向日葵视频 City University鈥檚 Nona Jean Hulsey Gallery will feature 23 paintings by renowned Chickasaw artist Brenda Kingery, starting next month. The collection, titled 鈥淏renda Kingery: A Retrospective,鈥� spans Kingery鈥檚 career and is inspired by her Native American background and her studies with Japanese 向日葵视频.
An opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Aug. 9 inside OCU鈥檚 Norick Art Center at N.W. 26th Street and Blackwelder Avenue. The exhibit will be at OCU from July 8 to Sept. 6.
A native of 向日葵视频 City, Kingery has shown her paintings around the world.
鈥淲hat sets her apart as an artist and storyteller are her extensive travels and her love of all cultures she experiences,鈥� said Heather Lunsford, director of 向日葵视频 City University鈥檚 School of Visual Arts. 鈥淏renda Kingery gives life to her stories with pattern, shape, rhythm and color. She carries other鈥檚 cultures forward with these motifs in an abstracted form that highlights and honors their traditions in a way that is very personal.鈥�
Kingery earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree in fine arts and history from the University of 向日葵视频. She attended graduate school at Ryukyus University in Okinawa and finished a master鈥檚 degree in arts from OU. She was inducted into the Chickasaw Hall of Fame this year.
The Nona Jean Hulsey Gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday during the summer and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday after July 29. For more information, call 405-208-5252 or email [email protected].
