For nearly four decades, Sherry Owens has used the sinewy crepe myrtle tree to tell her story – of the Texas landscape, of death, renewal, beauty, and of today’s growing environmental concerns. Owens, a native Texan, lives and works in Dallas, Texas and received a BFA from Southern Methodist University.  Her work has been shown throughout Texas and the southwest. Recent solo exhibitions include The Grace Museum in Abilene, Cris Worley Fine Arts in Dallas, the Art Museum of Southeast Texas in Beaumont, the Martin Museum of Art in Waco, and a two-person site-specific installation at the UMLAUF Sculpture Garden + Museum in Austin. She was also included in Commanding Space: Women Sculptors of Texas, at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth and recently was in Knowing Who We Are: A 20th Anniversary Exhibition, at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, LA. Owens has exhibited internationally in Austria, Denmark, Germany, Greece, India, Peru, Turkey, and Japan. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA; San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX; The Grace Museum, Abilene, TX; and the Linda Pace Foundation at Ruby City, San Antonio, TX.

She has completed several large public art projects, including a large-scale bronze through the Love Field Modernization Program at Love Field Airport in Dallas, TX and a monumental commission for the Ben E. Keith Company, also in Dallas. Owens is a former president of the Texas Sculpture Association, has served on various art boards and was a co-founder of the Emergency Artists’ Support League. She was the recipient of the Moss/Chumley North Texas Artist Award in 1999, was the West Texas Triangle artist in 2010 with a comprehensive survey at five west Texas museums, and received the Artist/Craftsman Award from the AIA Dallas in 2014.