Cheryl Tall

Surrealist Mixed Media Portrait, "Abel"

2023

Cheryl Tall studied art at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida where she received her BFA and at the University of Miami, Miami, Florida she received her MFA in 1995. Her present studio in Southern California, where she creates her large-scale sculpture and paintings and teaches art classes. Tall’s primary medium is clay, coil built into large figurative sculptures and wall pieces. She also works with mixed media, oil and acrylic painting, and printmaking. Tall’s work focuses on the relationships between people and their surroundings, especially their homes or workplaces. Her subject matter often includes architectural and figurative elements. Influences include Surrealism, Expressionism, Pop Art, Lowbrow and Funk Art, Romanesque Medieval art, folk art, mythology and Primitive Art. Influential artists include Robert Arneson, Shepard Farrey, Andy Goldsworthy, Viola Frey, Adrian Arleo, Paul Klee, Giorgio De Chirico, Oskar Kokoschka and Giselbertus. Museum Collections: Foosaner Art Museum Melbourne Fl. “Castle of Fallen Dreams” 2013 Acquisition Burroughs-Chapin Art Museum Myrtle Beach SC “Victorine Abbey” 1995 Acquisition Ceramics Research Center, ASU Tempe, AZ “Chrysalis” 2005 Acquisition King-Size Ceramic Museum, Shanghai, China “Zenobia” 2011 Acquisition Gangjin Ceramic Museum, Gangjin, Korea T4-2 2009 Acquisition IWKAT Collection Tokoname, Japan ‘Mutsuo’ 1998 Acquisition Mesa Contemporary Art Museum, Mesa, AZ “House of the Raven” 2022 Acquisition