Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Dazzling: Beyond Bounds

DAZZLING: BEYOND BOUNDS
April 25 - April 29th, 2017
Gala Benefit: April 29, 2017 • 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM 
The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art
Oppenheimer, Thompson and Temporary 
Exhibition Galleries, First Floor, NMOCA


Mary Ann Strandell, Hudson Yards /Kimono,
 20x14.5, 3d Lenticular w gold and silver paint, 201
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The Nerman Museum Of Contemporary Art
Johnson County Community College    
12345 College Blvd    
Overland Park, KS    66210-1299    
913-469-8500

Monday, April 3, 2017

Currents New Media 2017

CURRENTS NEW MEDIA 2017

June 9 - June 25, 2017
El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Opening Night:
Friday, June 96:00 pm-12:00 am
Saturday, June 1012:00 pm-12:00 am
Sunday, June 1112:00 pm-7:00 pm

Mary Ann Strandell, Bamboo Forest II, 3D Lentcular Media, 32x192",  2016





555 Camino De La Familia
Santa Fe, New Mexico,
ph 505-992-0591
link:
Currents New Media 2017

Saturday, April 1, 2017

Arts In Public Places New Mexico

Arts In Public Places New Mexico Award
Permanent Collection 2017
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
Rentfrow Building
Department of Dance and Kinesiology

Mary Ann Strandell
Patterned Algorithm Interior
Acrylic on 3D Lenticular Print, 94”x 76", 2015

Mary Ann Strandell’s artwork Patterned Algorithm Interior, combines both abstraction and realism. Her abstract wave patterns are the back-drop for her hand rendered ink painting. The painted rendering is from a series of works based on the historical Period
Room, The Fragonard Room, within the Frick Museum in NY. The iconic room relays the baroque presence of it's French origin, by its rebuilt, staged environment. This artwork is a continuation of Strandell's interest in reconsidering our perception of history by combining modernism with the baroque, through images of nature and architecture.
Patterned Algorithm Interior is made from high tech and low tech materials, which include traditional painting, archival printing, three software programs and 3D lenticular optical lens fabrication. The algorithmic pattern first began as painting made in nature, from observation- a waterscape in the Rio Grande Gorge north of Taos, NM.

































































































































































































Monday, January 30, 2017

BLUE

BLUE
The exhibition BLUE explores the use of color by eleven artist in a
variety of media ranging from ceramics, painting, printmaking and fiber.
          Opening February 3 to March 25, 2017
Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art
2004 Baltimore Street
Kansas City, MO, 64108
"Ming, Deer, Crane", oil on canvas, 36x24", 2010-15
Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art












Sunday, January 8, 2017

postcards from the edge

postcards from the edge
a benefit for visual aids
january 13-15, 2017

hosted by Metro Pictures
519 W 24th Street
New York, NY

VIP preview, 5 pm $75
Artist Preview 6-8
Mary Ann Strandell, Green Dot, 3d Lenticular, 4x6

































Saturday, October 22, 2016

New York

New Large Prints and Works on Paper
In conjunction with Print Week NYC, 2016

Suite 303 Projects
526 West 26th Street
Suite 303
New York, NY 10001

Thursday November 3rd, 4th, 5th

November 3rd_ 2:00to 6:00pm
POST OPENINGS:
November 3rd_8:30pm to midnight(LMK)


November 4th from 3:00 to 7:00pm
November 5th from 3:00 to 6:00pm

Transit Pink Green / Trestle, 70x68", 3d Lenticular print on Sintra, 2016

Mary Ann Strandell, The Hearst Library/Lunaria, 54x40, gouache on print 2016
Mary Ann Strandell, Garden Faust, 3D Lenticular print on Sintra, 42x32", 2016






Omaha

The Bemis Center for Contemporary Art
Annual Gala Exhibition and Auction
October 14 to October 28, 2016

Exhibition two artworks:
1. Tidal w Staircase, 74 x 43.5”, 3D Lenticular Print, 2014

Strandell,  Boyer Chute, 30x 40, oil on paper, 2016

Outdoor Studio site, Boyer Chute, NE, 2016

Notes on the artwork, Boyer Chute
On Labor Day, 2016 I had the opportunity to paint on the outskirts of Omaha, NE. I returned to a site that I had found 20 years ago when I was a resident at The Bemis Center. 
At that time I took many back-road drives along the Platte and Missouri Rivers, following odd junctures and finding places to sketch or paint. Many of the trials leave markers, of other intrepid folk,  few have been artists. I have stopped along these old water paths over time, to note changes. In 2010 I followed the game reserves, and routed myself to the Wildlife Reserve of Chute Boyer. I knew I wanted to get back there and work on site again.
The last day of summer, 2016, I made my way back. It was extremely hot, and buggy. It was difficult to focus, as I was covered from head to toe with protective gear, leaving room only for my eyes and my two gloved hands to operate the timely possibility of this painting. My oil paints melted and oozed as I built and reconsidered this gorgeous little paradise. Some of the dripping and over wrought paint still held up within the painting; some of it I feathered back by dry brushing. I reworked again in the constant hope of sustaining a sense of drama and structure in this work that seemed out-of control. 
When I got back to my hosts in Dundee neighborhood (thank you Lorin Fergusson), I was able to re-work the painting and ultimately leave it to dry. I look forward to seeing the piece properly framed, courtesy of the Jean the framer, with the large array of works at the Bemis Center For Contemporary Art, on October 28, 2016. - Mary Ann Strandell

Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts                            
724 South 12th Street Omaha, NE 68102                        
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The Bemis Center For Contemporary Art