Sharon Neel-Bagley
Dallas environmental artist, Sharon Neel-Bagley explores climate change, conservation, and grassroots solutions. She applies scientific tools and methods into photography, printmaking, sculpture, and art installations. She holds a BFA in Photography from the University of North Texas. Sharon's group exhibitions include High Museum, Museum of Contemp. Arts & Design, and the Farmington Museum.
In 2019, Sharon's photographs won two silver awards in the Tokyo Intl. Foto Awards Exhibition in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo. Mrs. Neel-Bagley's receives funding in 2018 from City ofDallas-Individual Special Support Grant. Sharon is the first recipient of the 2017 Umbrella Artist Grant. In 2016, her photographs became a part of the Acclaimed Artist Series for State of New Mexico. Capital One Corp., Lancaster Hotel, Cosmopolitan Suites, NYLO Hotel have collected her work. Sharon's art is also a part of Earl’s Restaurant, the Farmington Museum, and Jesuit Museum. Mrs. Neel-Bagley has been incorporating science into her work since 2011. Scientific tools and methods are an essential part of the making of her art. Sharon's photographs bring new connections and views on the environment.
Artist Statement
The people that interest me most are the odd and quirky people that do unexpected things. These people are not famous and they haven’t had any significant impact on the world. Often their actions go unnoticed.
My work is a documentation of quirky characters in odd events that happen in unremarkable settings. Usually I hear about these in a conversation and I get a very clear picture in my head of the incident. I become driven to make this vision a tangible piece. I usually depict these anecdotes with photography which gives it a “real” quality. Since these people‘s memories only survive in conversations, I must recreate the events before I shoot it. Recently, I have been interpreting these anecdotes as a collection of similar stories using 3D and 4D installations. I hope to engage the viewer to tell their own stories. And the result is that my images and installations
I usually depict these anecdotes with photography which gives it a “real” quality. Since these people‘s memories only survive in conversations, I must recreate the events before I shoot it. Recently, I have been interpreting these anecdotes as a collection of similar stories using 3D and 4D installations.
I hope to engage the viewer to tell their own stories. And the result is that my images and installations illustrate their stories too.
CV
Education
University of North Texas — BFA Photography— 1993
Solo Exhibition History
2019 – Faculty Club UT Southwestern Medical Center “Logscapes: Urban Heat Island Effect from a Tree’s
View” Dallas, TX. USA.
2018 – Lillian Bradshaw Gallery “Microscopic Cross-Section and Other Oblique Views: Urban Heat Island
Effect from a Tree’s View” Dallas, TX. USA.
2017– MFA Gallery “Microscopic Cross-Section” Dallas, TX. USA.
2017– Umbrella Gallery “Micro Grant Exhibition” Dallas, TX. USA.
2015– RO2 Gallery/Magnolia Theater “Ready...1..2..3....” Dallas, TX. USA.
Selected Exhibition History
2019 – RO2 Gallery “2019 Chaos!” Dallas, TX. USA.
2018 – Shibuya Cultural Center “Tokyo International Foto Awards Exhibition” Shibuya-ku, Tokyo. JAPAN.
2018 – RO2 Gallery “2018 Chaos!” Dallas, TX. USA.
2017 – J. Erik Jonsson Central Library ”Morality/Reality: A Celebration of Marcel Duchamp’s 130th
Birthday!” Dallas, TX. USA.
2017 – Bath House Cultural Center “The Extraordinary Tale: Magic Realism in Art” Dallas, TX. USA.
2016 – Farmington Museum “Gateway to Imagination” Farmington, NM. USA.
2016 – McKinney Performing Arts Center” MPAC 5th Annual Juried Art Competition and Exhibition” McKinney,
TX. USA.
2016 – Janette Kennedy Gallery “ArtLoveMagic Celebrates Women” Dallas, TX. USA.
2015 – RO2 Gallery “2015 Chaos!” Dallas, TX. USA.
2015 – UT Dallas CentralTrak Gallery “Who’s Afraid of Chuck and George?” Dallas, TX. USA.
2014 – Mighty Fine Arts Gallery” The Cat Show” Dallas, TX. USA.
2014 – Bath House Cultural Center “Levitas: A Photographic Exploration of Weightlessness” Dallas, TX. USA.
2014 – The Small Gallery “Oddities & Curiosities” Dallas, TX. USA.
2014 – PhotoTXcetera Festival” The Art of the Image Invitational Gallery Show” Dallas, TX. USA.
2013 – Bath House Cultural Center “The Mechanical Soul: Steampunk Style in Contemporary Art” Dallas, TX.
USA.
2012 – “Jesuit Dallas Museum 25th Anniversary” Dallas, TX. USA.
2012 – “International Women’s Exhibit” Online Gallery. Atlanta, GA. USA.
2011 – White Rock Lake Museum “The Lady” Dallas, TX. USA.
2010 – Jesuit Dallas Museum “Jesuit Dallas Museum Juried Show” Dallas, TX. USA.
2010 – Ledbetter Gallery “Texas National 2010” Nacogdoches, TX. USA.
2010 – Arlington Museum of Art ”2nd Annual Artists Showcase” Arlington, TX. USA.
Collections
“Boiling Crash Number 10.” “Boiling Crash Number 6.” “Boiling Crash Number 16.” The Lancaster Art
Collection. Houston. United States. Purchased 2018.
“Game Changer.” Earl’s Restaurant Art Collection. Plano. United States. Purchased 2017.
“Boiling Crash Number 5.” “Boiling Crash Number 7.” “Boiling Crash Number 8.” ‘Boiling Crash Number 12.”
“Boiling Crash Number 13.” “Boiling Crash Number 16.” Capital One Corporate Art Collection. Plano.
United States. Purchased 2017.
“Boiling Crash Number 3.” Farmington Museum. Farmington. United States. Purchased 2016.
“Boiling Crash Number 8.” “Boiling Crash Number 13.” “Boiling Crash Number 4.” “Boiling Crash Number 1.”
“Boiling Crash Number 11.” Cosmopolitan Suites Hotel Art Collection. Las Vegas. United States.
Purchased 2016.
“Arabella.” Jesuit Dallas Museum. Dallas. United States. Donated 2010.
“Con intensita.” “Appassionato.” “Agilmente.” NYLO Hotel Art Collection. Plano. United States.
Purchased 2008.
Grants and Awards
Nature Silver Award. Fine Art Silver Award. Tokyo International Foto Awards Exhibition. 2019.
Individual Special Support Grant. FY17-18 City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs. 2018.
Umbrella Artist Grant. Umbrella Gallery. 2017.
Purchase Award. Farmington Museum. 2016.
Purchase Prize Finalist. McKinney Performing Arts Center & Arts and Music Guild. 2016.
Best in Show Award. First Overall. Jesuit Dallas Museum. 2012.
Best in Show Award. First Overall. Bath House Cultural Center. 2011.
Public Art
“Adams County Human Services – Photography.” Adams County, Co. USA. 2018. (Finalist)
“#241 Acclaimed Artist Series.” State of New Mexico. 2016.
“Crimson Reader.” J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, Dallas, TX. USA. 2013.
“Color Crash.” New Parkland Hospital Healing Art Program, Dallas, TX. USA. (TBP)
Art Festivals
2014 – “PhotoTXcetera Invitational Photography Exhibition” PhotoTXcetera Festival. Dallas, TX. USA.
Collaborations
2015 – The Latino Cultural Center. “12th Annual Hecho en Dallas/ Made in Dallas.” Dallas, TX. USA.
(w/artist Jacque Forsher)
2014 – Bath House Cultural Center. “20th Anniversary El Corazón Art Exhibition.” Dallas, TX. USA.
(w/artist Jacque Forsher)
2013 – SLANT Artist Collective. “F5: Dream of Returning Home.” Dallas, TX. USA.
(w/SLANT Artist Collective Members)
2012 – AHA Collective Gallery. “Conversations.” Dallas, TX. USA.
(installation w/artist Bunny Trahan)
Professional Activities
Artist Talk. Texas Art Educators Association Mini Conference. “Photography Techniques for the Classroom”
Dallas, TX. USA. 2016
Artist Juror. Business Council for the Arts. “On My Own Time Art Show” Dallas, TX. USA. Business Council
for the Arts. 2013-2016
Board of Directors. SLANT Artist Collective. Dallas, TX. USA. 2013-2016
In 2019, Sharon's photographs won two silver awards in the Tokyo Intl. Foto Awards Exhibition in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo. Mrs. Neel-Bagley's receives funding in 2018 from City ofDallas-Individual Special Support Grant. Sharon is the first recipient of the 2017 Umbrella Artist Grant. In 2016, her photographs became a part of the Acclaimed Artist Series for State of New Mexico. Capital One Corp., Lancaster Hotel, Cosmopolitan Suites, NYLO Hotel have collected her work. Sharon's art is also a part of Earl’s Restaurant, the Farmington Museum, and Jesuit Museum. Mrs. Neel-Bagley has been incorporating science into her work since 2011. Scientific tools and methods are an essential part of the making of her art. Sharon's photographs bring new connections and views on the environment.
Artist Statement
The people that interest me most are the odd and quirky people that do unexpected things. These people are not famous and they haven’t had any significant impact on the world. Often their actions go unnoticed.
My work is a documentation of quirky characters in odd events that happen in unremarkable settings. Usually I hear about these in a conversation and I get a very clear picture in my head of the incident. I become driven to make this vision a tangible piece. I usually depict these anecdotes with photography which gives it a “real” quality. Since these people‘s memories only survive in conversations, I must recreate the events before I shoot it. Recently, I have been interpreting these anecdotes as a collection of similar stories using 3D and 4D installations. I hope to engage the viewer to tell their own stories. And the result is that my images and installations
I usually depict these anecdotes with photography which gives it a “real” quality. Since these people‘s memories only survive in conversations, I must recreate the events before I shoot it. Recently, I have been interpreting these anecdotes as a collection of similar stories using 3D and 4D installations.
I hope to engage the viewer to tell their own stories. And the result is that my images and installations illustrate their stories too.
CV
Education
University of North Texas — BFA Photography— 1993
Solo Exhibition History
2019 – Faculty Club UT Southwestern Medical Center “Logscapes: Urban Heat Island Effect from a Tree’s
View” Dallas, TX. USA.
2018 – Lillian Bradshaw Gallery “Microscopic Cross-Section and Other Oblique Views: Urban Heat Island
Effect from a Tree’s View” Dallas, TX. USA.
2017– MFA Gallery “Microscopic Cross-Section” Dallas, TX. USA.
2017– Umbrella Gallery “Micro Grant Exhibition” Dallas, TX. USA.
2015– RO2 Gallery/Magnolia Theater “Ready...1..2..3....” Dallas, TX. USA.
Selected Exhibition History
2019 – RO2 Gallery “2019 Chaos!” Dallas, TX. USA.
2018 – Shibuya Cultural Center “Tokyo International Foto Awards Exhibition” Shibuya-ku, Tokyo. JAPAN.
2018 – RO2 Gallery “2018 Chaos!” Dallas, TX. USA.
2017 – J. Erik Jonsson Central Library ”Morality/Reality: A Celebration of Marcel Duchamp’s 130th
Birthday!” Dallas, TX. USA.
2017 – Bath House Cultural Center “The Extraordinary Tale: Magic Realism in Art” Dallas, TX. USA.
2016 – Farmington Museum “Gateway to Imagination” Farmington, NM. USA.
2016 – McKinney Performing Arts Center” MPAC 5th Annual Juried Art Competition and Exhibition” McKinney,
TX. USA.
2016 – Janette Kennedy Gallery “ArtLoveMagic Celebrates Women” Dallas, TX. USA.
2015 – RO2 Gallery “2015 Chaos!” Dallas, TX. USA.
2015 – UT Dallas CentralTrak Gallery “Who’s Afraid of Chuck and George?” Dallas, TX. USA.
2014 – Mighty Fine Arts Gallery” The Cat Show” Dallas, TX. USA.
2014 – Bath House Cultural Center “Levitas: A Photographic Exploration of Weightlessness” Dallas, TX. USA.
2014 – The Small Gallery “Oddities & Curiosities” Dallas, TX. USA.
2014 – PhotoTXcetera Festival” The Art of the Image Invitational Gallery Show” Dallas, TX. USA.
2013 – Bath House Cultural Center “The Mechanical Soul: Steampunk Style in Contemporary Art” Dallas, TX.
USA.
2012 – “Jesuit Dallas Museum 25th Anniversary” Dallas, TX. USA.
2012 – “International Women’s Exhibit” Online Gallery. Atlanta, GA. USA.
2011 – White Rock Lake Museum “The Lady” Dallas, TX. USA.
2010 – Jesuit Dallas Museum “Jesuit Dallas Museum Juried Show” Dallas, TX. USA.
2010 – Ledbetter Gallery “Texas National 2010” Nacogdoches, TX. USA.
2010 – Arlington Museum of Art ”2nd Annual Artists Showcase” Arlington, TX. USA.
Collections
“Boiling Crash Number 10.” “Boiling Crash Number 6.” “Boiling Crash Number 16.” The Lancaster Art
Collection. Houston. United States. Purchased 2018.
“Game Changer.” Earl’s Restaurant Art Collection. Plano. United States. Purchased 2017.
“Boiling Crash Number 5.” “Boiling Crash Number 7.” “Boiling Crash Number 8.” ‘Boiling Crash Number 12.”
“Boiling Crash Number 13.” “Boiling Crash Number 16.” Capital One Corporate Art Collection. Plano.
United States. Purchased 2017.
“Boiling Crash Number 3.” Farmington Museum. Farmington. United States. Purchased 2016.
“Boiling Crash Number 8.” “Boiling Crash Number 13.” “Boiling Crash Number 4.” “Boiling Crash Number 1.”
“Boiling Crash Number 11.” Cosmopolitan Suites Hotel Art Collection. Las Vegas. United States.
Purchased 2016.
“Arabella.” Jesuit Dallas Museum. Dallas. United States. Donated 2010.
“Con intensita.” “Appassionato.” “Agilmente.” NYLO Hotel Art Collection. Plano. United States.
Purchased 2008.
Grants and Awards
Nature Silver Award. Fine Art Silver Award. Tokyo International Foto Awards Exhibition. 2019.
Individual Special Support Grant. FY17-18 City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs. 2018.
Umbrella Artist Grant. Umbrella Gallery. 2017.
Purchase Award. Farmington Museum. 2016.
Purchase Prize Finalist. McKinney Performing Arts Center & Arts and Music Guild. 2016.
Best in Show Award. First Overall. Jesuit Dallas Museum. 2012.
Best in Show Award. First Overall. Bath House Cultural Center. 2011.
Public Art
“Adams County Human Services – Photography.” Adams County, Co. USA. 2018. (Finalist)
“#241 Acclaimed Artist Series.” State of New Mexico. 2016.
“Crimson Reader.” J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, Dallas, TX. USA. 2013.
“Color Crash.” New Parkland Hospital Healing Art Program, Dallas, TX. USA. (TBP)
Art Festivals
2014 – “PhotoTXcetera Invitational Photography Exhibition” PhotoTXcetera Festival. Dallas, TX. USA.
Collaborations
2015 – The Latino Cultural Center. “12th Annual Hecho en Dallas/ Made in Dallas.” Dallas, TX. USA.
(w/artist Jacque Forsher)
2014 – Bath House Cultural Center. “20th Anniversary El Corazón Art Exhibition.” Dallas, TX. USA.
(w/artist Jacque Forsher)
2013 – SLANT Artist Collective. “F5: Dream of Returning Home.” Dallas, TX. USA.
(w/SLANT Artist Collective Members)
2012 – AHA Collective Gallery. “Conversations.” Dallas, TX. USA.
(installation w/artist Bunny Trahan)
Professional Activities
Artist Talk. Texas Art Educators Association Mini Conference. “Photography Techniques for the Classroom”
Dallas, TX. USA. 2016
Artist Juror. Business Council for the Arts. “On My Own Time Art Show” Dallas, TX. USA. Business Council
for the Arts. 2013-2016
Board of Directors. SLANT Artist Collective. Dallas, TX. USA. 2013-2016
