Conrad Wilde Gallery presents artist Martina Shenal

Martina Shenal – Artist Statement

Index Series

This series developed out of my recent relocation in an effort to connect to new and unfamiliar surroundings. Originally conceived of as a series of sketches using disparate source material, the initial goal was to develop a daily studio practice by recording things just outside my studio window using the scanner as my camera. These images share similar aesthetic concerns with my previous body of work in their narrow, often shifting focal point within an isolating, nebulous ground.

In choosing organic matter and references to the natural world, I began with the ephemeral– recording at the height of beauty and again, after the fall. The title of this series points to the indexical nature of my process– serving as a reference guide with the hope of revealing something new, a sign. This attention to the cyclical nature of organic processes parallels an awareness of my own animate existence.

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Education

1994 Master of Fine Arts, Photography, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ

1987 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography, Ohio State University, Columbus OH

Solo and Two Person Exhibitions

2005 Recent Work, Fala Gallery, Tucson AZ

2004 Queue, UC Berkeley Extension Gallery, San Francisco CA (solo)

2004 Recent Work, Studio LoDo / Phoenix Center for Contemporary Art, Phoenix AZ

2003 The Void Diaries, Second Floor Contemporary, Memphis TN

2002 Annual Fellowship Exhibition, Tennessee Arts Commission Gallery, Nashville TN

2001 Auster, Second Floor Contemporary, Memphis TN

2000 Recent Work, Tower Fine Art Gallery, State University of New York- Brockport NY

Selected Group Exhibitions

2005 Diffusion, Davis & Cline Galleries, Ashland OR

2005 Building a Collection, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix AZ

2005 Invitational Biennial, University Art Gallery, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces NM (catalog)

2004 Clown Show, Froelick Gallery, Portland OR

2004 Faculty Exhibition, Memphis College of Art, Memphis TN

2003 Winter Exhibition, Second Floor Gallery, Memphis TN

2003 16th Annual National Works on Paper, McNeese State University, Lake Charles LA (catalog)

2003 Photo Album, Bradbury Gallery, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro AR (catalog)

2002 Collaborations, Dieu Donne Paper Mill, New York NY

2002 Personal Viewpoints, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle WA (Juror’s Award)

2002 Side By Side, Invitational Exhibition, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis TN (catalog)

2002 Winter Exhibition, Second Floor Contemporary, Memphis TN

2002 Group Exhibition, University of Georgia-Athens, Athens GA

2001 Faculty Exhibition, Patton-Malott Gallery, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village CO

2001 All About Paint-Max 2001, University of Memphis Art Gallery, Memphis TN

2001 44th Annual Delta Exhibition, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock AR

2001 Illuminance, Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock TX

2001 Faculty Exhibition, Memphis College of Art, Memphis TN

2001 Building a Collection, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix AZ

2000 2000 Clowns, University Art Gallery, Illinois State University, Normal IL

2000 Selections from the Permanent Collection, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale AZ

2000 Magic Silver 2000, Clara M. Eagle Art Gallery, Murray State University, Murray KY (Juror's Award)

2000 New Faculty Exhibition, Memphis College of Art, Memphis TN

1999 Big Muddy: Summer Exhibition, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago IL

1999 Faculty Exhibition, Patton-Malott Gallery, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village CO

1999 MAX ‘99, University of Memphis Art Museum, Memphis TN

1999 Young Memphis, Clough Hanson Art Gallery, Rhodes College, Memphis TN

1999 Faculty Exhibition, Memphis College of Art, Memphis TN

1998 Traditions Aside Invitational Print Exhibition, McComas Art Gallery, Mississippi State University, Starkville MS (SPE Regional Exhibition)

1998 Phoenix Triennial Invitational Exhibition, Phoenix Art Museum (Installation) (catalog)

1997 Faculty Exhibition, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe AZ (catalog)

1997 Building A Collection, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix AZ

1997 New Materials, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale AZ

1996 Artist-in-Residence Exhibition, Hoffman Gallery, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland OR

1996 Summer Exhibition, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale AZ

Honors/Grants/Fellowships

2005 Professional Development Grant, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Phoenix AZ

2003 Curator’s nomination- Biennale Internazionale Dell’ Arte Contemporanea, Florence Italy

2002 Walter Knestrick Visual Art Fellowship, Individual Artist Fellowship, Tennessee Arts Commission, Nashville TN

2002 Faculty Travel Grant, Memphis College of Art

2000 Faculty Enrichment Grant, Memphis College of Art

1999 Faiers Endowment Grant, Memphis College of Art

1998 Artist Materials Grant, Phoenix Triennial, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix AZ

1998 Faculty Development Grant, Memphis College of Art, Memphis TN

1998 Professional Development Grant, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Phoenix AZ

1998 Professional Growth Grant, Maricopa Community College District, Mesa AZ

1996 WESTAF/NEA Regional Fellowship for Visual Artists in New Genres, Santa Fe NM

1995 Institute for Museum Services, partial funding grant through ASU for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Installation) Arizona State University Art Museum

1995 Contemporary Forum Artist's Materials Grant, Phoenix Art Museum

1994 Djerassi Resident Artists Program (Alternate), Woodside CA

1993 Visual Arts Scholarship, Galeria Guild, Galeria Mesa, Mesa AZ

1991 New Directions Scholarship, The Friends of Photography, San Francisco CA

Visiting Artist/Lecturer/Artist-in-Residence

2005 Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Oregon College of Art & Craft, Portland OR

2005 Visiting Artist, Metropolitan Community College, Omaha NE

2002 Visiting Lecturer, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia-Athens GA

2001 Visiting Critic, University of Memphis Graduate Program, Memphis TN

2001 Visiting Artist, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village CO

2000 Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Arkansas State University-Jonesboro, Jonesboro AR

2000 Visiting Artist/Lecturer, University of Washington-Seattle WA

1999 Visiting Artist, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village CO

1997-98 Visiting Artist/Lecturer in Photography, Arizona State University

1996 Artist-in-Residence, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland OR

1995 Visiting Artist/Lecturer in Printmaking, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ

1995 Artist-in-Residence, Kyrene de la Mariposa School, Tempe Municipal Arts Commission Grant

1995 Visiting Artist, The Constructed Image, Phoenix Visual Arts Center, Phoenix AZ

1994-95 Artist-in-Residence, Tempe Art Center, Artist-in-Schools Program, Tempe AZ

2005 Northwest Review, Volume 43, Number 1, The University of Oregon, Eugene OR, p. 75*

2003 Hamlett Dobbins, Interview, Number: an independent journal of the arts, Fall 2003, p.14-17*

2003 Fredric Koeppel, Two photo exhibits put focus on light, Commercial Appeal, June 1, p. F4*

2003 Photo Album, Exhibition catalog, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro AR*

2002 Side by Side, Brooks Museum, Memphis TN, Exhibition Catalog*

2001 Max 2001, All about Paint, University of Memphis, Exhibition catalogue, p. 20 *

2001 Suzanne Riker, To the Max, Memphis Business Journal, May 18-24, pp. 41,42

2001 Debra Elliott, Painting Over the Edge, Commercial Appeal, June 24, pp. 1, 2*

2001 David Hall, Tutti Frutti, Memphis Flyer, June 7, pp. 40-41

2001 David Hall, Picture This, Memphis Flyer, April 18, pp. 59, 75*

2000 Jenny Southlynn, The Great Colorful Other, The Octopus, Champaign-Urbana, June 9, pp. 16,17*

2000 Photo Review, Vol. 23, Number 3, Summer 2000, Philadelphia, PA, p. 24*

1999 David Hall, Young and Hungry, Memphis Flyer, December 16, pp.54, 78.

1999 Reviews, New Art Examiner, October 1999, p. 44

1999 Max '99 Exhibition Catalog, University of Memphis, pp 32, 33, 38*

1999 Glenna Park, Irony of life assumes guise of art, The Commercial Appeal, June 26, p. F5

1999 Cory Dugan, Baker's Dozen: This year's model: MAX: 99, The Memphis Flyer, June 24, pp. 34-36

1998 Body Images: Embodiment as Intercorporeality, New York: Routledge, pp. 40, 64

1998 Richard Nilsen, Nice Tri, Arizona Republic- The Rep, August 20, 1998, pp. 41-42

1998 Joshua Rose, Souls of the Southwest, Tempe Tribune- Get Out, August 14, 1998, pp. 24-25

1998 Phoenix Triennial Exhibition Catalog, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix AZ *

1998 Learina Exhibition Catalog, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art*

1997 Regina Freedle, " New Materials", Java, May, p. 22.

1997 Northlight Gallery 25th Annual Exhibition and Auction, Exhibition Catalog, p. 7*

1996 Lippard, Shields, Swentzell, Parallaxis: Fifty-five Points to View, Western States Art Federation, pp. 39, 100*

1996 Artweek, Vol. 27, p. 3

1995 "Martina M. Shenal- Six Right of 7 South", Leonardo, 28:4, pp. 244-45*

1995 Arizona Biennial Exhibition Catalog, Tucson Museum of Art

1994 Kathleen Vanesian, "Strike Three, You're Art", Phoenix New Times, Vol. 25, no.14,
p. 67

1993 Haydens Ferry Review, Arizona State University Press, Vol. 13, pps.11, 14, 26*

Public Collections

New Mexico State University Art Gallery, Las Cruces NM

Center for Creative Photography, Tucson AZ

Memphis College of Art, Memphis TN

Sedgwick CMS, Memphis TN

Armstrong-Prior, Phoenix AZ

Streich Lang, Phoenix AZ Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale AZ

Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ



	Martina Shenal – Artist Statement Index Series This series developed out of my recent relocation in an effort to connect to new and unfamiliar surroundings. Originally conceived of as a series of sketches using disparate source material, the initial goal was to develop a daily studio practice by recording things just outside my studio window using the scanner as my camera. These images share similar aesthetic concerns with my previous body of work in their narrow, often shifting focal point within an isolating, nebulous ground. In choosing organic matter and references to the natural world, I began with the ephemeral– recording at the height of beauty and again, after the fall. The title of this series points to the indexical nature of my process– serving as a reference guide with the hope of revealing something new, a sign. This attention to the cyclical nature of organic processes parallels an awareness of my own animate existence. Resume Education 1994 Master of Fine Arts, Photography, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ 1987 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography, Ohio State University, Columbus OH Solo and Two Person Exhibitions 2005 Recent Work, Fala Gallery, Tucson AZ 2004 Queue, UC Berkeley Extension Gallery, San Francisco CA (solo) 2004 Recent Work, Studio LoDo / Phoenix Center for Contemporary Art, Phoenix AZ 2003 The Void Diaries, Second Floor Contemporary, Memphis TN 2002 Annual Fellowship Exhibition, Tennessee Arts Commission Gallery, Nashville TN 2001 Auster, Second Floor Contemporary, Memphis TN 2000 Recent Work, Tower Fine Art Gallery, State University of New York- Brockport NY 2000 New Work, MCA Satellite Gallery, Cossitt Library, Memphis TN (solo) 1998 Learina, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale AZ (Installation) (solo) 1996 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Experimental Gallery, Arizona State University Art Museum (Installation) (solo) 1993 Six Right of 7 South, Harry Wood Art Gallery, Arizona State University (Installation) (solo) Selected Group Exhibitions 2005 Diffusion, Davis & Cline Galleries, Ashland OR 2005 Building a Collection, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix AZ 2005 Invitational Biennial, University Art Gallery, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces NM (catalog) 2004 Clown Show, Froelick Gallery, Portland OR 2004 Faculty Exhibition, Memphis College of Art, Memphis TN 2003 Winter Exhibition, Second Floor Gallery, Memphis TN 2003 16th Annual National Works on Paper, McNeese State University, Lake Charles LA (catalog) 2003 Photo Album, Bradbury Gallery, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro AR (catalog) 2002 Collaborations, Dieu Donne Paper Mill, New York NY 2002 Personal Viewpoints, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle WA (Juror’s Award) 2002 Side By Side, Invitational Exhibition, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis TN (catalog) 2002 Winter Exhibition, Second Floor Contemporary, Memphis TN 2002 Group Exhibition, University of Georgia-Athens, Athens GA 2001 Faculty Exhibition, Patton-Malott Gallery, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village CO 2001 All About Paint-Max 2001, University of Memphis Art Gallery, Memphis TN 2001 44th Annual Delta Exhibition, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock AR 2001 Illuminance, Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock TX 2001 Faculty Exhibition, Memphis College of Art, Memphis TN 2001 Building a Collection, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix AZ 2000 2000 Clowns, University Art Gallery, Illinois State University, Normal IL 2000 Selections from the Permanent Collection, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale AZ 2000 Magic Silver 2000, Clara M. Eagle Art Gallery, Murray State University, Murray KY (Juror's Award) 2000 New Faculty Exhibition, Memphis College of Art, Memphis TN 1999 Big Muddy: Summer Exhibition, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago IL 1999 Faculty Exhibition, Patton-Malott Gallery, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village CO 1999 MAX ‘99, University of Memphis Art Museum, Memphis TN 1999 Young Memphis, Clough Hanson Art Gallery, Rhodes College, Memphis TN 1999 Faculty Exhibition, Memphis College of Art, Memphis TN 1998 Traditions Aside Invitational Print Exhibition, McComas Art Gallery, Mississippi State University, Starkville MS (SPE Regional Exhibition) 1998 Phoenix Triennial Invitational Exhibition, Phoenix Art Museum (Installation) (catalog) 1997 Faculty Exhibition, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe AZ (catalog) 1997 Building A Collection, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix AZ 1997 New Materials, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale AZ 1996 Artist-in-Residence Exhibition, Hoffman Gallery, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland OR 1996 Summer Exhibition, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale AZ Honors/Grants/Fellowships 2005 Professional Development Grant, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Phoenix AZ 2003 Curator’s nomination- Biennale Internazionale Dell’ Arte Contemporanea, Florence Italy 2002 Walter Knestrick Visual Art Fellowship, Individual Artist Fellowship, Tennessee Arts Commission, Nashville TN 2002 Faculty Travel Grant, Memphis College of Art 2000 Faculty Enrichment Grant, Memphis College of Art 1999 Faiers Endowment Grant, Memphis College of Art 1998 Artist Materials Grant, Phoenix Triennial, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix AZ 1998 Faculty Development Grant, Memphis College of Art, Memphis TN 1998 Professional Development Grant, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Phoenix AZ 1998 Professional Growth Grant, Maricopa Community College District, Mesa AZ 1996 WESTAF/NEA Regional Fellowship for Visual Artists in New Genres, Santa Fe NM 1995 Institute for Museum Services, partial funding grant through ASU for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Installation) Arizona State University Art Museum 1995 Contemporary Forum Artist's Materials Grant, Phoenix Art Museum 1994 Djerassi Resident Artists Program (Alternate), Woodside CA 1993 Visual Arts Scholarship, Galeria Guild, Galeria Mesa, Mesa AZ 1991 New Directions Scholarship, The Friends of Photography, San Francisco CA Visiting Artist/Lecturer/Artist-in-Residence 2005 Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Oregon College of Art & Craft, Portland OR 2005 Visiting Artist, Metropolitan Community College, Omaha NE 2002 Visiting Lecturer, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia-Athens GA 2001 Visiting Critic, University of Memphis Graduate Program, Memphis TN 2001 Visiting Artist, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village CO 2000 Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Arkansas State University-Jonesboro, Jonesboro AR 2000 Visiting Artist/Lecturer, University of Washington-Seattle WA 1999 Visiting Artist, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village CO 1997-98 Visiting Artist/Lecturer in Photography, Arizona State University 1996 Artist-in-Residence, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland OR 1995 Visiting Artist/Lecturer in Printmaking, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ 1995 Artist-in-Residence, Kyrene de la Mariposa School, Tempe Municipal Arts Commission Grant 1995 Visiting Artist, The Constructed Image, Phoenix Visual Arts Center, Phoenix AZ 1994-95 Artist-in-Residence, Tempe Art Center, Artist-in-Schools Program, Tempe AZ Publications 2005 Northwest Review, Volume 43, Number 1, The University of Oregon, Eugene OR, p. 75* 2003 Hamlett Dobbins, Interview, Number: an independent journal of the arts, Fall 2003, p.14-17* 2003 Fredric Koeppel, Two photo exhibits put focus on light, Commercial Appeal, June 1, p. F4* 2003 Photo Album, Exhibition catalog, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro AR* 2002 Side by Side, Brooks Museum, Memphis TN, Exhibition Catalog* 2001 Max 2001, All about Paint, University of Memphis, Exhibition catalogue, p. 20 * 2001 Suzanne Riker, To the Max, Memphis Business Journal, May 18-24, pp. 41,42 2001 Debra Elliott, Painting Over the Edge, Commercial Appeal, June 24, pp. 1, 2* 2001 David Hall, Tutti Frutti, Memphis Flyer, June 7, pp. 40-41 2001 David Hall, Picture This, Memphis Flyer, April 18, pp. 59, 75* 2000 Jenny Southlynn, The Great Colorful Other, The Octopus, Champaign-Urbana, June 9, pp. 16,17* 2000 Photo Review, Vol. 23, Number 3, Summer 2000, Philadelphia, PA, p. 24* 1999 David Hall, Young and Hungry, Memphis Flyer, December 16, pp.54, 78. 1999 Reviews, New Art Examiner, October 1999, p. 44 1999 Max '99 Exhibition Catalog, University of Memphis, pp 32, 33, 38* 1999 Glenna Park, Irony of life assumes guise of art, The Commercial Appeal, June 26, p. F5 1999 Cory Dugan, Baker's Dozen: This year's model: MAX: 99, The Memphis Flyer, June 24, pp. 34-36 1998 Body Images: Embodiment as Intercorporeality, New York: Routledge, pp. 40, 64 1998 Richard Nilsen, Nice Tri, Arizona Republic- The Rep, August 20, 1998, pp. 41-42 1998 Joshua Rose, Souls of the Southwest, Tempe Tribune- Get Out, August 14, 1998, pp. 24-25 1998 Phoenix Triennial Exhibition Catalog, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix AZ * 1998 Learina Exhibition Catalog, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art* 1997 Regina Freedle, " New Materials", Java, May, p. 22. 1997 Northlight Gallery 25th Annual Exhibition and Auction, Exhibition Catalog, p. 7* 1996 Lippard, Shields, Swentzell, Parallaxis: Fifty-five Points to View, Western States Art Federation, pp. 39, 100* 1996 Artweek, Vol. 27, p. 3 1995 "Martina M. Shenal- Six Right of 7 South", Leonardo, 28:4, pp. 244-45* 1995 Arizona Biennial Exhibition Catalog, Tucson Museum of Art 1994 Kathleen Vanesian, "Strike Three, You're Art", Phoenix New Times, Vol. 25, no.14, p. 67 1993 Haydens Ferry Review, Arizona State University Press, Vol. 13, pps.11, 14, 26* Public Collections New Mexico State University Art Gallery, Las Cruces NM Center for Creative Photography, Tucson AZ Memphis College of Art, Memphis TN Sedgwick CMS, Memphis TN Armstrong-Prior, Phoenix AZ Streich Lang, Phoenix AZ Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale AZ Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ





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