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TOPVEREX  EXHIBIT 2010
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VEREX  EXHIBIT 2008


The gallery provides quarterly exhibits at the Verex Building, 150 East Gilman Street.
The Verex Building is located on Lake Mendota, next to James Madison Park.
The lobby is open for viewing the exhibit during business hours 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Please select from the seasons below to view exhibits

Winter  Dagny Quisling Myrah         Spring   Don Gahr  
Summer
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Winter Exhibit 2010
: Dagny Quisling Myrah : Oil on canvas :
January - March

Artist Statement Artist Resume




From Left: Dagny Quisling Myrah, Evening Coffee, 2009, Oil on canvas, Image: 40" x 50"
Dagny Quisling Myrah, The Bartell Theater, 2009, Oil on canvas, Image: 40" x 50"
Dagny Quisling Myrah, Ladies of the Night, 2009, Oil on canvas, Image: 40" x 50"

 

Left: Dagny Quisling Myrah, Michaels, 2009, Oil on canvas, Image: 30" x 36"
Right:Dagny Quisling Myrah, The Last Diners, 2009, Oil on canvas, Image: 30" x 36"
To view more works by Dagny Quisling Myrah please use the Artists link at Page Top:

Evening Coffee, 2009, Oil on canvas, Image: 40" x 50, frame 41" x 51" x 2"
The Bartell Theater, 2009, Oil on canvas, Image: 40" x 50", frame 41" x 51" x 2"
Ladies of the Night, 2009, Oil on canvas, Image: 40" x 50", frame 41" x 51" x 2", frame 41" x 51" x 2"
Michaels, 2009, Oil on canvas, Image: 30" x 36", frame 31" x 37" x 2"
The Last Diners, 2009, Oil on canvas, Image: 30" x 36", frame 31" x 37"


Artist’s Statement


 


Artist’s Statement

NIGHT AND DAY

Night-time sets the stage for many of my paintings in this show. Darkness creates a new world. Instead of focusing on the exterior, you are drawn into the interior, given a glimpse of what is happening inside. The lights become interesting shapes. They change the colors of the interiors and only partially illuminate the outdoor spaces. After seeing the Edward Hopper Exhibit in Chicago last year, I began to look at familiar scenes in Madison in a new way and decided to do a series of urban night-time paintings. I was inspired to do the first two paintings when dining with friends one evening at their condo off the square. We went out on the balcony. Looking down, I could see endless possibilities developing on the sidewalk and streets below. Sometimes people hurried in anticipation of the night ahead; sometimes a cashier appeared alone in the night. Everywhere short stories were unfolding. I was amazed at the variety of colors produced by the street lights, store lights and interior lights. They illuminated each scene, almost as if on stage.

Dagny Quisling Myrah

 




Artist's Resume:

DAGNY QUISLING MYRAH

EDUCATION

1961 M.A., Painting and Serigraphy, University of Wisconsin-Madison

1960 B.A., Art Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison

1976-77 Studied intaglio printmaking under Warrington Colescott and Fran
Myers, University of Wisconsin-Madison

RECENT EXHIBITIONS

2009 Grace Chosy Gallery, Night and Day - One Person Exhibit, Madison, WI
2007 Grace Chosy Gallery, People in Landscape - One Person Exhibit, Madison, WI
2006 Madison : People Places & Events - Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors, Madison, WI
2006 Westwing Studios Exhibit, Monroe Arts Center, Monroe, WI
2005 Grace Chosy Gallery, Hill & Dale - One Person Exhibit, Madison, WI
2003 Grace Chosy Gallery, One Person Exhibit, Madison, WI
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Invitational exhibit, “Wisconsin Landscape”
2001 Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Featured Artist, Fish Creek, WI
Grace Chosy Gallery, One Person Exhibit, Madison WI
1999 "A Celebration of Wisconsin Women Printmakers" Madison CitiARTS
Grace Chosy Gallery, One Person Exhibit, Madison, WI
1997 Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Featured Artist, Fish Creek, WI
Grace Chosy Gallery, One Person Exhibit, Madison, WI
1995 Grace Chosy Gallery, One Person Exhibit, Madison, WI
1994 Landscape Show, Art Resources, St. Paul, MN
Featured Gallery Artists. Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
1993 Grace Chosy Gallery, One Person Exhibit, Madison, WI
1991 Katie Gingrass Gallery Featured Artist, Milwaukee, WI
Miller Art Center, "Interpreting the Landscape, " Sturgeon Bay, WI
Grace Chosy Gallery, One Person Exhibit, Madison, WI
1990 Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Featured Artist, Fish Creek, WI
Madison Art Center, "Museum Quality: Prints from Madison Art Collections"
Wright Museum of Art, "33rd Annual Beloit and Vicinity Exhibition, "Beloit College, Beloit WI
1988 Grace Chosy Gallery, Two Person Show, Madison, WI
1987 City-County Building, One Person Show, Madison, WI
Cudahy Gallery, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
1986 Cudahy Gallery, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
1985 Tamarack House Galleries, "Rivertown USA '85", Stillwater, MN
Cudahy Gallery, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
1985 Dakota Center for the Arts, "1985 Midwest Miniature Show", St. Paul, MN
Survival Graphics "Open Door 3", Madison, WI
1984 Madison Art Center, "1984 Wisconsin Biennial", Madison, WI
Cudahy Gallery, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Elvehjem Museum of Art, "The Photographer and the Artist: The
Transformed Image 1983 Center Gallery, "Fall Annual Open Juried Exhibition", Madison, WI
Seuferer Chosy Gallery, "Multiples", Madison, WI
Tamarack House Gallery, "lst Annual Printmakers Exhibit", Stillwater, MN
1982 Beloit College, "Annual Beloit and Vicinity Exhibition", Beloit, WI
Wisconsin Academy of Science, Arts and Letters", One Person Exhibit, Madison, WI

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

2010 Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission 2010 Calendar
2009 Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission 2009 Calendar, "Lucious Landscapes"
2007 Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission 2007 Calendar, “Painting the Town”
2004 Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission 2004 Calendar, "Close to Home"
2001 Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission 2001 Calendar, "Dane County Places"
1996 Featured on Channel WMTV news
1994 Artwork chosen for reproduction of gift cards for The Exchange Center for Child Abuse
1992 Featured in Wisconsin Trails magazine (Wisconsin Landscape Artists)
1982 Wisconsin Foundation for the Arts Commission, Edition of Prints for the Governor’s Recognitions for Support of the Arts Exhibition 1982 (Madison Art Guild), Cash Award
1985 Midwest Miniature Show", Award of Excellence
1984 Exhibition 1984 (Madison Art Guild) .Best of Show Award
1982 Exhibition 1982(Madison Art Guild), Cash Award
1980 Madison Print Club Merit Award and Madison Art Center Purchase Award, Art on the Square
Wisconsin Biennale, Purchase Prize

COLLECTIONS

Wisconsin Executive Residence(Governor's Mansion), Madison, WI
Miller Brewing Corporation, Milwaukee, WI
CUNA Mutual, Madison, WI
Verex, Madison, WI
Madison Newspapers, Madison, WI
Center for Health Sciences, Madison, WI
Cargill, Minneapolis, MN
Bank of New England Hancock, Plainville, MA
Bank of Meridian, NH
Honeywell, Wellesleys, MA
New England Medical Center, Boston, MA
Saunders, MEC, Merrinack, NH
Mercy Catholic Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Sperry Corporation, Blue Bell, PA
Ace Hardware, Oakbrook, IL
Arthur Anderson, Chicago, IL
American National Bank, Libertyville, IL
Citicorp Services, Chicago. IL
AT& T, Chicago, IL
Cherry Tree Ventures, Bloomington, MN
Oscar Mayer Company, Madison, WI
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency: Region III, Chicago. IL
The University Club, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison WI
Miller Art Center Print Collection, Sturgeon Bay WI

 


Winter         Spring       Summer        Autumn          Page Top


Spring Exhibit 2010
:  Don Gahr : Carved, Tooled & Painted Wood :
April - June

Artist
Statement Artist Resume


View of the main wall upon entering the lobby of the Verex Building
Individual Images Below

 

View of the side wall

Individual Images Below:

Don Gahr, Persian Deer Panel I, Painted and Tooled Wood, 40 5/8" x 26" x 1 1/2"

 

 
Don Gahr, Running Speckled Dog , Painted Wood Carving, 7 3/4" x 42" x 2 3/4"

 

 

 

Don Gahr, Persian Deer Panel II, Painted Tooled Wood, 20 3/4" x 18 1/2"

 

 

Don Gahr, Red Running, Painted Wood Carving, 12" x 63" x 2 1/4"

 

 

Don Gahr, Blue Duck Panel, Painted and Tooled Wood, 27 3/4" x 19 1/2" x 1 1/2"

 

 

Don Gahr, Running Speckled Dog , Painted Wood Carving, 7 3/4" x 42" x 2 3/4"  

 

 



 


ARTIST Statement

 

The work is in the carving assemblage tradition with the added pleasure of applying paint on wood. There is a concern with sculptural form and painting the work as if it were a canvas. The figures are based on dreams, reality and imagination. There is not a lot of concern with accurate depiction but more an attempt to describe grace and spirit.

Don Gahr

 


 


Artist Resume 2010

DON GAHR

Born: St. Paul, MN, 1940

Education

1969 University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1968 Minneapolis College of Art and Design, B.F.A.
1967 Portland Museum Art School, Portland OR
1962 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Selected Exhibitions

2009 New Paintings & Sculpture by Francisco X Mora & Don Gahr, Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
2009 30 Years! at Grace Chosy Gallery, Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
2006 Paintings & Sculpture by Francisco X Mora & Don Gahr, Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
2004 DOGS! Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
2003 Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
2001 Recent Work, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
Fish Tales, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
1998 New Work Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN
1996 Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN
BIRDS! Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Nature Reconstructed: Nature Rematerialized The Minneapolis Foundation, Minneapolis, MN
Self as Subject: Artists Portray Themselves Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Object Makers: Seven Minnesota Sculptors, Steensland Art Museum, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
1994 Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN
1994 The Farm Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
1993 Red Wing Art Center, Red Wing, WI
1992 Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Totems Furlong Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Menominee, WI
1991 Birdhomes Catherine G. Murphy Galleries, College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN
1990 Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN
University of Wisconsin, Menomonie, WI
Metaphorical Fish, University Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
1989 Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN
1990 University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
1987 Don Gahr and Arne Nyen Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN
1986 Bless the Beast First Bank System, St. Paul, MN
1984 Beyond Folk Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Mason/Gahr Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN
1983 Madzo/Gahr Barry Richard Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
University of Wisconsin, River Falls, WI
1982 Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
1981 Barry Richard Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1978 University of Minnesota, Morris, MInneapolis, MN
1977 Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
1975 Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN

Collections

Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood, Minneapolis, MN
First Bank System, Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN
Opus Corporation, Minneapolis, MN
Signal Hills State Bank, St. Paul, MN
St. Jude Medical Center, St. Paul, MN
Instant Web, Minneapolis, MN
Dayton Hudson Corporation, Minneapolis, MN
Lutheran Brotherhood, Minneapolis, MN
University of Wisconsin Sports Medicine Facility, Madison, WI

Commissions

Minneapolis Children's Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
Atrium Office Building, St. Paul, MN
First Bank, La Crosse, WI
Minnesota Mutual, St. Paul, MN
First Bank, Brainerd, MN
Shriners Hospital for Disabled Children, Minneapolis
Employment Insurance Company, Green Bay, WI
Wisconsin Education Insurance Trust, Madison, WI

Publications

Art in America, Review of Exhibitions, May, 2003
Hanson, Doug, The Window, January, 1995.
Minnesota Arts Directory, Vol. 7, No. 1, 1996.
Waddington, Chris, Into the Woods, Twin Cities Magazine, January, 1989.
Washburn County Register, December 2, 1982.

 

 

 

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Summer Exhibit 2010

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July - September


Artist Statement

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Autumn Exhibit 2010
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October - December

Artist Statement Artist Resume

 

 

View of the main display wall in lobby

View of the side wall in lobby



 


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