Nominated Artists
Wyoming’s Women to Watch
Nomination Process
Wyoming Curator Dr. Tammi Hanawalt selected 5 Women to Watch artists to represent our state, and NMWA selected artist Sarah Ortegon from this group to be featured in the upcoming national Women to Watch exhibition.
SELECTED ARTIST
Sarah Ortegon
Painting, Beadwork, Performance | Wind River Reservation
Ortegon’s art includes painting, beadwork and performance dance, shaped by her Shoshone and Arapahoe heritage.
"With the issues of the pandemic, the ever haunting reality of climate change and our rights asIndigenous people being chipped away to this day...I believe that the way forward is to continue to heal, through movement, through connecting to our original ways of being and through community gatherings and teachings."
Listen to Sarah’s Interview with Wyoming Humanities
Katy Ann Fox
Painter, Teton Valley
"My role as an artist is to create more of what I hope for in this world. My paintings convey optimism, modesty, respect, and harmony calling positive attention to moments of calm and beauty. I find the delight within subjects that may often be categorized as mundane or perhaps overlooked altogether and bring a depth of understanding in color theory, composition and the capabilities, richness and application of oil paint."
Listen to Katy’s Interview with Wyoming Humanities
Bronwyn Minton
Mixed Media | Jackson Hole
Using simple forms derived from nature, her work exploits radically different scales, from the microscopic to the monumental, bringing attention to how we fit with and construct nature.
Listen to Bronwyn’s Interview with Wyoming Humanities
Leah Hardy
Metalsmith | Laramie
"Employing insect-inspired forms which become metaphors for the present human condition, my current works are narrative and contemplative in nature. Fragmented, altered with mechanical elements or re-contextualized, these life forms reference our fascination with immortality and desire with the underlying yearning to connect, communicate and gain insight.”
Listen to Leah’s Interview with Wyoming Humanities
Jennifer Rife
Land Art Installations | Cheyenne
"Reflections on land and environmental issues have challenged me to focus on installations that leave little trace on our much-scarred land.As we extract resources from the earth and capture sun and wind to power our modern reality, we leave scars. The objects I create are placed in the environment then removed within a matter of minutes, creating a moment in an alternative reality."
Listen to Jennifer’s Interview with Wyoming Humanities
“With this gorgeous state as their inspiration, our artists are telling powerful stories through their art. I’m so excited to elevate these 5 artists through their nomination to this exhibit.”
— Tammi Hanawalt
Tammi Hanawalt
Consulting Curator | Wyoming
Five Wyoming women artists have been nominated by Wyoming-based consulting curator Dr. Tammi Hanawalt, one of which will be selected by NMWA to be featured in the national and international exhibition in Washington, D.C.
“I’m so excited to elevate these 5 artists through their nomination to this exhibit, and in turn I hope to raise the profiles of all artists creating in our beautiful state of Wyoming.”