family, but we’re hoping for some good to come […]
Every five years, we check in with our public to answer an important but not always easy question: Who are the state’s most influential artists? These are not necessarily the “hottest” artists, they are not the most “honored” artists, but these are the artists who make a difference […]
Ben Hammond says he creates art because some of his deepest feelings can’t be articulated in words. “I hope that the viewer can sense what is most important to me when they see my work,” he says. “I don’t try to hide any secret meaning in my art. Each […]
“I want to take a viewer somewhere”—Roland Thompson There’s something that in theory can happen to any artist, but is particularly wonderful when it happens to one who has chosen an arduous path: one that imposes some external standards of its own on the craft of art making. […]
Traveling south on Main Street, it’s hard to miss Trent Call’s eclectic homage to the Utah Jazz. There are plenty of Easter eggs to be found in the mural that celebrates the team’s 40 seasons: longtime fans will be able to pick out the evolution of the team’s […]
Professors may retire, artists don’t. For Wayne Kimball, a former professor of printmaking at Brigham Young University, the post-university years have been a flourishing period of artistic creativity. Pressing On, an exhibition of his most recent prints, collages, and boxes, on exhibit through Dec. 12 at his old […]
I like a man who fly-fishes; who has spent much of his life, “thigh deep in moving water.” Don’t know much about fly-fishing, myself, though I know many who do and revel in its necessary quietude and Zen-like keen focus. Oh, and c’mon, can there be a better-named […]
It’s about time they did an art show together: Bob Griswold, 97, and his son John, recently retired, who cares for him. Both watercolorists, father and son share an interest in painting their favorite things: camping, hunting, fishing, dogs, and subjects from hundreds of photographs they’ve taken. On […]
Entropy and Healing, currently on view at Draw Inc., features paintings and drawings by Robert Asay and stained glass by Megan Greer, works created in response to Asay’s recent diagnosis of epilepsy. The artists, who are partners, say they’ve used the act of artmaking as an avenue for […]
We’ve become accustomed to a number of preconceived notions about the life of an artist; often, we picture them as colorful and eccentric, right-brained individuals, who work irregular hours, wear paint-splattered clothes, and are at the mercy of the muses, prone to sporadic bouts of creative genius. The […]
In the words of Derek Zoolander, 200 South is “so hot right now.” It’s true, 2nd South, like much of Salt Lake City, is pretty hot right now. On any given night the stretch between 1st and 2nd East along 2nd South is buzzing with activity. It’s no […]
While working on the 337 Project in Salt Lake City in 2007, I learned about the “street art code” (though I don’t know that anyone called it by those three words). For aerosol and stencil artists, walls to work on, legally or not, are always in short supply, […]
This is ART, Not a Sign is a fitting title for Tanner Lenart’s exhibition at Nox Contemporary, which opened Nov. 16. The barrage of commercial signs, posted grid-like on the wall, and reading alternately “This is a Restaurant, not a Bar” or “This is a Bar, not a […]
