Learning to Fly, 2023, steel, wire, acrylic, wood, paint, and chalk

Collaborators: Kendra Greene (poetry) / Art Shirer (sound)

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Sherry Owens and Art Shirer have merged their aesthetic sensibilities on over twenty projects spanning three decades. Recent collaborations include sculptures at White Oak Bayou and Heights Boulevard in Houston, as well as an artist’s residency in Jefferson, Texas and a site-specific installation at the UMLAUF Sculpture Garden & Museum in Austin. Both artists maintain studios in Dallas, Texas. Sherry is a native Texan and received a BFA from Southern Methodist University, Dallas. She is known for her meticulously constructed sculptures made from crepe myrtle trees, as well as large outdoor works in cast bronze and welded steel.  Recent solo exhibitions include the Grace Museum in Abilene and Cris Worley Fine Arts in Dallas. She was also included in Commanding Space: Women Sculptors of Texas, at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas and Built: Sculptural Art from the Permanent Collection, at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, Louisiana. Owens has completed several large public art projects, including at Love Field Airport and the Ben E. Keith Company in Dallas.  Shirer has produced steel sculptures for more than four decades and is known for his kinetic forms and ephemeral site-specific installations incorporating natural elements. A native of Ohio, he has resided in Texas since 1985 and has a BFA from East Carolina University and a MFA from Louisiana Tech University.