Utah Visual Arts articles published in 15 Bytes, arranged by category.
Is it something about the mural itself, this lone wolf set against a giant full moon? Or is it its very visible location, on the corner of West Temple, where it announces itself to 2100 South’s westbound traffic? There must be something, because this is at least the […]
Still itching for clay now that NCECA has passed? There is no need to clear out the garage and buy yourself a wheel and kiln. Ceramics is, by the nature of its processes, a community-oriented practice. The energy intensive, hours-long firings, equipment, and material needs make it more […]
For the past year, Sara Luna’s studio has been a place of unraveling and reweaving—of grief, resilience, and unexpected companionship. Originally from Chile, the artist—born in 1991—has spent years refining her practice around ancestral textile traditions, blending them with contemporary techniques and personal storytelling. But her current body […]
Before there were any art museums, there was the Wunderkammer—the Room of Wonders—and the Cabinet of Curiosities. Beginning in the 16th and continuing into the 17th centuries, these were how royalty and the wealthy showed off their collections: of art, natural history specimens, scientific instruments, and noteworthy objects […]
Spring is emerging. Critters are out, both in the soil and on the canvas. There’s no one better than Salt Lake City painter Trevor Dahl to manifest the good happy stuff of this season of re-emerging life and blooming. Whether it’s on canvas, stretched linen or the side […]
If all that walking between the Capitol and Washington Square has left you winded during recent protests, you may have stopped in for a short break at the Brigham Young Historic Park, at the northeast corner of State Street and North Temple. Developed in the 1990s as a […]
In a new grouping of works from its permanent collection, The Salt Lake County Government Center has created an exhibition entitled The Great Salt Lake: An Uplifting Artistic Oasis. How, a visitor might ask, can a body of undrinkable salt water be an oasis, let alone an “uplifting […]
Given all of the counter-productive and even at times anti-social uses that social media have been put to, it’s easy to wonder if the Internet and its offspring are worth the cost in technology, energy, and time they consume. So it’s good to know that there are whole […]
“When I set out to start this series, I had spent two years doing only self portraits, and I got so bored of it,” says artist Matalyn Zundel during the opening reception for her latest show, No Woman Is an Island. “I just started painting my friends, and […]
On any given day, galleries are better able than museums to show artists in depth, so that the subjects and treatments each prefers can be clearly seen. Sometimes a single venue places two such artists side-by-side, allowing useful comparisons, and at other times it’s necessary to travel between […]
A painter, part-time high school art teacher, and fellow writer for 15 Bytes, Nolan Flynn is showcasing his spectrum of play at Harrington Art Studios in Midvale with a pairing of large and small works. The two styles are striking together, one working to prove technical prowess and […]
Whether you came as a visitor to the April 2025 general conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or were on your way to the State Capitol to add your voice to one of the recent protests, if you passed through Temple Square in downtown […]
4/19 SLTRIB: A UVU student’s artwork was rejected from a school exhibition. Here’s how she made sure her work was seen. In the art world, rejection can be the end all. It can hinder creativity, put an end to an artwork’s fledgeling life, or catalyze a creative […]
If a painter was born and raised on a wild and rugged, scenic western mountaintop, near one of the world’s most famous lakes, and he chose through his art to celebrate the landscape and unique people he lived among, then it seems he ought to work in Utah, […]
Parables, folklore, and traditional stories in general constitute important ways we embody the truths of our cultures: the core reality so often lost in a labyrinth of distorted facts and well-meaning or self-serving untruths. This is, for instance, where we can clearly witness the indisputable and universal second-class […]
They are part ceramic, part painting; filled with girls, in fancy dresses, climbing trees and mountains in exotic landscapes; and there are monsters, lots of monsters, threatening or doing battle with the young ladies. In one work, a girl hefts a giant sword to slice open the gut […]
Today marks a milestone in Dallin Orr’s career: the installation of a 25-foot domed stained glass skylight in the new North Capitol Building Museum at the Utah State Capitol. Designed by Orr and produced in collaboration with Holdman Studios, where he serves as Lead Artist, the piece is […]
