May 31 - August 15, 2021
From the artist:
“Sharon Neel-Bagley’s photographs prove you don’t need to be an expert to have a meaningful engagement with trees from right outside your door. Her ability to see the beauty in discarded decaying branches and logs rescued from the bulky trash offers us a unique view of the life cycle of nature. Her extraordinary large-scale Logscapes create a sense of familiar natural scapes that fools you into believing they are common landscape destinations. They are not. Carefully selected specimens from zip codes from around Dallas + New York meticulously studied to highlight and focus our attention on the remarkable traits that even in death still hold so much life. Forever changed by her curiosity about something we see every day if you look a little closer.
Dallas environmental artist, Sharon Neel-Bagley explores climate change, conservation, and grassroots solutions. She applies scientific tools and methods into photography, printmaking, sculpture, and art installations. She holds a BFA in Photography from the University of North Texas. Sharon’s group exhibitions include the High Museum, Museum of Contemporary Arts & Design, and the Farmington Museum.
In 2019, Sharon’s photographs won two silver awards in the Tokyo Intl. Foto Awards Exhibition in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo. Mrs. Neel-Bagley’s receives funding in 2018 from City of Dallas-Individual Special Support Grant. Sharon is the first recipient of the 2017 Umbrella Artist Grant. In 2016, her photographs became a part of the Acclaimed Artist Series for the State of New Mexico. Capital One Corp., Lancaster Hotel, Cosmopolitan Suites, NYLO Hotel have collected her work. Sharon’s art is also a part of Earl’s Restaurant, the Farmington Museum, and Jesuit Museum.
Mrs. Neel-Bagley has been incorporating science into her work since 2011. Scientific tools and methods are an essential part of the making of her art. Sharon’s photographs bring new connections and views on the environment.”
On View: June 12, 2021 | 3–5 pm
3601 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
Dallas, 75210 Texas
(214) 428-7476
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