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Some Pigeons I Know

College of Southern Nevada
Artspace Gallery
Spring 2022
Some Pigeons I Know is a group show exhibiting a wide range of media, including; poetry, painting, sculpture, ceramics, fiber arts, musical art, and photography. The show will focus on pigeon/human parallels and to a greater degree discuss humanities unintended influence on natural selection.
all 18"x18", Mixed Media on Panel, 2022 
Butts
Fries
Seeds
Self (SOLD)
Worms
Wrapper

Bouquet of Pheasants

College of Southern Nevada
Fine Arts Gallery
December 2021
Bouquet of Pheasants is a collection of new, mixed media, but predominantly photographic artwork, loosely concerning portraits of flowers growing my backyard, trips to visit family in Minnesota and Wisconsin, and imagery associated with hunting and firearms. The pieces are united by themes of beauty and destruction, growth and decay, and the reflect the interconnected strata that makes up our lives.
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Gus
Your Condolences
Supernova
Fine Feathered Friend
Royal Swamp
Whereabouts
Silver Thing
Anamensis
Land Mark
Bouquet of Pheasants
Quad Negative I
Guilty Pressures
Quad Negative II
Various Targets
Procession (Dark)
Procession (Light)
Lakefront Property
Various Flowers
Rats Arts

Installation
Current, Ongoing
Various Flowers
Studio Practice
Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter
Mismatched I and II
Quad Mismatch I-IV
Right Angles
Double Trouble
Infrared Upright
Silver Tone
Yellow Fade
Gradient II
Bronzed
Rose Grain
Big Sale
Fluorescent Flower
White Shine
Purple Shine
Tarnished Flower
various processes and media
2020-2022

mollusca

Studio Practice
phototransfer on panel, 16-30in sq.
Floral Whorl
Mother of Pearl
Devonian Flutter
Rejected Titanite
Horns of Ammon
Asteroceras
I'll Get You
Little Boy
Old Soul
Surfacing
Up/Down
Rosegold Chokehold

Bouquet of Fission

2020-2021
through January '21
part of the Windows On First public art project
​​City Hall, Las Vegas, Nevada
(3) 131"x96"
Public Art
Bouquet of Fission
Alpha
Beta
Gamma
Digital Mock-up
Plannin'
Picture
Read All About It!
Picture
Don't get a parking ticket!

City of Las Vegas site
Bouquet of Fission references the visual and metaphorical relationships between a bouquet of flowers and an atomic blast and serves as a reminder of Las Vegas’ past and its blossoming present and future.​

Bouquet of Folly

2020-2021
Whitney Library, Las Vegas, Nevada
West Charleston Library, Las Vegas, Nevada
Laughlin Library, Laughlin, Nevada
East Las Vegas Library, Las Vegas, Nevada
​Clark County Library, Las Vegas, Nevada

Exhibition
Bouquet of Folly
Restart II
Bouquet of Jolly
more here
2017
Zap 9 - Barn Box
Lone Mountain, Las Vegas, Nevada
Public Art
Zap 9 Barn Box
Zap 9 Barn Box
Zap 9 Barn Box
Zap 9 Barn Box
Clark County's Zap program is bringing public art to the Lone Mountain region of Las Vegas. Using utility boxes as canvases, 15 local artists, selected through a juried process, will design and paint their original art, on-site. The 45 boxes to be painted are located primarily along Craig Road, Lone Mountain Road and Durango Drive, and around the Mountain Crest and Lone Mountain Regional Parks. My Zap 9 box is based on the American Barn Quilt tradition.
2016
Infrared
Various Libraries, Las Vegas area
Exhibition
Early in 2015 I purchased a modified digital camera from which the visible spectrum filter had been removed, giving the camera the ability to capture both ultraviolet and infrared light. Most digital cameras have this filter to better process the light humans can see, thus ignoring the light outside of our visible spectrum. I altered this camera further by using various lens filters that exclude certain wavelengths of color.
 
With my modified camera I captured a variety of images during a family trip to my in-law’s lake home in Big Lake, Minnesota, on hikes throughout Red Rock National Conservation Area in Nevada, and around my home in Las Vegas, Nevada. I chose these locations due to the varieties of light and color each landscape provided. Images from these locations were then juxtaposed and transferred to wood panels using a gel transfer process. The photo transfer process creates an end product that looks vintage and aged, which contrasts the relatively high level of technology that went into the creation of the image in the first place.
2015
South of Town
Clark County Government Center Rotunda Gallery
Exhibition
South of Town is an exhibit of abstract ceramic forms situated among large, landscape photos. To create the ceramic forms, Russell shot 25 lb blocks of wet clay with various firearms. The bullet-pierced aftermath was then put through a customized kiln-firing process and finished with a metallic glaze known as Palladium. The artworks address an undesignated shooting location on public land about 5 miles south of Las Vegas. Littered with old cans, bottles, tires, washing machines and cars, the area is used by people shooting in all directions while others scavenge for metal, ride dirt bikes and let their children and animals roam free. Fascinated with the shooting spot, Russell uses "South of Town" to share with others the uniqueness and absurdity of the site.
2015
Red Rock Canyon Artist-In-Residence
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
Exhibition / Public Art
These pieces were created for an exhibition at the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area visitor's center as part of their Artist-in-Residence program. The images used in the photo transfer process originally come from automated game cameras I set up around the NCA, as well as landscape photos I captured on the scenic loop drive. The goal of the work is to juxtapose the images of Red Rock that the majority of tourists see with images of what really goes on at night and in the early mornings.
2015
Zap 7 - Dazzle Box
Russell and Maryland, Las Vegas, NV
Public Art
Twenty (20) artists, selected by an independent review panel, will be contracted by Clark County Parks and Recreation to paint art on utility boxes for the ZAP 7 project on Maryland Parkway, the latest in a series of County public art projects that began in 2005. The artists will each paint a group of utility boxes along the parkway from Desert Inn Road to Russell Road, for a total of approximately ninety-six (96) utility boxes.
2013
Unanimous Decision
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Winchester Cultural Center, Las Vegas, NV
Exhibition
Unanimous Decision is based on a series of photographs taken during early morning walks at the Clark County Wetlands Park. I can often be found at the Wetlands Park right before sunrise, strolling through the park and mentally clearing my head for the day. I was inspired by the thick, lush, interwoven flora and light effects created by the rising sun. The entangled branches and leaves of the numerous plant species found at the Wetlands Park motivated me to paint expressionistically, and create a body of work that emulates the density and natural beauty of the park. In the end, the “Unanimous Decision” of the exhibit refers to the filtering process I went through in regards to the subject for this series of paintings.
Picture
Picture
Installed in Residence
2011
Catastrophic Success
CSN Artspace Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
Exhibition
Picture
2008
Real Men Hang Here
Tam Alumni Center, UNLV, Las Vegas, NV
Exhibition
2008
Roadmap to Withdrawal
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Winchester Cultural Center, Las Vegas, NV
Exhibition
2005
ARMADA
Donna Beam Gallery, UNLV, Las Vegas, NV
Exhibition
Sean Russell is an Artist and Educator living in Las Vegas, NV.
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