Sally Condon
Sally Condon
Sally was born and raised in Maine. After receiving her Masters of Fine Arts degree from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1990 she moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico where she lives and paints full time today. She still maintains a strong connection to Maine and in the summer of 2009 was awarded an artist residency by the Eastern Frontier Educational Foundation on Norton Island, Maine. Her work is in collections throughout the United States and she has shown her work internationally in France and Japan. She has had several solo shows in Santa Fe and Albuquerque along with participating in numerous group shows across the United States. The Albuquerque Journal named her Artist of the Year in 2012.
As a long time gardener and keeper of bees, she uses the wax she collects from her hives in her paintings. “Bees are magical beings. Every product that comes from the hive has special healing and nourishing properties. I mix the wax with oil paint and then brayer many layers on to the painted surface. There is a wonderful richness and softness the wax brings to the painted surface.” Her unique encaustic technique achieves an inner luminosity that captures and rebroadcasts a glowing ambient light.
EDUCATION
1988-90 MFA in Painting, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI.
1984-88 BFA in Painting, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 Matrix Fine Art, In Broad Sunlight, Albuquerque, NM.
2010 Matrix Fine Art, Albuquerque, NM.
2009 Norton Island Artist Residency Studio, Bouyed, Norton Island, ME.
2006 Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Within Sky and Ground, Santa Fe, NM.
2005 Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Garden Notes, Santa Fe, NM.
2003 Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Garden Emanations, Santa Fe, NM.
2002 Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Seasons of Change, Santa Fe, NM.
2002 Harwood Art Center, New Work, Albuquerque, NM.
2000 Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Impressions after a Journey, Santa Fe, NM.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 516 ARTS, Studio Sale in the Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
2015 Exhibit 208, S(and) Show, Albuquerque, NM.
2014 The Oasis Gallery, Oasis, Albuquerque, NM.
2014 The Harwood Art Center, 12 x 12, Albuquerque, NM.
2014 William and Joseph Gallery, Gallery Artists, Santa Fe, NM.
PUBLICATIONS
2015 Sally Condon, Encaustic Arts (Online Magazine) Winter Issue, page 12 - 28.
2015 Wesley Pulkka, “14 female ABQ artists in exhibit,” ABQ Journal, D3, May 24.
2012 Wesley Pulkka, “Sally Condon’s solo showcase stole the show” A Year in Review,
ABQ Journal, F2, December 30.
Sally was born and raised in Maine. After receiving her Masters of Fine Arts degree from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1990 she moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico where she lives and paints full time today. She still maintains a strong connection to Maine and in the summer of 2009 was awarded an artist residency by the Eastern Frontier Educational Foundation on Norton Island, Maine. Her work is in collections throughout the United States and she has shown her work internationally in France and Japan. She has had several solo shows in Santa Fe and Albuquerque along with participating in numerous group shows across the United States. The Albuquerque Journal named her Artist of the Year in 2012.
As a long time gardener and keeper of bees, she uses the wax she collects from her hives in her paintings. “Bees are magical beings. Every product that comes from the hive has special healing and nourishing properties. I mix the wax with oil paint and then brayer many layers on to the painted surface. There is a wonderful richness and softness the wax brings to the painted surface.” Her unique encaustic technique achieves an inner luminosity that captures and rebroadcasts a glowing ambient light.
EDUCATION
1988-90 MFA in Painting, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI.
1984-88 BFA in Painting, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 Matrix Fine Art, In Broad Sunlight, Albuquerque, NM.
2010 Matrix Fine Art, Albuquerque, NM.
2009 Norton Island Artist Residency Studio, Bouyed, Norton Island, ME.
2006 Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Within Sky and Ground, Santa Fe, NM.
2005 Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Garden Notes, Santa Fe, NM.
2003 Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Garden Emanations, Santa Fe, NM.
2002 Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Seasons of Change, Santa Fe, NM.
2002 Harwood Art Center, New Work, Albuquerque, NM.
2000 Karan Ruhlen Gallery, Impressions after a Journey, Santa Fe, NM.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 516 ARTS, Studio Sale in the Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
2015 Exhibit 208, S(and) Show, Albuquerque, NM.
2014 The Oasis Gallery, Oasis, Albuquerque, NM.
2014 The Harwood Art Center, 12 x 12, Albuquerque, NM.
2014 William and Joseph Gallery, Gallery Artists, Santa Fe, NM.
PUBLICATIONS
2015 Sally Condon, Encaustic Arts (Online Magazine) Winter Issue, page 12 - 28.
2015 Wesley Pulkka, “14 female ABQ artists in exhibit,” ABQ Journal, D3, May 24.
2012 Wesley Pulkka, “Sally Condon’s solo showcase stole the show” A Year in Review,
ABQ Journal, F2, December 30.