UCROSS WELCOMES TRAVIS IVEY TO BIG RED SHOWCASE EXHIBITION

Ucross, the nationally acclaimed artist residency program, announced that Travis Ivey of Mesa, Arizona, is the featured artist in the latest installment of the Big Red Showcase. Ivey’s work will be on view at the Ucross Art Gallery through September 1. Ucross invites the community to celebrate the opening and meet the artist during the public reception on Friday, March 20, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
 
The Big Red Showcase is a rotating exhibition series that champions former Ucross artists-in-residence by offering an intimate platform for an individual’s collectible work, providing direct support to the artists, and creating moments of connection between creator and viewer.
 
“We are honored to present the work of Travis Ivey in the second installment of the Big Red Showcase,” said Ucross President and Executive Director Caitlin Addlesperger. “Through his landscape paintings, Travis captures the contemporary American West in scenes that will resonate across the region, from familiar scenes in northern Wyoming to southern Arizona.”
 
Originally from Laramie, Ivey’s landscape paintings often include candid imagery of humanity’s impact on the landscape. His work moves between traditional landscapes of the American West and intuitive material-driven abstraction.
 
“My reality growing up in Wyoming wasn’t all cowboys and bugling elk,” said Ivey. “I saw energy corridors, coal trains, and drilling-rigs against a backdrop of wild pastoral beauty. For me, it was more authentic and interesting to include those realities rather than pretend they didn’t exist.”
 
A self-described polymath, Ivey works across a wide range of styles and media. He has painted representationally for more than 20 years, while maintaining a rigorous studio practice in abstract and non-objective mixed-media.
 
Ivey earned his Master of Fine Arts from Arizona State University. His artwork is featured in numerous private collections, including the University of Wyoming; MUFG Bank in Tempe, Arizona; Arizona State University Graduate College; and the Wyoming State Museum.
 
See Ivey’s work throughout the gallery’s Big Red Barn through September 1. The Ucross Art Gallery and Café, located at 30 Big Red Lane in Ucross, Wyoming, is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with free admission.
 
On Friday, March 20, the public is invited to join Ucross for a free public reception from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. This event will include an artist talk by Ivey and complimentary refreshments from Ucross Chef Jackie Vitale.
 
Explore Travis's work in Big Red Showcase here.

​RSVP for the March 20 reception here.