PERSONAL/EDUCATION
1950 Born in Mt. Vernon, TX
1972 BFA, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
AWARDS AND HONORS
2024 2024 Kollwitz Artist, Residency at Flatbed Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Austin, TX
2020-21 Insta11ations, an outdoor project of the City of Houston Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs and
Art League Houston, Site-Specific Collaboration with Art Shirer, Oakbrook Gateway,
District A, Houston, TX
2020 True North 2020, Heights Boulevard Sculpture Project, Site-Specific Collaboration with Art
Shirer, Carbon Sink, Houston, TX (catalog)
2018-26 Art on the River Artists-in-Residency Program, Site-Specific Collaboration with Art Shirer,
Port Jefferson History & Nature Center, Jefferson, TX (catalog)
2017 La Romita School of Art Residency, Flatbed Press, Terni, Italy
AtelierHaus Hilmsen Residency, Hilmsen, Germany
2014 Artist/Craftsman Award, AIA Dallas, Dallas, TX
2012 Love Field Modernization Program, Back in a Moment, Love Field Airport, Dallas, TX
2011 Residency Program at TSAR Artists’ Studios, Baroda, India
2010 West Texas Triangle Artist: San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts; The Grace Museum, Abilene;
The Old Jail Art Center, Albany; Museum of Southwest, Midland; Ellen Noel Art
Museum of the Permian Basin, Odessa (catalog)
2000 Connemara Conservancy Foundation Grant, Connemara Collaboration: Art/Nature/Man,
Allen, TX (brochure)
1999 Moss/Chumley North Texas Artist Award, Meadows Museum of Art, SMU, Dallas, TX
1994 Cedars Light Rail Station Art Project, Finalist, Collaboration with Art Shirer, DART-
Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Dallas, TX
1990 Connemara Conservancy Foundation Grant, Allen, TX (brochure)
1987 St. Patrick’s Day Parade, First Prize, Greenville Ave, Dallas, TX
1986 2nd Annual Kinetic Sculpture Parade, First Prize $3000, West End Marketplace,
Dallas, TX
1984 United States Textile Arts and Culture of China Delegation, People’s Republic of China
ONE AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2022 Tales from the Viewing Room: Sherry Owens/Grandfather’s Land, Cris Worley Fine Arts,
Dallas, TX
Inner Worlds/Outer Worlds: Ann Marie Auricchio & Sherry Owens, Octavia Art Gallery,
New Orleans, LA
2021 Sherry Owens: Promise Me the Earth, The Grace Museum, Abilene, TX (brochure)
2019 Sherry Owens: Tied to This World, Cris Worley Fine Arts, Dallas, TX
2018 Art on the River, Site-Specific Collaboration with Art Shirer, Port Jefferson History & Nature
Center, Jefferson, TX (catalog)
entangled, Site-Specific Collaboration with Art Shirer, UMLAUF Sculpture Garden &
Museum, Austin, TX (brochure)
2017 Sherry Owens: Fabric of Life, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX (brochure)
2017 Confluence of Earth & Mind: Sharon Kopriva & Sherry Owens, Martin Museum of Art, Hooper-
Schaefer Fine Arts Center, Baylor University, Waco, TX
Sherry Owens and Suzi Davidoff: Nature Gathered, Octavia Art Gallery, New
Orleans, LA
2015 Natural Resources: Sherry Owens and Greg Reuter, Beatrice M Haggerty Art Gallery,
University of Dallas, Irving, TX
Meditations on Nature: Suzi Davidoff and Sherry Owens, Octavia Art Gallery,
Houston, TX
2013 Texas Tough: Origins, Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum, San Antonio, TX (catalog)
2010 Sherry Owens: A Survey - Rooted in the Earth, West Texas Triangle, San Angelo
Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX (catalog)
Sherry Owens: Sculpture and Paint, West Texas Triangle, Ellen Noel Art Museum of the
Permian Basin, Odessa, TX
West Texas Triangle: Owens, The Grace Museum, Abilene, TX
West Texas Triangle: Owens Sculpture and Drawings, The Old Jail Art Center,
Albany, TX
2003 Sherry Owens: Second Glance, Studio Gallery, Brookhaven College, Farmers Branch, TX
c l o u d s a n d i s l a n d s, Collaboration with Art Shirer, Redbud Gallery, Houston, TX
Sherry Owens: New Work in Bronze, Fine Arts Division, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library,
Dallas, TX
2002 Bearing Witness An Installation in Response to September 11, 2001, Four Walls,
Displays Unlimited, Inc., Fort Worth, TX
Sculpture by Sherry Owens, Neiman Marcus Downtown, First Floor and Windows on
Main, Ervay and Commerce, Dallas, TX
2001 Earthly Delights, Parchman Stremmel Galleries, San Antonio, TX
outside in, Collaboration with Art Shirer, Ida Green Gallery, Austin College, Sherman, TX
On the Surface, NRH Gallery, North Richland Hills, TX
2000 unearthed, Haggar Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX (brochure)
1998 In Harmony, Parchman Stremmel Galleries, San Antonio, TX
This Seed of Space, Women & Their Work, Austin, TX (brochure)
1997 beginnings, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX
On Earth & Sky, Parchman Stremmel Galleries, San Antonio, TX
Patience Towards Obsession, Main Gallery, Fox Fine Arts Center, University of Texas at
El Paso, El Paso, TX
1996 Sherry Owens: Sculpture, Martin Museum, Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center,
Baylor University, Waco, TX
Persistence of Memory, Collaboration with Art Shirer, University Gallery, Southwest
Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
1995 Sherry Owens: AboveBelowAndBetween, Studio Gallery and Sculpture Garden,
Brookhaven College, Farmers Branch, TX
Sherry Owens: Sculpture, The Gallery, Collin County Community College, Plano, TX
SHIRER + OWENS A Transformation of Space, Main Gallery, Irving Arts Center,
Irving, TX
1993 Sherry Owens & Tom Sale, Gray Matters, Dallas, TX
1990 In Collaboration: Sherry Owens and Art Shirer, D-Art Visual Art Center, Dallas, TX
1989 Collected Thoughts, University Gallery, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
1979 Sherry Owens, Artists Coalition of Texas, KMGC Studios, Dallas, TX
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS/PROJECTS
2016 Buffalo Thunder, Ben E Keith Company, Dallas, TX
2013 Sands of Time, Main Street Projects, Houston, TX
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS/PROJECTS (continued)
2012 Back in a Moment, Love Field Airport, Dallas, TX
2009 Night Birds Soaring, JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa, San Antonio, TX
2008 An Ocean Between Us, Coast Global Seafood Restaurant, Plano, TX
2005 Flowering Cloud in the Night Sky, Stephan Pyles Restaurant, Dallas, TX
2003 When There Is Joy in the Heart, The Narthex Alcove, First United Methodist Church,
Dallas, TX
2000 Receiving Gifts, Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
1996 Storm Rising, Marquis on Gaston, Dallas, TX
Orbit, Collaboration with Art Shirer, Marquis on Gaston, Dallas, TX
1995-96 Cascade, Collaboration with Art Shirer, Hall Financial Group, Frisco, TX
On Thin Ice, Collaboration with Art Shirer, Hall Financial Group, Frisco, TX
Grove, Collaboration with Art Shirer, Hall Financial Group, Frisco, TX
1994 Cedars Light Rail Station Art Project, Finalist, Collaboration with Art Shirer,
DART-Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Dallas, TX
OUTDOOR INSTALLATIONS/EXHIBITIONS
2023-25 A Gift from the Bower, Site-Specific Collaboration with Art Shirer, Locke Surls Center for Art
and Nature at Splendora Gardens, Cleveland, TX (catalog)
2020-21 Insta11ations, an outdoor project of the City of Houston Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs and
Art League Houston, Site-Specific Collaboration with Art Shirer, Oakbrook Gateway,
District A, Houston, TX
2020 True North 2020, Heights Boulevard Sculpture Project, Site-Specific Collaboration with Art
Shirer, Carbon Sink, Houston, TX (catalog)
2018-23 Art on the River, Site-Specific Collaboration with Art Shirer, Port Jefferson History & Nature
Center, Jefferson, TX (catalog)
2017-19 The Spirit of Abstraction, Museum of Biblical Art, Dallas, TX
2013-14 Texas Sculpture Inside and Out, Wichita Falls Museum of Art at Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX
2010-12 30th Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Abilene, TX (catalog)
2010-11 West Texas Triangle: Owens, Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX
2010-13 West Texas Triangle: Owens, Ellen Noel Art Museum of the Permian Basin, Odessa, TX
2008-18 Sculpture for New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
2006-07 Waco National Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Waco Cultural Arts Fest, Waco, TX
2005-06 Art on the Green, Kemp Center for the Arts, Wichita Falls, TX (catalog)
2004-06 Sculpture Fort Smith, Fort Smith, AR (brochure)
2004-06 Insight at Sloss, Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark, Birmingham, AL
2001 Texas Sculpture Garden, Permanent Collection, Hall Office Park, Frisco, TX
2000-01 Art in the Park, Windlands Park, Midland, TX (brochure)
2000 Connemara Collaboration: Art/Nature/Man, Connemara Conservancy Foundation,
Allen, TX (brochure)
Journey: Sculpture 2000, Allen Parkway and Memorial Drive, Houston, TX (brochure)
1999-2000 Breaking New Ground, Irving Arts Center Sculpture Garden, Irving, TX (brochure)
1999 XXL: Large-Scale Outdoor Sculpture, Richland College, Dallas, TX
Artworks 99 Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Aquarena Center, San Marcos, TX
1995-96 Sculpture on Campus Exhibit, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
1992-93 Abilene 12th Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Nelson Park, Abilene, TX (catalog)
Sculpture Park, Gaston and Liberty Streets, Meadows Foundation, Dallas, TX
1991 Sculpture in the Parks 1991, Mackenzie Park, Lubbock, TX (catalog)
1990 Connemara Conservancy Foundation, Allen, TX (brochure)
Sculpture at the Fair, Texas Sculpture Association, State Fair of Texas, Dallas, TX
OUTDOOR INSTALLATIONS/EXHIBITIONS (continued)
1989 Sculpture By the Lake, Texas Sculpture Association and the City of Dallas, Bath House
Cultural Center, Dallas, TX (catalog)
1988 1st Biennial Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, The Sculpture Farm, Wolfe City, TX (catalog)
1987 St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Greenville Ave, Dallas, TX
-First Prize
1986 2nd Annual Kinetic Sculpture Parade, West End Marketplace, Dallas, TX
-$3000 First Prize
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Texas Art Now-Rhythms and Myths, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL (catalog)
2025 Heard of G.O.A.T.S, Surls + Locke Museum of Texas Art, Cleveland, TX (catalog)
Correspondence-Kirfeenvaihto, Yo Galleria, Helsinki, Suomi Finland; Redbud Arts
Center, Houston, TX (catalog)
2024-25 Finale, 2024, Flatbed Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Austin, TX
2024 Breaking Boundaries, Texas/Leipzig Cultural Exchange, Club International, Leipzig, Germany
Crosscurrent Texas-Kamakura, Kamakura Performing Arts Center, Kamakura, Japan
Anchor Point, Cris Worley Fine Arts, Dallas, TX
O What a Night!, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, (catalog)
2023-24 Upwelling, ICOSA Gallery, Austin, TX
Water Ways, Ruby City, San Antonio, TX
2023-25 A Gift From the Bower, Collaboration with Art Shirer, Locke Surls Center for Art and Nature,
Cleveland, TX (catalog)
2023 Knowing Who We Are: A 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Ogden Museum of Southern Art,
New Orleans, LA
Cross Current Texas-Yokohama International Exchange Exhibition, Redbud Arts Center,
Houston, TX
Marking Space/Holding Time-Works by Texas Women Artists, Irving Arts Center, Irving, TX
Texas Sculpture Group-2023 All Member Exhibition, Irving Arts Center, Irving, TX
O What a Night!, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA (catalog)
Where the Wild Things Art, The Orange Show Center for Visionary Arts 42nd Annual Gala,
The Orange Show World HQ, Houston, TX
2022-23 Invaluable: Collection Treasures from Past Exhibitions, The Grace Museum, Abilene, TX
2022 Remembrance-Ground Zero 360, Houston Baptist University, Houston, TX (catalog)
Wild Light, Diverse Works, Orange Show World Headquarters, Houston, TX (brochure)
Honduras Threads 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
O What a Night!, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA (catalog)
Repsychedelic, Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, Houston, TX (catalog)
Ageless Passion, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
Blue Norther, Silos at Sawyer Yards, Houston, TX (catalog)
Artists for Beto, Erin Cluley Gallery, Dallas, TX
The I50lation Portfolio Project, Cohen Gallery, School of Art and Design, Alfred University,
Alfred, NY
Traveled to: Zwitscher Machine Gallery, The International Conference on Contemporary
Cast Iron Art, Berlin, Germany
Traveled to: Projek Traum FM, Friedrichshafen, Germany (catalog)
2021 BUILT: Sculptural Art from the Permanent Collection, Ogden Museum of Southern Art,
New Orleans, LA
The Big Bang, Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, Houston, TX (catalog)
Women Represent, Octavia Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA
On the Bayou, Texas Sculpture Group, Redbud Gallery, Houston, TX (catalog)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (continued)
2021 State of Sculpture: 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Texas Sculpture Group, San Angelo Museum
of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX (catalog)
Remembrance-Ground Zero 360, Museum of Biblical Art, Dallas, TX (catalog)
I50lation Portfolio Project, The Livingston Center for Art and Culture, Livingston, MT
2020 Bridges: Works by Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Senga Nengudi, Sherry Owens, Linda Ridgway,
The Gallery at UTA, Arlington, TX
O What a Night!, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA (catalog)
Virtual 2020 Gala and Auction, Art League Houston, Houston, TX (online)
2019 1st Crosscurrent Texas-Yokohama International Exchange Exhibition, Kanagawa Prefectural
Gallery, Yokohama, Japan (catalog)
Terra Splendora: Texas Sculpture Group, Splendora Gardens, Cleveland, TX
From a Distance and Back, K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX (catalog)
O What a Night!, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA (catalog)
Texas Legends, Tall Tales and Marvels, Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, Houston, TX
(catalog)
2018 The Whole Drum Will Sound: Women in Southern Abstraction, Ogden Museum of
Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
Texas Eclectics, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece (catalog)
Out of La Romita, Flatbed Press Gallery, Austin, TX
Body Language Figures of Speech, Mother Dog Studios, Houston, TX
O What a Night!, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA (catalog)
EASL Art Heist, Fort Worth Community Art Center, Fort Worth, TX
Artists Scarves, Redbud Gallery, Houston, TX
2017-18 Commanding Space: Women Sculptors of Texas, Amon Carter Museum of American Art,
Fort Worth, TX (catalog)
BIG ART in small town, Contemporary Art Museum Plainview, Plainview, TX (catalog)
Flower & Garden Show, Mother Dog Studios, Houston, TX
2017 From a Distance: Contemporary Texas Sculpture, Monchskirche Museum, Salzwedel,
Germany (catalog)
Tensile Strength, SITE Gallery at the Silos at Sawyer Yards, Houston, TX
Introductions, Cris Worley Fine Arts, Dallas, TX
O What a Night!, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA (catalog)
Summer Print Show II, Parchman Stremmel Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Drawing Room, Cedar Valley College, Lancaster, TX
2016 O What a Night!, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA (catalog)
Art for Advocacy, Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center, GDT Warehouse, Dallas, TX
Voices of Trees, Mother Dog Studios, Houston, TX
2015 Texas!, Lalit Kala Academi, New Delhi, India (catalog)
Texas Somewhere in Denmark, Galleri Roedhusgaarden Pandrup, Denmark
O What a Night!, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA (catalog)
Continental Caper, EASL Art Heist 2015, Dallas, TX
Art for Advocacy, Dallas Children's Advocacy Center, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, TX
Texas Contemporary Art Fair, Octavia Art Gallery, George R. Brown Convention Center,
Houston, TX
Gestural Configurations, Octavia Art Gallery and Alice Carrington Foultz, Roosevelt
Library, San Antonio, TX
A Year in Review, Octavia Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2014 Mirrored and Obscured: Contemporary Texas Self-Portraits, Art Museum of Southeast
Texas, Beaumont, TX (catalog)
December Holiday Group Show, Samara Gallery, Houston, TX
'A Panoramic View: Texas Sculpture Group,' curated by James Surls: Selected Works,
Islander Gallery, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, TX
A Panoramic View, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX (catalog)
GROUP EXHHIBITIONS (continued)
2014 Art Y'All, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX
Departure, Art for Advocacy, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, TX (catalog)
O What A Night!, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA (catalog)
Don't Bug Me, Mother Dog Studios, Houston, TX
In Space, Dougherty Art Center, Austin, TX
Artists I Like, Trinity Christian Academy, Addison, TX
2013 Western Sequels Art from the Lone Star State, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul, Turkey (catalog)
Flight Deck Public Art at DFW and Love Field, The Gallery at UTA, Arlington, TX
(catalog)
transFIGURATION: SOAP, Big Medium/Canopy, Austin, TX
Hecho en Dallas, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
Process: Drawings, Maquettes & Proposals, Rio Grande Campus Gallery, Austin Community College, Austin, TX
Caution Live Snakes, Mother Dog Studios, Houston, TX
Art for Advocacy, Dallas Children's Advocacy Center, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, TX
2012 Western Sequels Art from the Lone Star State, Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens,
Greece (catalog)
Illuminations, RE Gallery + Studio, Dallas, TX
Art + Advocacy, Dallas Children's Advocacy Center, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, TX
2011 Hecho en Dallas, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
The Texas Chair Project, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
Small Works, Bolivar Street Gallery, Sanger, TX
2010 30th Annual Sculpture Exhibition, Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TX (catalog)
Earthbound: The State of Sculpture, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX
(catalog)
Oso Bay Biennial XVI Invitational, Weil Gallery, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi,
Corpus Christi, TX
5 x 7, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX
2009 Amistad 2, Instituto Cultural Peruano Aleman, Arequipa, Peru (catalog)
The Great Texas Sculpture Roundup, Beeville Art Museum, Beeville, TX (catalog)
traveled to Art Car Museum, Houston, TX
Art of the Everyday, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX (brochure)
Art of the Everyday, Bathhouse Cultural Center, Dallas, TX (brochure)
The 10th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition, University of Hawaii Art Gallery,
Honolulu, HI (catalog)
-A three year traveling exhibition through 2012
5 x 7, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX
2008 The Texas Chair Project, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX (catalog)
Texas Tour 100 Years of Texas Landscape Painting & Works by Texas Sculptors, Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden, Dallas, TX
Small Works, McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
Fierce, 14th Street Gallery, Plano, TX
5 x 7, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX
Friends of EASL, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX
Ulterior Motifs a.k.a. Camp Marfa, The Crazywood Gallery, Huntsville, TX
Art Heist, Emergency Artists’ Support League, Artspace 111, Fort Worth, TX
2007 Amistad, Texas Art in Peru, National Museum, Lima, Peru (catalog)
traveled to Museum of Modern Art, Trujillo, Peru (catalog)
Camp Marfa, Old Fort Russell Building 98, Marfa, TX (catalog)
Camp Marfa: Selected Works, Art Depot, Lubbock, TX
Orange Show Gala Auction, Adickes SculpturWorx Studio, Houston, TX
Art League Houston Art Auction, Hilton Post Oak, Houston, TX
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (continued)
2007 Invitational Exhibition, 3rd International Women’s Peace Conference, Dallas, TX
5 x 7, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX and Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX
2006 Islander Sculpture Invitational, Oso Bay Biennial XIV, Islander Art Gallery,
Corpus Christi, TX
Fine Art in Dallas, Artizen Fine Arts, Dallas, TX
Naturalis, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
5 x 7, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX
Art Heist, Emergency Artists’ Support League, South Side on Lamar, Dallas, TX
2005 5 x 7, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX
2004 X 10 Years, Parchman Stremmel Galleries, San Antonio, TX
Invitational Exhibition, Texas Sculpture Symposium, Texas Tech University –
Center at Junction, Junction, TX
Celebracion, Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, TX
North American Sculpture Exhibition 2004, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO (catalog)
Cast Away, The Arts Gallery, Collin County Community College, Plano, TX
One Hundred Drawings, Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX
Pano Art Invitational, El Centro Gallery, El Centro College, Dallas, TX
5 x 7, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX
Shine!, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX (catalog)
2003 Mark Making: A Drawing Show, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX
Working with Wood, Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden, Dallas, TX
A Sense of Place, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX
Known and New, Parchman Stremmel Galleries, San Antonio, TX
Texas Art, Texas Children, North Texas Food Bank, Dallas, TX
Opera Show, Visual Arts Coalition of Dallas, Music Hall, Fair Park, Dallas,
5 x 7, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX
2002 I-45 Combined, Lowell Collins Gallery, Houston, TX
Shifting Ground, ArtScan Gallery and Rudolph Projects, Houston, TX
TEXAS NATIONAL 2002, The Art Center, Stephen F. Austin State University,
Nacogdoches, TX (catalog)
-Third Place
Modalities of the Visible: A Survey of Contemporary Art in North Texas, New Forum
Gallery, Brookhaven College, Farmers Branch, TX
Celebracion, Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, TX
Steel Grrrls, Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Loosely Landscape, Parchman Stremmel Galleries, San Antonio, TX
Gala in the Garden, Southwest School of Art and Craft, San Antonio, TX
Farewell Fiesta, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX
Project Phoenix, Redbud Gallery, Houston, TX
Home Sweet Home, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX (catalog)
Wish, The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX (catalog)
The Garden of EASL, Emergency Artists’ Support League, Dallas Farmers Market,
Dallas, TX
Five by Seven by X, The Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Texas Fine Arts
Association, Austin, TX
2001 Inside/Outside, Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden, Dallas, TX
Steel Grrrls, Art League Houston, Houston, TX (catalog)
Diverse Work, NRH Gallery, North Richland Hills, TX
Gallery in the Garden, Governor’s Mansion, Austin, TX
Five by Seven by X, The Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Texas Fine Arts
Association, Austin, TX
Blue Skies: The Sky’s the Limit, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX (catalog)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (continued)
2000 The 7th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition, University of Hawaii Art Gallery,
Honolulu, HI (catalog)
-A three year traveling exhibition through 2002
34th Annual National Drawing & Small Sculpture Show, Joseph A. Cain Memorial Art
Gallery, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX (catalog)
-Honorable Mention
Departure/Return, Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
Living and Working in Texas, Park Central VII, VIII and IX, Dallas, TX (catalog)
PLUNGE, Beatrice M. Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX (catalog)
The Millennium: A Cycle of a Thousand Rebirths, Amy Graves Ryan Fine Arts Gallery,
McMurray University, Abilene, TX
Prints & Sculptures, Redbud Gallery, Houston, TX
Sculpture 2000, Blossom Street Gallery, Houston, TX
Five by Seven by X, The Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Texas Fine Arts
Association, Austin, TX
Celebracion, Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, TX
OH BOY! Toys and Games People Play, Emergency Artists’ Support League, Continental
Gallery, Dallas, TX
Red Hot Red Dot, Women & Their Work, Austin, TX
1999 Goliad: A Cultural Convergence, Presidio La Bahia, Goliad, TX (catalog)
Retrospection 15, Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, TX (catalog)
Six Ways of Seeing, University Art Gallery, Fain Fine Arts Center, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX
All Things Great and Small, Parchman Stremmel Galleries, San Antonio, TX
The Last Sculpture Show, Redbud Gallery, Houston, TX
Celebracion, Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, TX
Gallery Artists Group Exhibition, Parchman Stremmel Galleries, San Antonio, TX
1998 Works by Contemporary American Artists, Embassy of the United States of America,
Vienna, Austria (catalog)
Group Exhibition, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX
1998 Members Show, Women & Their Work, Austin, TX
Mark and Repetition: Drawings 1998, Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX
Small Works Exhibition, Lowell Collins Gallery, Houston, TX
It’s About Design, Women & Their Work, Austin, TX
Mirror Mirror, Emergency Artists’ Support League, Contemporary Art Center of Fort Worth,
Fort Worth, TX
Day of the Dead Shrine Show, Owings-Dewey Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Babalu-A Night in Havana, William Campbell Contemporary Art, Fort Worth, TX
1997 Art in the Metroplex, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
-$1000 The Fifth Avenue Foundation Award
Celebracion, Lubbock Fine Arts Center, Lubbock, TX
Hot Saturdays, Parchman Stremmel Galleries, San Antonio, TX
Act Natural: Artists’ Responses to Environment, Arlington Museum of Art,
Arlington, TX
The Artists of 3309 Elm Street-Continental Gin Building, University of Texas at Dallas,
Richardson, TX (brochure)
TLC for EASL (Tables Lamps and Chairs), Emergency Artists’ Support League, Dallas Design District, Dallas, TX
1996 Inside Out, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX
Hot Saturdays, Parchman Stremmel Galleries, San Antonio, TX
earth-air-fire-water, University Art Gallery, Fain Fine Arts Center, Midwestern State
University, Wichita Falls, TX
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (continued)
1996 the THING itself, The 1995-1996 Vistas Series, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts,
San Angelo, TX
El Duende, Wichita Falls Museum and Art Center, Wichita Falls, TX
Retro 96: Notions of Nostalgia, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX
1995 New Work: Mark Lavatelli, Sherry Owens, Reinhard Ziegler, Conduit Gallery,
The Book Re-configured, Women & Their Work, Austin, TX
-A traveling exhibition through 1996
Basket/Case, Edith Baker Gallery, Dallas, TX
Art in the Metroplex, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
Celebration, Lubbock Fine Arts Center, Lubbock, TX
Hot Flash!, Emergency Artists’ Support League, The Quadrangle, Dallas, TX
Made in Texas, Parchman Stremmel Galleries, San Antonio, TX
House + Garden, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX (catalog)
Fourth Annual Celebration of the Day of the Dead: A BOOK, A BOX, OR A SHRINE, Owings-Dewey Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Cross, University of Dallas, Irving, TX
Wild Thangs IV: Rebels With a Cause, Caravan of Dreams, Fort Worth, TX
1994 Bucking the Texan Myth: A Contemporary Redefinition of Who We Are, Moody Hall
Atrium Gallery, St. Edward’s University, Austin, TX (catalog)
-Juror’s Honorable Mention
Wise Women Speak, Dallas Women’s Caucus for Art 1994 National Exhibition, Trammell
Crow Center, Dallas, TX (catalog)
-1994 Juror’s Award ($500 Best of Show)
-Amy Monier Award
-Collin County Community College Solo Show Award
-Irving Arts Center Solo Show Award
Post Dogmatism, Forest Park Art Space, Fort Worth, TX
The Exquisite Corpse, The MAC (McKinney Avenue Contemporary), Dallas, TX
A Show of Hands, Edith Baker Gallery, Dallas, TX
Shelter, Housing Crisis Center Art Auction, Trammell Crow Center, Dallas, TX
1994 New Orleans National, Still-Zinsel Contemporary Fine Art, New Orleans, LA
28th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College,
Corpus Christi, TX (catalog)
Senses Beyond Sight, in conjunction with Art of the Eye, Gateway Gallery, Dallas
Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Critic’s Choice, D-Art Visual Art Center, Dallas, TX (catalog)
Third Annual Celebration of the Day of the Dead: Exhibition of Shrines, Owings- Dewey Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Fused Metal, D-Art Visual Art Center, Dallas, TX
Diamonds Are Forever: The Myth of Baseball, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX
(catalog)
Sculpture at the Plaza, Texas Sculpture Association, Plaza of the Americas, Dallas, TX
Hats Off to EASL, Emergency Artists’ Support League, Trammell Crow Center,
Dallas, TX
Wild Thangs III, Caravan of Dreams, Fort Worth, TX
Texas Sculpture Association Membership Show, Trammell Crow Center, Dallas, TX
(catalog)
1993 Art in the Metroplex, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
-$1000 The Fifth Avenue Foundation Award
1993 Critic’s Choice, D-Art Visual Art Center, Dallas, TX (catalog)
Senses Beyond Sight, D-Art Visual Art Center, Dallas, TX (catalog);
Grace Cultural Center, Museums of Abilene, Abilene, TX
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (continued)
1993 Crossing Over the White Line-Women of the 90’s, Dallas Women’s Caucus for Art 1993
National Open Exhibition, Trammell Crow Center, Dallas, TX (catalog)
Untold Stories, Tri-city touring exhibition organized by Dallas, San Antonio, Houston
Women’s Caucus for Art, Dallas, San Antonio, Houston, TX (catalog)
The Book Show, Artisana Gallery 2526, Dallas, TX
Small Treasures, Edith Baker Gallery, Dallas, TX
Texas Sculpture Association Membership Show, Trammell Crow Center, Dallas, TX (catalog)
-Members Choice Award
-People’s Choice Award
Tie One On, Emergency Artists’ Support League, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX
1992 The Great Big Little Show, Lubbock Fine Arts Center, Lubbock, TX
Art in the Metroplex, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
-Juror’s Citation Award
Shared Perception, Cultural Arts Council of Plano, Art Centre Gallery, Plano, TX (catalog)
Thirty-Fifth Annual Delta Art Exhibition, The Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
(catalog)
Three Year Review, D-Art Visual Art Center, Dallas, TX
Conflicts & Solutions, Dallas Women’s Caucus for Art, Trammell Crow Center, Dallas, TX
-Achievement Award
-Amy Monier Award
The Next Best Show, Gray Matters, Dallas, TX
Trail of Tears, Firehouse Gallery, Houston, TX
FORTY + Views, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX (catalog)
Tempus Fugit, Edith Baker Gallery, Dallas, TX
The Throne Show, Artisana Gallery 2526, Dallas, TX
Six Sculptors, Collin County Community College, Plano, TX
The Open Show, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
1991 Profiles I: The Land, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX
Fifth Annual Materials: Hard & Soft, Meadows Gallery, Greater Denton Arts Council
Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX (catalog)
Healing Hands, Lubbock Fine Arts Center, Lubbock, TX and D-Art Visual Art Center,
Dallas, TX (catalog)
Critic’s Choice, D-Art Visual Art Center, Dallas, TX (catalog)
The Sixth Annual MAIN ST Fine Arts Exhibition, The Worthington Hotel Exhibit Hall,
Fort Worth, TX (catalog)
-$750 Second Place Award
Expanding Visions: Women of the Metroplex, Dallas Women’s Caucus for Art, Dallas
City Hall, Dallas, TX
National Juried Art Exhibition, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX
The Group Show, Gray Matters, Dallas, TX
Sculpture at the Quadrangle, Texas Sculpture Association, The Quadrangle, Dallas, TX
The Image of the Cross, Putti Gallery, Dallas, TX
Texas Toys, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX (catalog)
It’s in the Bag, Cultural Arts Council of Plano, Plano, TX
1990 Die Berliner Mauer: From Repression to Expression, Trammell Crow Center, Dallas, TX
33rd Annual Delta Art Exhibition, The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR (catalog)
EXCELLENCE 90, Texas Sculpture Association National Exhibition, Plaza of the
Americas, Dallas, TX (catalog)
Southwest Regional Exhibition, Dallas Women’s Caucus for Art, Trammell Crow Center,
Dallas, TX
Perspectives, The Gallery, Hughes-Trigg Student Center, Southern Methodist University,
Dallas, TX
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (continued)
1990 Tom Peyton Memorial Arts Festival, First United Methodist Church, Alexandria, LA
17th Annual National Spring Open Exhibition, Texas Visual Arts Association, Trammell Crow Center, Dallas, TX
Lubbock Arts Festival, The Gallery, Lubbock Memorial Civic Center, Lubbock, TX
Signature Show, Texas Visual Arts Association, Trammell Crow Center, Dallas, TX
Artful Objects, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX (catalog)
1989 Constructed Image-Constructed Form, The Gallery, Hughes-Trigg Student Center,
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
Color Statements, Dallas Women’s Caucus for Art, Texas Woman’s University,
Denton, TX
Citation ’89, Texas Visual Arts Association, Campbell Center, North Tower, Dallas, TX
Reach Out, Dallas Women’s Caucus for Art, Bell Plaza Gallery, Dallas, TX
Lubbock Arts Festival, The Gallery, Lubbock Memorial Civic Center, Lubbock, TX
-$750 Merit Award
16th Annual National Spring Open Exhibition, Texas Visual Arts Association, Trammell
Crow Center, Dallas, TX
Artists Tables, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX (catalog)
1988 Sightings: Future Akins, Sherry Owens and Chase Yarbrough, Louisiana Tech University Art Gallery, Ruston, LA
Critic’s Choice 1988, D-Art Visual Art Center, Dallas, TX (catalog)
EXCELLENCE 88, Texas Sculpture Association National Exhibition, Plaza of the Americas, Dallas, TX (catalog)
AFAM 44th Annual Competition, Abilene Fine Arts Museum, Abilene, TX
Art Reverberations, San Antonio Women’s Caucus for Art National Exhibition, Koehler
Cultural Center, San Antonio, TX
The Container Show, Dallas Women’s Caucus for Art National Exhibition, South Dallas
Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
Images of a Summer Vacation, AION Fine Art at the Crescent Gallery, Dallas, TX
Autorama, Forum Gallery, Brookhaven College, Farmers Branch, TX
The Coded Image, Dallas Women’s Caucus for Art, Bell Plaza Gallery, Dallas, TX
A Separate Peace: Dallas Women’s Caucus of Art Selected Works, The Gallery,
Hughes-Trigg Student Center, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
After Midnight, Dallas Women’s Caucus for Art, Trammell Crow Center, Dallas, TX
Toys by Artists, William Campbell Contemporary Art, Fort Worth, TX
Sculpture at the Bar, Texas Sculpture Association and Dallas Bar Association, Dallas
Legal Education Center, Dallas, TX
Rejected: A Salon de Refuses, Diverse Works, Houston, TX
Paper Works 88, 4100 Gallery, Dallas, TX
15th Annual Spring Juried Exhibition, Texas Visual Arts Association, Trammell Crow
Center, Dallas, TX
Tabletops, Flip’s Wine Bar & Trattoria, Dallas, TX
Western Days Art Exhibit, Grand Prairie Community Center, Grand Prairie, TX
Brookhaven Student Art Competition and Show, Forum Gallery, Brookhaven College,
Farmers Branch, TX
Big D Charity Horse Show, Fair Park Coliseum, Dallas, TX
Out of the Heat, Dallas Women’s Caucus for Art Membership Show, 500X Gallery,
Dallas, TX
Texas/Neighbors Art Competition, Irving Arts Center, Irving, TX
Texas Sculpture Association Membership Show, Trammell Crow Center, Dallas, TX
(catalog)
-Members Choice Award
Open Walls, D-Art Visual Art Center, Dallas, TX
The Open Show, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (continued)
1987 Women Artists of Three States, Dallas City Hall, Dallas, TX
-Juror’s Special Commendation (sculpture)
Art in the Metroplex, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
-Honorable Mention-Bob Fiesler Award (painting)
Dallas Women’s Caucus for Art Exhibit, One Bell Plaza Gallery, Dallas, TX
Texas Visual Arts Association Membership Show, Dallas City Hall, Dallas, TX
The Open Show, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
1986 Critic’s Choice 1986, D-Art Visual Art Center, Dallas, TX (catalog)
Citation ’86, Texas Fine Arts Association, The Crescent Gallery, Dallas, TX
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Baca, Ricardo Eye-Popping Art Finds a Home with Linear Work, Corpus Christi
Caller-Times, April 14, 2000
Bartosek, Nancy Crape Myrtle Branches Set Scene for 9-11 Tribute, Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Gallery Watch, September 28, 2002
Bass, Shermakaye Artists Put Together a Touching Exhibit, The Dallas Morning News,
March 28, 1993
Becker, Lisa Tamiris Sherry Owens Creates Habitat with Reagan High School Students, Art Alert,
Women & Their Work Newsletter, Fall 1998
Britt-Darby, Devon Commanding Space: Women Sculptors of Texas at the Amon Carter Museum of American
Art, Arts + Culture, February 2018
Camplin, Todd Sherry Owens + Art Shirer Installation, https://moderndallas.net/sherry-owens-art-
shirer-installation/, fall 2019
Cobb, Dawn A Kaleidoscope of Color, Denton Record Chronicle, September 13, 1991
CODAworx The Art of Place, CODAworx Magazine, March 2014
Coleman, Pamela Rite of Spring Exhibit Equals Billing, Plano Star Courier, March 16, 1990
Vandals Destroy Exhibits, Plano Star Courier, March 28, 1990
Collins, Sheryl Dallas Celebrates Women Artists, The Texas Woman’s News,
November 1987
Collins, Tim Telling the Stories of Nature, Beaumont Enterprise, theCAT5.com, June 8, 2017
Copeland, Colette Promise Me the Earth: Sherry Owens at The Grace Museum, Abilene, Glasstire,
July 25, 2021
Editor: Cox, Mary 1997 Artist’s & Graphic Designers Market, copyright 1996, published by F&W
Publications, Cincinnati, OH
Cuellar, Catherine Preview-’Inside Out’ at Conduit Gallery, The Dallas Morning News, December 6, 1997
Deep Ellum’s Continental Gin Building, The Dallas Morning News,
November 2, 1997
Callum, Lee The Arts Illuminators, Patron Magazine, Feb/Mar 2017
Daniel, Mike Hot Ticket-EASL Auction in FW, The Dallas Morning News, August 28, 1998 Art-Sherry Owens, The Dallas Morning News, Guide, June 23, 2000
Connemara Collaboration: Art/Nature/Man The 2000 Connemara Spring
Sculpture Show, Connemara Nature Conservancy, Artlies,
#27 Summer 2000
Art-Fall Gallery Night in Fort Worth, The Dallas Morning News, Guide,
September 6, 2002
Dillon, David Feast for the Eyes, GuideLive, The Dallas Morning News, October 29, 2006
Doren, Megan Life Inundates Art, The Dallas Morning News, March 16, 1990
Fearing, Kelly and Helping Children See Art and Make Art-Primary, copyright 1982,
Emma Lea Mayton, published by W.S. Benson & Co., Inc., Austin, TX
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Evelyn Beard published by W.S. Benson & Co., Inc., Austin, TX
BIBLIOGRAPHY (continued)
Editors Outdoor Sculptures Wow Opening Crowd, Jefferson Jimplecute, October 4, 2018
Editors: FIBERARTS The FIBERARTS Design Book, copyright 1980, Hastings House
Publishers, NY
Editors: FIBERARTS The FIBERARTS Design Book Three, copyright 1987, published by
Lark Books, Asheville, NC
Goddard, Dan The Luminous and Rough Nature of “Earth and Sky”, San Antonio Express-
News, S.A. Life, March 27, 1997
Gallery Stroll, San Antonio Express-News, November 18, 2001
Visual Arts, San Antonio Express-News, September 8, 2002
Goertz, Lea Ann Collaborative Exhibit is Spiritual Sculpture, The Daily University Star,
Southwest Texas State University, October 3, 1996
Goldman, Saundra Making a Buck, Austin American-Statesman, November 17, 1994
Goodman, Matt North Texas Work Spaces That Will Give You Office Envy, D CEO (D Magazine),
Jan-Feb 2017
Goolsby, Kathy A. Rhapsody in Blue,The Sky’s the Limit at Museum’s Annual Art Auction, Arlington Morning News, January 19, 2001
Greenberg, Mike What’s Different Now, San Antonio Express-News, Culturas, September 8, 2002
Greene, Mariana Art in the Aftermath, The Dallas Morning News, Arts & Life, March 12, 2015
Greenville Herald “Celebration of the Arts” Hosts Sculptors, Greenville Herald Banner,
Banner April 17, 1994
Griffith, Diana OPEN-AIR ART: Mother Nature Silent Partner at Connemara, Plano Morning
News, March 11, 2000
Griffith, Dotty Catch the Wave!, Dallas Modern Luxury, March 2009
Haber, Holly Art for Jefferson, The Dallas Morning News Business, October 29, 2018
Hazal, Mary Lou A Celebration of the Arts, Commerce Journal, April 17, 1994
Herald, Kaplan “Feminine artists a power to be reckoned with in concurrent reveals on the Amon Carter,”
Financial & Breaking News, February 2018
Herfor, Caryl Big State: Women’s Art Without the Apron Strings, Dallas Observer,
February 19, 1987
Hoover, Carl Wonders of nature: Waco art shows find inspiration in landscapes, vegetation,
Waco Tribune-Herald, January 19, 2017
Hosek, Karah Pedestrian Materials Find New Life in Exhibition, UT Dallas News,
April 17, 2009
Editor: Hutchins, Jeane The FIBERARTS Design Book II, copyright 1983, published by Lark Books,
Asheville, NC
Israel, Nancy Cohen Eastward Ho!, Patron Magazine, February/March 2015
New on View, Patron Magazine, May/June/July 2019
Jannise, Justin True North: How Heights Boulevard’s Sculpture Installation Saved Me in 2020,
Glasstire, February 10, 2021
Jarmusch, Ann Texans Add a Twang to Greek-Inspired Works, Dallas Times Herald, April 30, 1990
Sculpture Exhibit Needs More Risks, Dallas Times Herald, July 26, 1990
Jelson, Christine Sherry Owens Unearthed, Haggar Gallery, University of Dallas, Artlies,
#28 Fall 2000
Southwest Editor: On the Cover and In Harmony at Parchman Stremmel Galleries, Art Now
Julian, Debbie Gallery Guide, December 1998
Koller, Dan New Show Takes Root in Sculpture Garden, The Irving News, February 20, 2000
Dirty Work-Artist’s Show Explores Prairies, Soil, The Irving News,
May 18, 2000
Kutner, Janet Paper Art, The Dallas Morning News, July 27, 1988
The Connemara Art Form, The Dallas Morning News, March 21, 1990
Excellence 90, The Dallas Morning News, August 2, 1990
Visual Relief, The Dallas Morning News, September 22, 1991
BIBLIOGRAPHY (continued)
Kutner, Janet Preview-Profiles I: The Land, The Dallas Morning News, November 29, 1991
Nature Not Nurtured, The Dallas Morning News, December 12, 1991
Preview-Sherry Owens and Tom Sale: Recent Works, The Dallas Morning News,
January 22, 1993
Preview-The Book Show, The Dallas Morning News, August 6, 1993
Overnight-The Mundane Gains Meaning in Exhibit, The Dallas Morning News,
July 9, 1995
Overnight-Dallas Artists Win Prize for Sculpture, The Dallas Morning News,
September 22, 1997
Gallery Gourmet-Sherry Owens at Conduit, The Dallas Morning News,
August 28, 1998
Lapham, Bob All Hands on Deck, Abilene Reporter-News Weekend, November 5-6, 1993
Marton, Andrew Local Artists Have Missed an Important Opportunity, Fort Worth Star-
Telegram, September 8, 2002
Mawajdeh, Hady “Artist Spotlight: A Natural Sculptor,” Art & Seek, KERA, Dallas, TX, December 2017
McCartney, Scott Airports for Art Lovers, Style & Travel, The Wall Street Journal,
September 19, 2013
McMullen, Dawn Branching Out, theMet, November 20, 1996
Melancon, Dee True North 2020 – A Heights Boulevard Sculpture Project, Heights Pages, Fall 2020
Mitchell, Charles Dee Risky Business, Dallas Observer, September 5, 1991
Motley, Tom Sherry Owens & Art Shirer, EUTOPIA, May 12, 2018
Reisser, Susan Artists in Residence, Today’s Dallas Woman, April 1999
Richardson, Robin Y. ‘The Gallery Is Open’ Jefferson’s ‘Art on the River’ unveils ‘sculptured garden’
Installations, The Marshall News Messenger, September 30, 2018
Rogers, Rodney October Guest Speaker--Sherry Owens, VAL Viewpoints, October 2001
Saxe, Allan On the Cutting Edge of Diamond Affairs, Arlington Citizen-Journal,
January 30, 1994
Savage, Diana and Discover, Dallas Life Magazine, The Dallas Morning News,
Tim O’Reilly September 6, 1992
Sharpe, Patricia Where to Eat Now 2007, Texas Monthly, February 2007
Sime, Tom Modern Medicis, Dallas Observer, June 27, 1991
Their Own Medicine, Dallas Observer, October 3, 1991
Land Futures, Dallas Observer, December 5, 1991
Art-Naturals: Sculpture Show Makes the Most of Outdoor Setting, Guide,
The Dallas Morning News, March 10, 2000
Sime, Tom A Space for Art: Connemara at 20, The Dallas Morning News, March 12, 2000
Creating a Space for Hope After 9-11, The Dallas Morning News, Arts Out
There, September 4, 2002
Sticks and Bronze, The Dallas Morning News, Arts Out There,
November 5, 2003
Smith, Lewis The Cumulative Aesthetic of Parchman Stremmel, Voices of Art Magazine,
Vol. 7, No. 2, April/May 1999
Smith, Scott ‘Sculpture Fort Smith’ Showcases Local Talent, The Times Record, September 20, 2004
Simmons, Kelly Scenic Right of Way, Heights Boulevard’s Esplanade Sculpture Project, Art Houston,
Issue 11, Fall/Winter 2020-2021
Stone, Lee Inspiration from the Prairies, The Prairie Dog, Native Prairies Association of
Texas Newsletter, Vol. 13, No. 2, Spring 2000
Sumrall, Bradley “Speaking Through the Branches: The Work of Sherry Owens,” Art Museum of
Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX, June 2017
Tyson, Janet Seeing Landscapes in a Different Light, Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
November 21, 1991
Twigs and Taxidermy Make Companion Pieces, Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
January 21, 1993
BIBLIOGRAPHY (continued)
Van Ryzin, Jeanne Safe Passage-Sherry Owens’ Work with Branches and Linen Evoke Repose,
Austin American-Statesman, February 2, 1998
Whitney, Kathleen Going Natural, World Sculpture News, Volume 7, Number 3, Summer 2001
Sherry Owens at Parchman Stremmel Galleries, San Antonio, Texas, World
Sculpture News, Volume 8, Number 1, Winter 2002
Wilson, Adriane Women’s Issues Focus of Exhibit, Panel Discussions, The Dallas Morning
News, November 7, 1992
Woytek, Kassidy “Art Exhibition Combines Nature and Self-Discovery,” Baylor Lariat, Baylor University,
Waco, TX, February 2017
Yannotta, Patricia Sherry Owens, Art Now Gallery Guide, January and February 1997
TEACHING EXPERIENCE/RELATED ACTIVITIES
2023 Design Inspirations-Dallas Sculptors, Dallas Architecture Forum, Dallas, TX
Spirit in the Wood-Creative Conversation, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
2021 Artist Workshop, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
2019 Panel Discussion-Material Matters, Splendora Gardens, Cleveland, TX
2018 Juror, Juried Student Exhibition, University of Texas Tyler, Tyler, TX
Workshop, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
Workshop, Jefferson Elementary School, Jefferson, TX
2017 Lecture, Chautauqua, Waxahachie, TX
Workshop, The Lamplighter School, Dallas, TX
2016 Lecture, Dallas Woman’s Club, Dallas, TX
2014 Panel Discussion, Islander Gallery, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, TX
2013 Lecture and Workshop, Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
2012 Juror, 3-D Art, ISAS Fine Arts Festival 2012, Greenhill School, Dallas, TX
2011 Lecture, The Artist’s Eye, The Kimbell Museum, Fort Worth, TX
Juror, 2011 Art Student Exhibition, Baylor University, Waco, TX
Juror, 27th Annual Private School Invitational, St. John’s Episcopal School, Dallas, TX
2010 Curator, Art on the Green Outdoor Sculpture Invitational, Kemp Center for the
Arts, Wichita Falls, TX (catalog)
Workshop, Oso Bay Biennial XVI, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi,
Corpus Christi, TX
Panel Discussion, Oso Bay Biennial XVI, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi,
Corpus Christi, TX
2009 Lecture, Sculpture Network of Texas 2009 Sculpture Symposium, San Angelo, TX
Lecture, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX
2008 Juror, TAPPS District 1-6A Art Competition, Bishop Lynch High School, Dallas, TX
2006 Juror, TAPPS District1-6A Art Meet Show, Bishop Lynch High School, Dallas, TX
Juror, Jubilee Art Exhibit, The Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, Dallas, TX
2004 Juror, Metal Arts 2004, Ellen Noel Art Museum, Odessa, TX
Workshop, ISAS Fine Arts Festival, The Hockaday School, Dallas, TX
2003 Lecture/Workshop, Brookhaven College, Farmers Branch, TX
2002 Lecture/Workshop, The University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX
2001 Lecture, Visual Art League, Lewisville, TX
Juror, Young American Talent High School Art Competition, African American Museum,
Dallas, TX
Juror, Spring Student Exhibition, El Centro College, Dallas, TX
Lecture, Austin College, Sherman, TX
Lecture, Eastfield College, Mesquite, TX
TEACHING EXPERIENCE/RELATED ACTIVITIES (continued)
2000 Juror, Moss/Chumley North Texas Artist Award, Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist
University, Dallas, TX
Juror, 3-D Art, ISAS Fine Arts Festival 2000, Greenhill School, Dallas, TX
Lecture/Workshop, Highland Park High School, Dallas, TX
1999 Lecture/Workshop on 3D Design and Sculpture, AP Summer Institute, The University of
Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
Lecture, Collin County Community College, Plano, TX
1998 Workshop/Collaborative Sculpture with Reagan High School, Women & Their Work,
Austin, TX
Juror, 1998 Student Awards Exhibition, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, TX
Juror, Student Exhibition, Arts Magnet High School, Dallas, TX
Lecture, Arts Magnet High School, Dallas, TX
Artist Selection Panel, City of Dallas Public Art Project, Dallas, TX
Lecture, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
1997 Lecture, Fox Fine Arts Center, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX
1996 Lecture, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
Lecture, Fain Fine Arts Center, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX
Lecture, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
1995 Lecture, The MAC (McKinney Avenue Contemporary), Dallas, TX
Lecture, Irving Arts Center, Irving, TX
Lecture, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
Lecture, Brookhaven College, Farmers Branch, TX
1994 Lecture, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Lecture, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, TX
Lecture, Dallas Women’s Caucus for Art, Dallas, TX
1993 Co-Curator, Senses Beyond Sight, D-Art Visual Art Center, a traveling exhibition for the visually impaired, with accompanying invitation, catalog and docent script production
1992 Juror, Circles and Cycles, What Comes Around Goes Around, San Antonio Women’s
Caucus for Art, Los Patios Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Lecture, Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX
1991 Lecture, D-Art Visual Art Center, Dallas, TX
1969-81 Numerous presentations and workshops within the community and state involving related
arts programs
1979 Instructor, The Children’s Arts and Ideas Foundation, Dallas, TX
1978-79 Co-Director of the Creative Arts Program, Gifted Students Institute, North Lake College,
Dallas, TX
1976 Weaving Instructor, The Craft Guild of Dallas, Dallas, TX
1972-76 High School Art Instructor, Dallas Independent School District, Dallas, TX
1971-72 Teaching Assistant, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
1969-72 Teacher and Coordinator, Multi-age related arts program, Experimental Arts Program,
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE/AFFILIATIONS
American Craft Council, NY
Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX
Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX, 1995-99
Cris Worley Fine Arts, Dallas, TX, 2017-Present
Dallas Museum of Art, 1991 Chairman, Texas Toys, Beaux Arts Ball
Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, TX, 1992-94 Board of Directors
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE/AFFILIATIONS (continued)
EASL (Emergency Artists’ Support League), Dallas, TX, 1992-99 Co-Founder and Steering Committee,
2009-Present Advisory Board
Gray Matters, Dallas, TX, 1991-94
International Sculpture Center, Hamilton, NJ
Joel Cooner Gallery, Assistant, Dallas, TX, 1999-2001
Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX
Meadows Museum, Dallas, TX
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX
Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX
Octavia Art Gallery, Houston, TX and New Orleans, LA, 2015-Present
Parchman Stremmel Gallery, San Antonio, TX, 1995-2005
Texas Sculpture Association, Dallas, TX, 1991-92 Sponsor; 1987-90 Board of Directors;
1990 Ex-Officio; 1988-89 President; 1987 Vice-President
Texas Sculpture Group, San Antonio, TX
The Native Prairies Association of Texas, Austin, TX
The Nature Conservancy of Texas, San Antonio, TX
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Ambassador Kathryn Hall, Vienna, Austria
American Airlines, Admirals Club, Austin, TX
Ben E Keith Company, Dallas, TX
City of Dallas Public Art Collection, Love Field Airport, Dallas, TX
Coast Global Seafood Restaurant, Plano, TX
First United Methodist Church, Dallas, TX
Gardere Wynne Sewell, Dallas, TX
HALL Group, Inc., Frisco, TX
Harbourton Enterprises, New York, NY
Marquis on Gaston, Dallas, TX
JW Marriott San Antonio Resort & Spa, San Antonio, TX
Love Field Airport, Dallas, TX
Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX
Neiman Marcus, Dallas, TX and Honolulu, HI
Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Honolulu, HI
Stephan Pyles Restaurant, Dallas, TX
Texas Sculpture Garden, Hall Office Park, Frisco, TX
The Grace Museum, Abilene, TX
-and many private collections