Judith Lowry (artist)
Judith Lowry | |
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Born |
1948 Washington, D.C., United States |
Nationality | Native American |
Education | Humboldt State University |
Alma mater | Chico State University |
Judith Lowry (born 1948 in Washington, D.C.) is a Native American artist. She works predominately in acrylics on canvas[1]
Life
Her father is Leonard Lowry, a descendant of the Maidu and Pit River tribes.[2] Her mother, June Shirley Harrison, is Australian. Her parents met during World War II when her father was stationed in her mother's native Sydney, Australia.[3]
Art career
Lowry has a Bachelors of Fine Arts from Humboldt State University, and Masters of Fine Arts in painting and drawing from Chico State University.[4] Lowry's work is influenced by Frank Day, Harry Fonseca, Fra Angelico, Giotto, and Sandro Botticelli.[3] Her works frequently reference themes including consumerism, fashion, relationships, death, and the representation of Native American people in contemporary culture.[5] Lowry frequently works in oil and acrylics creating "larger-than-life" images that favour "allegorical sensibilit[ies]."[6]
“There is one distinction I have to make. I am not a painter.
I paint. I am a storyteller.”[6]
Lowry's studio is in Nevada City.[7] Her work has been exhibited at the Crocker Art Museum, the Wheelwright Museum, the Carl M. Gorman Museum, the Heard Museum, and the George Gustav Heye Center.[4] In 2012, she showed at the Pence Gallery.[8] Her work is in the collections of the National Museum of the American Indian and Peabody Essex Museum.[9][10]
References
- ↑ https://s3.amazonaws.com/PEM_artscape/pdf/judith_lowry_reference-03.pdf
- ↑ Native Arts | Judith Lowry Southwest Art Magazine | Southwest Art Magazine
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Full Disclosure: Autobiographical paintings continue a storytelling tradition". PEM Connections. November–December 2008.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Evans, Lara. "Judith Lowry". Institute of America Indian Art.
- ↑ Lowry, Judith; Lippard, Lucy R.; Harlan, Theresa. Illuminations: Paintings by Judith Lowry. Santa Fe: Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian date = 1999. p. 9.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Judith Lowry". Images of Identity. University Library Gallery, at CSU Sacramento. 2004.
- ↑ Nevada City artist
- ↑ Victoria Dalkey: Judith Lowry's show at Pence Gallery depicts aspects of Native California - Theater - The Sacramento Bee
- ↑ "Collections Search". National Museum of the American Indian. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
- ↑ "My Aunt Viola". Native American Art. Peabody Essex Museum. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
Further reading
- Bigfeather, Joanna (2004). Native Views: Influences of Modern Culture. Ann Arbor: Arttrain USA. OCLC 54969559.
- Lowry, Judith; Lippard, Lucy R.; Harlan, Theresa. Illuminations: Paintings by Judith Lowry. Santa Fe: Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian date = 1999.
- Ortel, Jo (Spring 2005). "Exhibition Review of Continuum: 12 Artists at the George Gustav Heye Center, Part 2". American Indian Art Magazine 30 (2): 63–64.
- Russell, Karen K. (2011). Shapeshifting: Transformations in Native American Art. New Haven: Yale University Press.
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