Artist Gwyneth Scally

Gwyneth Scally - Artist Statement

The Forest

My work deals with our relationship to our biological bodies; this recent series also explores our relationship to the natural world as a whole. These images, taken from both northern regions and from Mount Lemmon, depict contemporary people wandering through forgotten mythologies. These are people lost in a forest of fading pine trees and inexplicable events.

In 2007, I spent the summer at an artist’s residency in Newfoundland, Canada. The dire beauty of the icebergs and pine forests compelled me to focus on the fragile ecosystems of the cold north. My current series explores humanity’s skewed relationship with nature, through allegories of displacement. In these works, schoolchildren linger on desolate cliffs, icebergs are displaced into fire pits, and an entire forest is now inside of a tent (rather than the tent being inside of the forest.) These works describe our romantic, escapist ideas of nature. Yet they also hint at the uncanny, and at something sinister, implying our growing ability to manipulate the natural world, if not to protect it.

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Education

2009 M.F.A. Studio Art, Painting Concentration, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

1995 B.A., James Madison University (cum laude), Harrisonburg, VA

Exhibitions

Solo:

2009 The Forest, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2007 Jelly, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ
2005 Jelly, The Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
2005 The Cult of Man, Falk Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2004 Protection, The Pickled Art Center, Beijing, China
2002 Clean and Pure, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson AZ
2002 The Historic Hotel Congress Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2002 The Shemer Art Center, Scottsdale, AZ
2001 Central Arizona College Arts Gallery, Coolidge, AZ
2001 Featured Artist, East End Gallery, Telluride, CO
1999 Featured Artist, East End Gallery, Telluride, CO
1996 Joshua Wilton Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA
1996 Studio Art Exhibition Space, Harrisonburg, VA
1995 The Feminine Octopod, Zirkle House Artworks Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA

Two and Three Person:

2008 Sub-Merge, Gallery Imperato, Baltimore, MD
2006 Spilled, hpgrp Gallery, New York, NY
2006 Two-Person Exhibition, AP Tell Gallery, Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, AZ
2004 Two-Person Exhibition, G2 Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2004 Two-Person Exhibition, 3Falk Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2002 Two-Person Exhibition at G2 Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2002 The Bread Bed Installation Exhibition, Small Planet Bakery, Tucson AZ
2001 Two-Person Exhibition at G2 Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2001 Embodied, Three-Person Exhibition at Gallery 299, Tucson, AZ
2000 Two Person Exhibition at Dinnerware Contemporary Art Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1994 Two-Person Exhibition at Zirkle House Galleries, Harrisonburg, VA

Group:

2009 Continuum, The School of Art, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ
2009 Crush, The Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
2008 Questionnaires, City Art Gallery, Balchik, Bulgaria
2007 Group Exhibition, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
2007 Group Exhibition, La Luz de Jesus, Los Angeles, CA
2007 She Objects, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2005 (con) TEXT, G2 Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2005 Behind Our Eyes, Platform Gallery, Tuscson, AZ
2004 Juxtapoz Magazine Group Exhibition, On Six Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004 Contemporary Forum Materials Grant Winners Exhibition, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2004 What’s Love Got To Do With It; Perceptions of Relationships and Solitude, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
2004 Building a Collection 2004, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2004 Ready, Set, D’Art, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
2004 Tucson Artists in Underpants, The Temple of Music and Art, of Etherton Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2003 Drawn, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ
2003 Lights, Camera, Action, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ
2003 Black and White, The Temple of Music and Art, Etherton Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2003 Group Exhibition, East End Gallery, Telluride, Colorado
2003 Group Exhibition, Hotel Congress Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2002 New Works in Paint, a national juried exhibition at Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ
2002 Festival of Life, Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation, Tucson AZ
2002 Group Exhibition, Alamo Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2002 Group Exhibition traveling to Italy and Mexico. Catalogue available
2002 Group Show, The Gallery at the Temple of Music and Art, of Etherton Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2002 Ready, Set, D’Art, The Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
2001 Group Show, Elizabeth Cherry Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2001 After Van Gogh, The Temple Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2001 Works on Paper, Arizona Commission on the Arts Traveling Exhibition Program
2001 Group Exhibition, Metroform Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2001 Health and Safety in the Arts, Tucson Pima Arts Council, Tucson, AZ
1999-01 Group Show, Running Start Exhibition Space, Tucson, AZ
2000 Annual Member's Group Exhibition, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ
2000 Dinnerware Contemporary Arts Annual Auction Fundraiser, Tucson, AZ
2000 Where the Wild Things Are, RAW Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2000 Group exhibition, Metroform Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2000 Group Exhibition, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ
2000 Grant Awards Group Show, Tucson Pima Arts Council, Tucson, AZ
2000 Group Show, Apparatus Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1999-00 Member's Gallery Exhibition, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ
1999-00 Derailer Exhibition Space, Tucson AZ
1999-00 Exhibition, Canyon Ranch Resort, Tucson, AZ

Awards

2008 Arizona Commission on the Arts Travel Grant
2008 Medici Scholars Grant, of the University of Arizona
2008 Arizona Artists Guild Grant
2008 Graduate Diversity Fellowship
2007 Tucson Pima Arts Council Travel Grant
2007 Medici Scholars Grant, of the University of Arizona
2007 Ari Blattstein Memorial Scholarship
2006 Ruth Chenven Foundation Grant
2006 Barbara Rogers Endowment Scholarship
2006 Ari Blattstein Memorial Scholarship
2005 George Sugarman Foundation Project Grant
2005 Tucson Pima Arts Council Project Grant
2004 Community Foundation of Southern Arizona Visual Arts Award
2004 Arizona Commission on the Arts Travel Grant
2004 Tucson Pima Arts Council International Exchange Mini Grant
2003 Phoenix Art Museum Artists Materials Fund Grant/ Exhibition
2000 Tucson Pima Arts Council Visual Arts Award, Honorable Mention

Professional Experience

2007-09 Instructor of Record, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
- Color and Design 102, Spring 2009
- Drawing 101, Fall 2008
- Drawing 101, Summer 2008
- Career Development 496/ 596 A, Summer 2008
- Drawing 101, Spring 2008
- Survey of Contemporary Studio Art 203, Fall 2007
- Career Development 496/ 596 A, Summer 2007
1998-Present Exhibiting Career Artist
1999-2003 Studio Assistant, artist Mark Rossi (made sculpture and molds, bronze foundry work, metal finishing)
2002 Instructor, The Arts In Reality Program, Tucson, AZ (taught studio art to high school students)
1996-97 Assistant Director of Le KAE Galleries, Scottsdale, AZ

Professional Service

2004 Juror, Phoenix Art Museum Contemporary Forum Materials Grant Panel
2000-01 Vice-President of Member-Artists' Volunteer Board, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ
2000-01 Chair of the Exhibitions Committee, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ
2000-01 Co-Chair of Annual Auction Fundraiser Committee, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ
1999 Board Member, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ
1996-97 Volunteer docent at Arizona State University Art Museum

Publications

2008 “Of Water, Life and Art”, Baltimore Sun review, January 3, 2008
2008 Jessica Novack, “Submerge Exhibit Showcases Cameraless Photographer” Review, The Baltimore Examiner, January 12, 2008
2008 “Water World,” The Johns Hopkins Newsletter, January 10, 2008
2007 Review, Phoenix Magazine
2007 Wynter Holden, “Current Exhibits, Installations and Shows,” The New Times, April 5, 2007
2007 Wynter Holden, “Stinging Sensation,” Interview, The New Times, March 29, 2007
2007 Wynter Holden, “Walking on Water; Jelly Side Up,” The New Times, March 29,
2007 Robert L. Pela, “Closer to Perfect,” The New Times, March 15, 2007
2007 Fredric Koeppel, “The Threads are Loosely Connected”, Memphis Commercial Appeal, Friday, October 19, 2007
2007 Carol Knowles, “Just Desserts”, The Memphis Flyer, October 25, 2007
2006 New American Paintings, Vol. #66
2004 Interview broadcast on KUAT’s “Arizona Illustrated” television program
2004 Interview, Arizona Daily Star, June 4, 2004
2004 Interview, 110 Degrees, Issue 4, Summer 2004
2003 “Color Barrier,” Exhibition Review, The Tucson Weekly, vol 20, #11
2003 “New Meaning for Everyday Items” Feature Article, The Arizona Republic, January 25, 2003
2002 “The Bread Bed” review, City Week section, The Tucson Weekly, vol 19, #32
2002 “The Bed Bread” Interview for Channel 13 evening news segment, November 16
2002 Selected as “Best Visual Artist in Tucson” The Tucson Weekly’s 16th Annual Best of Tucson Issue, vol 19, #30
2002 “Muck and Mirrors” review, The Tucson Weekly, vol 19, #12, Caliente!, May 21, 2002
2001 Feature article in The Desert Leaf newspaper, Tucson, AZ, February 2001
2001 Television Interview, conducted by Kim Monke, Channel 12, March 23, 2001
2001 Featured work on The Arts District Quarterly cover, a publication of the Tucson Arts Partnership
2000 Television interview representing Dinnerware Arts on Tucson Cable
2000 Listing in Art in America, August issue
1999 Exhibit review in The Tucson Weekly
1995 "The Feminine Octopod," Review, The Breeze newspaper, Harrisonburg, VA
1994 Review of group show, The Breeze newspaper, Harrisonburg, VA

Residencies and Workshops

2008 Process-Space Festival Artists Residency, Balchik, Bulgaria
2008 Research and Video production, Slovakia
2007 Pouch Cove Foundation Artists’ Residency, Newfoundland, Canada
2007 Creative Capital Foundation Artists’ Retreat, Phoenix, AZ
2004 Red Gate Gallery of Beijing, China, Visual Artists’ Residency
2004 Research and temple mural photo-documentation project, Tibet



	Gwyneth Scally - Artist Statement The Forest My work deals with our relationship to our biological bodies; this recent series also explores our relationship to the natural world as a whole. These images, taken from both northern regions and from Mount Lemmon, depict contemporary people wandering through forgotten mythologies. These are people lost in a forest of fading pine trees and inexplicable events. In 2007, I spent the summer at an artist’s residency in Newfoundland, Canada. The dire beauty of the icebergs and pine forests compelled me to focus on the fragile ecosystems of the cold north. My current series explores humanity’s skewed relationship with nature, through allegories of displacement. In these works, schoolchildren linger on desolate cliffs, icebergs are displaced into fire pits, and an entire forest is now inside of a tent (rather than the tent being inside of the forest.) These works describe our romantic, escapist ideas of nature. Yet they also hint at the uncanny, and at something sinister, implying our growing ability to manipulate the natural world, if not to protect it. Resume Education 2009 M.F.A. Studio Art, Painting Concentration, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 1995 B.A., James Madison University (cum laude), Harrisonburg, VA Exhibitions Solo: 2009 The Forest, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2007 Jelly, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ 2005 Jelly, The Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ 2005 The Cult of Man, Falk Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2004 Protection, The Pickled Art Center, Beijing, China 2002 Clean and Pure, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson AZ 2002 The Historic Hotel Congress Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2002 The Shemer Art Center, Scottsdale, AZ 2001 Central Arizona College Arts Gallery, Coolidge, AZ 2001 Featured Artist, East End Gallery, Telluride, CO 1999 Featured Artist, East End Gallery, Telluride, CO 1996 Joshua Wilton Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA 1996 Studio Art Exhibition Space, Harrisonburg, VA 1995 The Feminine Octopod, Zirkle House Artworks Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA Two and Three Person: 2008 Sub-Merge, Gallery Imperato, Baltimore, MD 2006 Spilled, hpgrp Gallery, New York, NY 2006 Two-Person Exhibition, AP Tell Gallery, Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, AZ 2004 Two-Person Exhibition, G2 Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 2004 Two-Person Exhibition, 3Falk Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2002 Two-Person Exhibition at G2 Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 2002 The Bread Bed Installation Exhibition, Small Planet Bakery, Tucson AZ 2001 Two-Person Exhibition at G2 Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 2001 Embodied, Three-Person Exhibition at Gallery 299, Tucson, AZ 2000 Two Person Exhibition at Dinnerware Contemporary Art Gallery, Tucson, AZ 1994 Two-Person Exhibition at Zirkle House Galleries, Harrisonburg, VA Group: 2009 Continuum, The School of Art, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ 2009 Crush, The Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ 2008 Questionnaires, City Art Gallery, Balchik, Bulgaria 2007 Group Exhibition, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN 2007 Group Exhibition, La Luz de Jesus, Los Angeles, CA 2007 She Objects, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2005 (con) TEXT, G2 Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 2005 Behind Our Eyes, Platform Gallery, Tuscson, AZ 2004 Juxtapoz Magazine Group Exhibition, On Six Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2004 Contemporary Forum Materials Grant Winners Exhibition, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ 2004 What’s Love Got To Do With It; Perceptions of Relationships and Solitude, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ 2004 Building a Collection 2004, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ 2004 Ready, Set, D’Art, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ 2004 Tucson Artists in Underpants, The Temple of Music and Art, of Etherton Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2003 Drawn, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ 2003 Lights, Camera, Action, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ 2003 Black and White, The Temple of Music and Art, Etherton Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2003 Group Exhibition, East End Gallery, Telluride, Colorado 2003 Group Exhibition, Hotel Congress Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2002 New Works in Paint, a national juried exhibition at Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ 2002 Festival of Life, Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation, Tucson AZ 2002 Group Exhibition, Alamo Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2002 Group Exhibition traveling to Italy and Mexico. Catalogue available 2002 Group Show, The Gallery at the Temple of Music and Art, of Etherton Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2002 Ready, Set, D’Art, The Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ 2001 Group Show, Elizabeth Cherry Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2001 After Van Gogh, The Temple Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2001 Works on Paper, Arizona Commission on the Arts Traveling Exhibition Program 2001 Group Exhibition, Metroform Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2001 Health and Safety in the Arts, Tucson Pima Arts Council, Tucson, AZ 1999-01 Group Show, Running Start Exhibition Space, Tucson, AZ 2000 Annual Member's Group Exhibition, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ 2000 Dinnerware Contemporary Arts Annual Auction Fundraiser, Tucson, AZ 2000 Where the Wild Things Are, RAW Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2000 Group exhibition, Metroform Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2000 Group Exhibition, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ 2000 Grant Awards Group Show, Tucson Pima Arts Council, Tucson, AZ 2000 Group Show, Apparatus Gallery, Tucson, AZ 1999-00 Member's Gallery Exhibition, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ 1999-00 Derailer Exhibition Space, Tucson AZ 1999-00 Exhibition, Canyon Ranch Resort, Tucson, AZ Awards 2008 Arizona Commission on the Arts Travel Grant 2008 Medici Scholars Grant, of the University of Arizona 2008 Arizona Artists Guild Grant 2008 Graduate Diversity Fellowship 2007 Tucson Pima Arts Council Travel Grant 2007 Medici Scholars Grant, of the University of Arizona 2007 Ari Blattstein Memorial Scholarship 2006 Ruth Chenven Foundation Grant 2006 Barbara Rogers Endowment Scholarship 2006 Ari Blattstein Memorial Scholarship 2005 George Sugarman Foundation Project Grant 2005 Tucson Pima Arts Council Project Grant 2004 Community Foundation of Southern Arizona Visual Arts Award 2004 Arizona Commission on the Arts Travel Grant 2004 Tucson Pima Arts Council International Exchange Mini Grant 2003 Phoenix Art Museum Artists Materials Fund Grant/ Exhibition 2000 Tucson Pima Arts Council Visual Arts Award, Honorable Mention Professional Experience 2007-09 Instructor of Record, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Color and Design 102, Spring 2009 Drawing 101, Fall 2008 Drawing 101, Summer 2008 Career Development 496/ 596 A, Summer 2008 Drawing 101, Spring 2008 Survey of Contemporary Studio Art 203, Fall 2007 Career Development 496/ 596 A, Summer 2007 1998-Present Exhibiting Career Artist 1999-2003 Studio Assistant, artist Mark Rossi (made sculpture and molds, bronze foundry work, metal finishing) 2002 Instructor, The Arts In Reality Program, Tucson, AZ (taught studio art to high school students) 1996-97 Assistant Director of Le KAE Galleries, Scottsdale, AZ Professional Service 2004 Juror, Phoenix Art Museum Contemporary Forum Materials Grant Panel 2000-01 Vice-President of Member-Artists' Volunteer Board, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ 2000-01 Chair of the Exhibitions Committee, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ 2000-01 Co-Chair of Annual Auction Fundraiser Committee, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ 1999 Board Member, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ 1996-97 Volunteer docent at Arizona State University Art Museum Publications 2008 “Of Water, Life and Art”, Baltimore Sun review, January 3, 2008 2008 Jessica Novack, “Submerge Exhibit Showcases Cameraless Photographer” Review, The Baltimore Examiner, January 12, 2008 2008 “Water World,” The Johns Hopkins Newsletter, January 10, 2008 2007 Review, Phoenix Magazine 2007 Wynter Holden, “Current Exhibits, Installations and Shows,” The New Times, April 5, 2007 2007 Wynter Holden, “Stinging Sensation,” Interview, The New Times, March 29, 2007 2007 Wynter Holden, “Walking on Water; Jelly Side Up,” The New Times, March 29, 2007 Robert L. Pela, “Closer to Perfect,” The New Times, March 15, 2007 2007 Fredric Koeppel, “The Threads are Loosely Connected”, Memphis Commercial Appeal, Friday, October 19, 2007 2007 Carol Knowles, “Just Desserts”, The Memphis Flyer, October 25, 2007 2006 New American Paintings, Vol. #66 2004 Interview broadcast on KUAT’s “Arizona Illustrated” television program 2004 Interview, Arizona Daily Star, June 4, 2004 2004 Interview, 110 Degrees, Issue 4, Summer 2004 2003 “Color Barrier,” Exhibition Review, The Tucson Weekly, vol 20, #11 2003 “New Meaning for Everyday Items” Feature Article, The Arizona Republic, January 25, 2003 2002 “The Bread Bed” review, City Week section, The Tucson Weekly, vol 19, #32 2002 “The Bed Bread” Interview for Channel 13 evening news segment, November 16 2002 Selected as “Best Visual Artist in Tucson” The Tucson Weekly’s 16th Annual Best of Tucson Issue, vol 19, #30 2002 “Muck and Mirrors” review, The Tucson Weekly, vol 19, #12, Caliente!, May 21, 2002 2001 Feature article in The Desert Leaf newspaper, Tucson, AZ, February 2001 2001 Television Interview, conducted by Kim Monke, Channel 12, March 23, 2001 2001 Featured work on The Arts District Quarterly cover, a publication of the Tucson Arts Partnership 2000 Television interview representing Dinnerware Arts on Tucson Cable 2000 Listing in Art in America, August issue 1999 Exhibit review in The Tucson Weekly 1995 "The Feminine Octopod," Review, The Breeze newspaper, Harrisonburg, VA 1994 Review of group show, The Breeze newspaper, Harrisonburg, VA Residencies and Workshops 2008 Process-Space Festival Artists Residency, Balchik, Bulgaria 2008 Research and Video production, Slovakia 2007 Pouch Cove Foundation Artists’ Residency, Newfoundland, Canada 2007 Creative Capital Foundation Artists’ Retreat, Phoenix, AZ 2004 Red Gate Gallery of Beijing, China, Visual Artists’ Residency 2004 Research and temple mural photo-documentation project, Tibet





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