Forecast

Forecast
September 10 – October 10, 2024

Opening Reception: Tuesday, September 10, 4 – 6 pm
Artist Talk: Tuesday, September 10, 5:00 pm

Herter Art Gallery is pleased to present, Forecast, a solo exhibition by Shona Macdonald, Professor in the Department of Art at the University of Massachusetts.

‘Forecast,’ is a mixed-media exploration of the phenomena and effects of both weather and climate. The exhibition will consist of both stretched and unstretched paintings with textile elements, long, ‘strip’ like works suggestive of reading weather reports, and drawings depicting images based on human manmade shelters. Discussing her work, Macdonald writes, “At the beginning of my sabbatical, I explored the relationship between weather and psychology by depicting images of weather itself (raindrops and wind, for example). Towards the end of my research leave, I have pivoted to using more pointed images of the effects of climate change such as storms and flooding.”

Shona Macdonald has held selected solo exhibitions at the McDonough Museum of Art, (2023), Zillman Art Museum, (2020-21), Brattleboro Art Center and Museum (2018), Roswell Art Museum, (2011), Tarble Arts Center (2015), Gridspace, (2014) Engine Room, Wellington, New Zealand, (2010), Proof Gallery, Boston, MA (2009), Reeves Contemporary, NY, NY (2008), Den Contemporary, LA, CA, (2007), Skestos-Gabriele, Chicago IL, (2005), Galerie Refugium, Berlin, Germany, (2002), and Fassbender Gallery, Chicago (1998 and 2000).  Two person exhibitions include the Ballina Art Center in Co, Mayo, Ireland (2022), Linden Sculpture Garden (2012), and Dayton Art Center (2018.)  Her work has also been included in numerous group shows across the United States, UK, Australia, and Canada.  Reviews of her work are included in Art in America, Art News, the LA Times, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times, Sacramento Bee, Boston Globe, Artscope, and New American Paintings.  She has been a Visiting Artist at over fifty institutions, including The University of Wyoming (2023), Georgia State University (2007), the University of Alberta, and the University of Calgary, Canada, (both 2002). Shona Macdonald is a 2009 recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation award.  Her artist-in-residencies include UCross, Ragdale, Kimmel Harding Nelson, VCCA,  Roswell, (all USA) and internationally, at Can Serrat, Spain, the Cromarty Arts Trust, Scotland, and both Ballinglen and the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Ireland.

Visit the artist website at Shona Macdonald

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