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.
Lowry earned her B.A. in fine art from Humboldt State University, followed by an M.A. in painting and drawing from Chico State University. A resident of both Nevada City and Susanville, CA, and is an enrolled member of the federally recognized Pit River Tribe.
Lowry’s work has been exhibited widely and her paintings are included in the permanent collections of major museums including the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian; the Peabody Essex Museum; the Crocker Art Museum; the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, the Denver Art Museum, and the Nevada Museum of Art.
This exhibition is co-curated by Melissa Melero-Moose (Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe) and Ann M. Wolfe, the Museum’s Andrea and John C. Deane Family Chief Curator and Associate Director.
Free admission for Tribal Communities
Major Sponsor
Sandy Raffealli | Mini of Reno
Sponsors
San Manuel Gaming and Hospitality Authority
Phil and Jennifer Satre
Supporting Sponsors
Kathie Bartlett
Yvonne Murphy, PhD and Murray Mackenzie
Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians
Additional Support
Betsy Burgess and Tim Bailey
