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Sherry Salari Sander
Animal sculptor Sherry Salari Sander resides in the Montana Countryside surrounded by a wildlife preserve, the setting for her home and studio. She draws much inspiration from animals seeking protection there as well as from extensive travel and field research ranging from the Alaskan bush to the African plains.
She states, “My work represents a lifelong love affair with animals and art. Observing and interpreting animals in their natural environment reveals those subtle behaviors most worthy of telling. By incorporating habitat, I hopefully challenge my compositions to respectfully capture an animal's interplay with nature, its gestures and personalities within an artful framework of balance, continuity and contrast.”
Sander was the Honored Guest Artist at the C.M. Russell Art Auction, Great Falls, Montana in 2007. She is a member of the National Sculpture Society, Society of Animal Artists, Allied Artists of America, and National Academy of Western Art, among others. Recent honors include Best of Show for Extraordinary Artistic Achievement in any Media, Desert Caballeros Western Museum, Wickenburg, Arizona.
Notable exhibitions include National Academy of Design, New York, New York; Prix de West Invitational, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Artists of America, Denver, Colorado; National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, Wyoming; Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming; National Sculpture Society, New York, New York; Masterworks of American Sculpture & Selections from the National Sculpture Society 1875-1999, Fleischer Museum, Scottsdale, Arizona; National Geographic Society, Explorers Hall, Washington, D.C.; and, C.M. Russell Museum, Great Falls, Montana.
Sander has earned an extensive list of awards and honors throughout her career. Her large, heroic and monumental-size sculptures are in the permanent collections of many prominent museums.
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