The Art of Judith Lowry

The Art of Judith Lowry

In her large-scale and colorful paintings, Judith Lowry (Mountain Maidu/Pit River/Washoe) chronicles the stories of her family and the legends, traditions, and complexities of her Indigenous ancestry. Born to a Euro-Australian mother, and a father who traced his roots to Native Northern California and Scots-Irish cultures, Lowry's works reflect the Indigenous creation stories her father shared. She considers her paintings a modern extension of storytelling and a way of recording the oral histories of her family and community. This retrospective exhibition features Lowry's paintings alongside a concurrent exhibition featuring highlights from Lowry's personal art collection that she recently donated to the Nevada Museum of Art. The conversations that unfold in Lowry's paintings and the work of her friends and colleagues represent a lifetime of dialogue about ideas and issues that have shaped her life.