Sherry Owens

For over 35 years 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 and received a BFA from Southern Methodist University. 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 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. 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.