April 2013 Events
TWO BY LAND: NICOLE DONNELLY & KATHERINE SANDOZ
The Sheppard Contemporary Gallery and the University of Nevada, Reno are proud to present:
TWO BY LAND: NICOLE DONNELLY & KATHERINE SANDOZ
January 21 – February 15, 2013
Lecture and Reception: Thursday, April 4
Lecture: 5:30 pm Wells Fargo Auditorium, Knowledge Center Rm 124
Reception to follow in Sheppard Contemporary, Church Fine Arts Building
Sheppard Contemporary is proud to present Two by Land, a two-person painting exhibition featuring the work of Nicole Donnelly and Katherine Sandoz who explore the notion of reimagined landscapes. Working within a long tradition of American landscape painting, Donnelly and Sandoz create colorful and abstract interpretations of real or imaginary environments. Using their surroundings as inspiration, the landscape becomes a starting point for a series of reactions, responses, emotions, and gestures. Both artists utilize unnatural and natural hues within their compositions to convey their own unique view of the worldaround them.
Intrigued by the people and landscapes of Savannah and coastal Georgia, Katherine Sandoz paints daily in her studio in Vernonburg. Sandoz' work exhibits regionally, nationally and internationally. She also illustrates for various editorial and advertisingclients. She blogs nearly as much as she paints regarding the same subjects: painting, art and daily life in the South.
Nicole Donnelly is a Philadelphia-based painter, printmaker, hand papermaker, installation artist, curator, and shadow puppet enthusiast. Shereceived her MFA from the University of Iowa in 2009 and her BA from Bennington College. She recently received grants and fellowships to complete residencies at the Vermont Studio Center (2011) and the Women’s Studio Workshop (2010). She has exhibited her work throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, South Korea, and Germany.