Sierra Arts Gallery
New Installations 2006

August 23rd-October 13, 2006

Los Angeles artist Linda Vallejo presents New Installations 2006 at the Sierra Arts Gallery, Reno Nevada,  opening Wednesday, August 23rd and showing through Friday, October 13, 2006. A discussion and question/answer time with the artist  was held in the gallery on Thursday, August 24 th and an artist reception  took place on Friday, August 25th.

New Installations 2006 offers political and ecological mixed media works which unite the beauty of nature with the devastation of humanity and nature through war and pollution. Censored, GT MK?, and The Ferris Wheel use censored newspapers, manipulated photographs, recycled products, and mixed media, in combination with digitized original paintings.

The artist states, " Reading the newspaper and watching television are daily, mundane events, with images appearing in an incongruous mixture of toxic photographs, and frivolous advertisements and commercial products. The dichotomy of these opposing thoughts creates a mixture of humor, disbelief, and horror."

Ms. Vallejo studied lithography at the University of Madrid, Spain, and received her MFA in Printmaking from Cal State U Long Beach. She has exhibited her work and received critical recognition regionally, nationally and internationally.    

Sierra Arts Gallery
17 S. Virginia Street, Reno, NV 89501
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30am to 5pm . Closed Weekends.