SALLY CHANDLER

 
Biography

Sally Chandler
The Lost World

SALLY CHANDLER Complete Resume and Collections


EDUCATION: Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

B.A. Degree awarded, 1973. Major-History.

St. Clare’s Hall, Oxford, England.

Junior Year abroad, 1971-1972.

London School of Economics, London, England.

Postgraduate studies in international relations, 1973-1974.

Belles Artes, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

Life Drawing, Painting, Etching, 1978-1979.

Instituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

Postgraduate work in printmaking, 1979-1980.

 

AWARDS

Artist in Residence, Oxbow, The Chicago School of the Art Institute Summer Program, August, 1992.

ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

"The Lost World," Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont,Tx. April-July 2013.

"The Lost World," Ogden Museum of Southeast Art, New Orleans, La. April-July 2012.

"Turkish Delight," Museum of East Texas. Lufkin,Texas. January - May 2004.

“Circus Exotica,” Museum of East Texas. Lufkin, Texas. January 26-May 26, 2002.

“Circus Exotica,” Masur Museum of Art. Monroe, Louisiana. May 27-August 12, 2001.

“Beetlemania,” Ellen Noel Art Museum. Odessa, Texas. August 1-September 30, 1999.

“Beetlemania,” Museum of East Texas. Lufkin, Texas. January-June 1999.

“Flower Portraits,” Munson Gallery. Santa Fe, New Mexico. December, 1997.

“Nites in the Gardens of Spain,” Lyons Matrix Gallery. Austin, Texas. November-December, 1997.

“One Hundred Butterflies,” Houston Museum of Natural Science. Houston,  Texas. August, 1996-January, 1997.

“One Hundred Butterflies,” Lyons Matrix Gallery. Austin, Texas. June-July, 1996.

“Fossils and Botanicals,” C.A.F.E. Gallery. Albuquerque, New Mexico. October-November, 1994.

“Nature Symbolized,” Lyons Matrix Gallery. Austin, Texas. June-August, 1994.

“Mandalas,” Prairie State College, Main Gallery. Chicago Heights, Illinois. Invitational. December, 1993.

“Earth Mass,” University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Texas.

Permanent Installation, Gift of Warren Burnett. October, 1992.

“Psychological Portraits of Nature,” Indiana University Northwest, Gary, Indiana. Invitational. September-October 1992.

“Integration with Nature,” Millikin University, Kirkland Fine Arts Center, Decatur, Illinois. Invitational. March-April, 1991.

“Earth Mass,” Lauren Rogers Museum of Art. Laurel, Mississippi.

Aug., 1990-January, 1991. The Warren Burnett Collection.

“Crying Earth,” Conduit Gallery. Dallas, Texas. December, 1989-January, 1990.

“Earth Mass,” Art Institute for the Permian Basin. Odessa, Texas.September, 1988. The Warren Burnett Collection.

“Earth Mass,” Sam Houston State University. Huntsville, Texas. November, 1988. The Warren Burnett Collection.

“Dallas Introductions,” Conduit Gallery. Dallas, Texas. June-July, 1988.

“Earth Mass,” Galveston Art Center. Galveston, Texas. Curator, J.P. Kilcrease. Invitational. April-May, 1988.

“Japanese Poster Series,” Meredith Long and Co. Houston, Texas. One-person painting exhibition. January, 1984.

“The Mexican Male,” Lauren Rogers Museum of Art. Laurel, Mississippi. Oneperson photography show. September, 1980.

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

"Objects of Interest: Recent Acquisitions for the Permanent Collection," Ogden Museum of Southern Art. New Orleans, La. September 2015-February 2016.

“Dia de los Muertos,” Lawndale Art Center. Houston, Texas. 2003, 2008 - 2011.

“Exquisite Snake,” Jean Albano Gallery. Chicago, Illinois. December, 2003.

“Heart Art 2003,” Clark Arts Center, Rockford College. Rockford, Illinois. February, 2003.

“To Kiss The Spirits,” Artemisia Gallery. Chicago, Illinois. October, 2002.

“Wild Life: The Other Tradition,” Polk Museum of Art. Lakeland, Florida. Invitational exhibition. Catalog. January-April, 2002.

“Term Limits,” Museum of Fine Arts. Santa Fe, New Mexico. May-October, 2000.

“Primavera: Works by Robert Kushner and Sally Chandler,” Parchman Stremmel Galleries. San Antonio, Texas. February-March, 1998.

“A Game of Chance,” Printworks Gallery. Chicago, Illinois. Curator, Hollis Sigler. November, 1997-February, 1998.

“Flora Bella,” Galveston Art Center. Galveston, Texas. April-June, 1997.

“Glimpses of Eden,” Adair Margo Gallery. El Paso, Texas. September-October, 1996.

“Collections... pages from my journal on nature,” Munson Gallery. Chatham, Massachusetts. July, 1996.

“Paper in Particular,” 16th Annual national exhibition. Columbia College. Columbia, Missouri. Juror, Stanley Baden. February-March, 1995.

“The Modern Retablo,” The Bridge Center of Contemporary Art. El Paso, Texas. October-December, 1994.

“Mandalas,” Conduit Gallery. Dallas, Texas. May-June, 1994.

“The Spirit of Place,” Roswell Museum and Art Center. Roswell, New Mexico. 19th Invitational Exhibition. Catalog. September-November, 1993.

“Lafayette Art Association 1993,” Lafayette, Louisiana. National juried exhibition. Juror, Clint Wilhour, Curator Galveston Arts Center. Catalog. March-April 1993.

“New Mexico ‘93,” Museum of Fine Arts. Santa Fe, New Mexico. Jurors Daniel Martinez and Ramona Sakiestewa. Catalog. March-May, 1993. Award of Merit.

“Psychological Portraits of Nature,” Conduit Gallery. Dallas, Texas. December, 1992.

“Feminine Views of the Landscape,” Adair Margo Gallery. El Paso, Texas, June-July, 1992.

“Psychological Portraits of Nature,” C.A.F.E. Gallery. Albuquerque, New Mexico. April-May, 1992.

“New Work,” Wade Wilson Gallery. Chicago, Illinois. May, 1991.

“30 South Wacker Art Exhibit,” Chicago, Illinois. Curated by Dennis Adrian. October, 1990-January, 1991.

“Works on Paper,” Conduit Gallery. Dallas, Texas. Gallery artists. November, 1990-January, 1991.

“New Work,” Wade Wilson Gallery. Chicago, Illinois. July-August, 1990.

“Earth Day 1990,” William Campbell Contemporary Art Gallery. Fort Worth, Texas. Invitational. April-May, 1990.

“The Prairie, The Lake and The City,” Evanston Art Center. Evanston, Illinois. Juror, Mary Jane Jacob, Independent Curator. March-April, 1990.

“Everyone Has The Right To...,” The Peace Museum. Chicago, Illinois. Invitational. October, 1989-January, 1990.

“The Self-Portrait,” Conduit Gallery. Dallas, Texas. December, 1988.

“Fantastic Function,” The Pillow Show. Susanna Sheffield Gallery. Houston, Texas. October, 1988.

“Fictional Figure,” Caroline Lee Gallery. Houston, Texas. Invitational. December, 1987.

“Second Annual Plate Show,” Judy Youens Gallery. Houston, Texas. Invitational. December, 1987.

“Women Artists of Three States,” D.W.C.A., Dallas, Texas. Juror, Judith Brodsky. November, 1987.

“Texas Realism, 1987,” Austin, Texas. T.F.A.A. state competition. Juror, Betty Moody, Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas. February-March, 1987. Honorable mention award.

“Celebration ‘87,” San Antonio, Texas. Juror, Annette Carlozzi, Senior Curator, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas. January, 1987.

“New Form/New Function,” Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, national juried exhibition. Juror Ken Holder, Professor of Art, Illinois State University. October, 1986-January, 1987.

“Hudson Valley ‘86,” Poughkeepsie, New York. National juried exhibition. Juror, Holly Solomon. October-November, 1986.

“Current Visions II, ‘86,” Rochester, New York. National juried exhibition. Juror, Susan Krane, Curator Albright-Knox Art Gallery. February, 1986.

“Texas Realism, 1985,” Austin, Texas. TFAA Statewide competition. Juror, Tom Livesay, Assistant Director, Dallas Museum of Art. January, 1986. Touring Statewide, 1986.

“Hudson Valley ‘85,” Poughkeepsie, New York. National juried exhibition. Juror, Barbara Haskell, Curator Whitney Museum of Art. October, 1985.

“Expressionism, The Goethe Institute,” Houston, Texas. Invitational. May, 1985.

Assistance League of Houston, Houston, Texas. Annual juried show. Juror, Jane Livingston, Corcoran Gallery. April, 1985.

“New Texas Prints,” Diverse Works. Houston, Texas. Annual juried show. March, 1985. Lawndale Annex, Houston, Texas. Invitational show. December, 1982.

“Introductions, ‘82,” Houston, Texas. Two-person show. Meredith Long and Co. Painting exhibition on series entitled “Isabella Court.” July, 1982.

Belles Artes, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Group exhibition drawings and prints. Spring, 1979.

Rice University, Houston, Texas. Group photography exhibition. Spring, 1979.

 

LECTURES

Healing art and the environment:

Indiana University Northwest, Gary, IN. September, 1992.

Oxbow, The Chicago School of the Art Institute Summer Program, Saugatuck, MI. August, 1992.

Millikin University, Decatur, IL. March, 1991.

“Collections... pages from my journal on nature,” Megan Fox Gallery. Santa Fe, New Mexico. February-March, 1996.

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

"Art & Healing at Mayo Clinic." book. Art collection at the Mayo Clinic. Cynde M. Randall, art writer. 2014.

The Lost World," book. essay by Susie Kalil. Three Cranes Press. Houston, Texas 2013.

ArtDaily.org. "Ogden Museum of Southern Art announces exhibitions with a focus on the environment," April 24, 2012.

The Lost World," book. essay by Susie Kalil. Three Cranes Press. Houston, Texas 2013.

"Road Trip: Lost World of Interiors," Catherine Anspon, Paper City. Houston, Texas. April issue, 2013.

"Artist portrays a world lost to modern society," The Examiner. Beaumont, Texas. April 4, 2013

"Ogden Museum of Southern Art announces exhibitions with a focus on the environment," April 24, 2012.

“A Collection of Memories," book. essay by Susie Kalil. Three Cranes Press. Houston, Texas. 2010.

“Polk Museum of Art Goes Far From the Beaten Path,” review. Michael Gordon, The Ledger. Lakeland, Florida. January 30, 2002.

“New American Paintings,” juried exhibitions in print, Number 30. The Fifth Open Studios Western Competition. Wellesley, Massachusetts. November, 2000.

“The Glory of Gold,” feature article. Donna Dorian Wall, Southern Accents magazine. November-December, 1999.

“Two painters celebrate nature in brilliant patterns, mosaics,” review. Dan R. Goddard, San Antonio Express News. San Antonio, Texas. March 26, 1998.

“Chandler’s paintings present a sense of the sacred,” review. Antonio Lopez, The New Mexican. Santa Fe, New Mexico. December 11, 1997.

“Women the Earth Remembers,” essay. Pierre Delattre, The Magazine. Santa Fe, New Mexico. January-February, 1996.

“A generous gathering of butterfly beauty,” Gussie Fauntleroy, The New Mexican. Santa Fe, New Mexico. February 23, 1996.

“The Eco-Card,” Tom Collins, The Reporter. Santa Fe, New Mexico. February 28-March 5, 1996

“Chandler’s Butterflies Soar With Shimmering Color,” Ellen Berkowitz. Albuquerque Journal North. February 29, 1996.

“Anatomy of an Opening,” feature article. Kim Chapin. Santa Fean Magazine. May, 1996.

“Fossils, Flowers and Truckstop Epiphanies,” Wesley Pulkka, NuCitv News. Albuquerque, New Mexico. November 22-28, 1994.

“Take a graphic walk in environmental wonderland,” Wade Wilson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. July 10, 1994.

“Art-Eco,” Tom Sanchez, Albuquerque Journal. Albuquerque, New Mexico. April 14, 1993.

“Patient Painters,” Janice Simon, The Galveston Daily News. Galveston, Texas. October 17, 1992.

“Women’s art shows views of nature,” Laurie Gallardo, The El Paso Herald-Post. El Paso, Texas. July 2, 1992.

“Artist Shows Massive Works,” Joanna Haynes, The Odessa American Newspaper. Odessa, Texas. August 25, 1988.

“Art on View,” review. Vaal, Detour Magazine, Dallas, Texas. July-August issue, 1988.

“Turbulence in the Environment,” review. Tre Roberts, Art Week, Volume 19, Number 25, July 9, 1988.

“All art in Sally Chandler’s exhibit sold to single buyer,” review. Patricia Johnson, art critic, Houston Chronicle Newspaper, April 30, 1988.

“No Bluebonnets, No Yellow Roses,” Essays on Texas Women in the Arts. Edited by Sylvia Moore, Mid March Art Press, New York, 1988.

“Texas Realism Mirrors Artist,” art review. Dan R. Goddard, The Sunday Express-News. San Antonio, Texas. January, 1987.

“Germanow Reflects Artistic Diversity,” art review. Ron Netsky, The Democrat Chronicle Newspaper. Rochester, New York, March, 1986.

“Tropical Splendor on Main Street,” feature article. Susan Winckler, Houston Home Garden Magazine, January, 1986.

“The Powers That Be,” feature article. Susan Freudenheim, Texas Homes Magazine, December, 1985.

“From Russia With Love,” six Texas artists invited to design costumes for Nutcracker Suite. Gary McKay, Ultra Magazine, December, 1984.

“Looking at/for Matisse,” essay. Bernard Brunon, Art Space Magazine, Summer issue, 1984.

“Introduction ‘82,” review. Patricia Johnson, art critic, Houston Chronicle Newspaper July 20,1982.

 

TEACHING

"Rocky Mountain Mural Painting" painting workshop with children. Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, Co. August 2004 / August 2007.

“Endangered Lilies” painting workshop with children. Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. Santa Fe, NM. October-November, 2002.

“Circus Exotica” mural painting, children’s workshop. Visiting artist. Austin Museum of Art Laguna Gloria — School of Art. Austin, TX. July, 2002.

 

MURAL COLLABORATIONS

The Lost World Mural:

Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, Texas. April, 2012.

Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Louisiana. April, 2012.

 

Endangered Lilies Mural:

Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, NM. October-November, 2002.

Circus Exotica Murals:

Austin Museum of Art Laguna Gloria — School of Art. Austin, TX. July, 2002.

Museum of East Texas, Lufkin, TX. April, 2002.

Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA. June, 2001.

 

Beetlemania Murals:

Ellen Noel Art Museum. Odessa, TX. August, 1999.

Museum of East Texas, Lufkin, TX. January, 1999.

 

Earth Mass Murals:

Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, TX. September, 1996.

Visitor Hospitality Center at the New Mexico State Penitentiary, Santa Fe, NM. August, 1994.

Pediatric AIDS League, Austin, TX. June, 1994.

Taos Day School at the Taos Pueblo, Taos, NM. March, 1994.

Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM. September, 1993.

New Mexico School for the Deaf, Santa Fe, NM. May, 1993.

Eldorado Elementary School, Santa Fe, NM. April, 1993.

Battered Women’s Shelter of Bexar County, San Antonio, TX. December, 1992.

Texas Children’s Hospital, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, TX. October, 1992.


Public Collections:

Ogden Museum of Southern Art. New Orleans, La.

Stanford Cancer Center, Palo Alto, California.

Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida.

Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas.

The University of Texas at San Antonio.

Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas, Austin, Texas.

Brown Forman Corporation, Louisville, Kentucky. 

Four Seasons Hotel, Aviara. Carlsbad, California.

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.

Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, Texas.

Houston Lighting and Power, Austin. Texas.

University of Texas Children’s Hospital, Medical Branch at Galveston, Texas.

Instruments Corporate Headquarters, Plano, Texas.

Drug Emporium Corporate Headquarters, Powell, Ohio.

Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois.

Sysco Food Corporation, Houston, Texas.

Transco, Houston, Texas.

Inner First Bank, Houston, Texas.

The Ronald McDonald House, Houston, Texas.

Lajitas Museum, Lajitas, Texas.

McClelland Engineering, Inc., Houston, Texas.

The Mischer Corporation, Houston, Texas.

Convest Energy Corporation, Houston, Texas.

First Regency, Inc., Houston, Texas.

Highland Resources, Inc., Houston, Texas.

First City National Bank, Houston, Texas.

Enron, Houston, Texas