In Mythos & Fairy Tales: Works by Tawni Shuler

Artist Talk and Opening Reception on Thursday, September 19th at 4pm in Kinnison Hall and the Edward A. Whitney Gallery in the Whitney Center for the Arts.

Free.

Tawni Shuler’s exhibit, “In Mythos and Fairy Tales,” features fable-based black and white drawings that, according to her website, are used to “express universal themes such as joy, heartbreak, jealousy, pride, and aggression… that serve as metaphors for the human experience,” and will be on display in the Edward A. Whitney Gallery until Oct. 31.

Born on a ranch in Wyoming, Tawni Shuler was enticed to paint and draw early on by the art of western painters Frederick Remington and Charlie Russell. She attended the University of Montana, Missoula to complete her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and Arizona State University to complete Master of Fine Arts degree in painting and drawing in 2008. She has since served as the Programming Director for the Red Lodge Clay Center in Montana, an Assistant Professor in Watermedia at Utah Valley University, an Instructor of Art at Sheridan College, Media Specialist for the Arizona Natural History Association and Illustrator for Crystal Publishing. Currently, Shuler serves as the Residency Director for the Ucross Foundation in Wyoming.

Her work has been shown at the Taos Center for the Arts, NM; Northwest Art Center, Minot, ND; Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA; g2 Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ; Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ; Zane Bennett Gallery, Santa Fe, NM; Missoula Art Museum, MT; Woodbury Art Museum, Orem, UT; Tucker Cooke Gallery, Asheville, NC; Smith Theatre Gallery, Farmington Hills, MI; Firehouse Gallery, Grant Pass, OR and was published in Southwest Art’s 2005 Annual Emerging Artist Issue. She has been an artist-in-residence at the Jentel Artist Residency Program, Brush Creek Ranch Artist Foundation and the Ucross Foundation Residency Program in Wyoming.

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