SUU Art Insights hosts Adrian Arleo
By Amanda DeBry
The College of Performing and Visual Arts and the art department at SUU are excited to welcome artist Adrian Arleo to present on her artwork and artistic process Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. in the SUU Auditorium. This event is free and open to the public.
Adrian Arleo is a studio artist living in Lolo, Montana. She studied Art and Anthropology at Pitzer College and received an master’s degree in ceramics from Rhode Island School of Design in 1986. Her work is exhibited internationally and is in numerous public and private collections, including The World Ceramic Exposition Foundation, Icheon, Korea; Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin; The Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, Georgia; New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana; The Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana; Kings County Public Art Collection, Washington; Seattle University and University of Washington-Seattle, Washington. Adrian received awards from the Virginia A. Groot Foundation in 1991 and 1992. She also received a Montana Arts Council Individual Fellowship in 1995. Along with making her own work, Adrian is a frequent workshop leader and has been a guest juror for numerous national exhibitions.
“For over 30 years, my sculpture has combined human, animal, and natural imagery to create a kind of emotional and poetic power,” Arleo said. “Often there’s a suggestion of a vital interconnection between the human and non-human realms; the imagery arises from associations, concerns, and obsessions that are at once intimate and universal. The work frequently references mythology and archetypes in addressing our vulnerability in a changing persona, environmental, and political world.”
“Our students at Southern Utah University are in the process of developing their individual artistic voices,” said Russell Wrankle, an assistant art professor at SUU. “Through intense studio practice, hard work, high expectations, and close proximity to their professors, our students are well on their way to being the next generation of makers and thinkers who will alter our definition of art. In addition to a rigorous ceramics program, we place a high premium on bringing internationally recognized artists, such as Adrian Arleo, to campus to share her ideas in an intimate setting that we enjoy here at SUU, and on having one-on-one conversations with our students to help further their artistic explorations.”
“I’m really looking forward to visiting SUU,” Arleo said. “I haven’t been to that area of Utah before, and I’m curious to see what’s going on in the studios at the university. I’m wondering if the landscape and the community influences the kind of work being made. It’ll be great to share my sculpture, process, and story with everyone!”
For more information, please visit suu.edu/pva.
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