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Biography Star Liana York

Star Liana York (b. 1952) grew up in Maryland, daughter of a professional ballerina and a talented woodworker. Always displaying a strong affinity for animals as a child, Star Liana York purchased her first horse as a teenager and began competing in speed events and rodeos. York operated a horse boarding and training business through college (graduating from the University of Maryland in Studio Art) but always dreamed of coming out West. This dream was realized about 20 years ago when York located a casting facility in Santa Fe, New Mexico, moved there and has used the foundry ever since.

Star Liana York, Paws a Plenty, Bronze Edition of 35, 30" x 19" x 10"

Only two years after arriving in the Southwest, Star Liana York was gaining recognition at art competitions enough for South West Art Magazine to do an article on her work. Since then her sculpture has been on the cover of Southwest Art, Art Talk, New Mexico Magazine and others. Star Liana York was chosen as one of the 30 most influential artists in Southwest Art's 30 years’ issue. Several museums have her sculpture in their collections, and in 1999 she was given a one-woman show at the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Star Liana York, Grandma's Gifts, Bronze Edition of 35, 24" x 24" x 24"

Star Liana York resides with her husband, Jeff Brock in their horse ranch near Abiquiu, north of Santa Fe, on the Chama River. Their shared passions are raising quarter horses and creating art. Star Liana York feels that working with the horses and sculpting make for the right balance in her life, though both disciplines require a creative approach, sensitivity and patience to be successful. Star Liana York strives to remain open to many unique aspects the region has to offer. "The Southwest is blessed with such rich cultural, aesthetic, and spiritual complexities that inspiration is always at hand. The colorful heritage of the Pueblo and reservation peoples as well as the ranching communities, present timeless themes and subjects. My goal is to capture in bronze the universal humanity reflected in the gesture of a caring shepherd girl, the sleepy grin of a bobcat or the playfulness of pregnant mare. These subtleties of character, personality, and expression are the most challenging and most rewarding part of my art."

Star Liana York, Homage, Bronze Edition of 35, 36" x 27" x 11"

Selected Exhibitions
Museums
1998 - One Woman Show, The Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
1991-4 - Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ "Woman & The West"
1989, 1992, 1993 - Nita Haley Library & Museum, Western Art Show
1986 - Pioneer Museum, Colorado Springs, CO
1985 - Canton Museum, Canton, OH

Invitationals
1996 - National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, WY
1992-1996 - The Classic Art Show, Albuquerque, NM, (Awarded Best of Show in Sculpture for "Ganado Red" in 1994)
1988 - Trails West, Laguna Beach, CA "Rancho de Santa Fe" Invitational
1991-1993, & 1996 - Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM

Shows
2007 - The Southwest in Bronze, solo, Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2007 - Arizona: A Millennium of Arizona Art, Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1998 - The Art of Loving, Invitational, Bennington Center for the Arts, VT
1985 - Cowgirl Hall of Fame, Hereford, TX
Selected Awards
1994 - Best of Show, The Classic Art Show, Albuquerque, NM
1990 - Western Artist of the Year, Collectors Society, Minneapolis, MN
1989 - Judges Merit, Minneapolis Western & Wildlife Art Exhibition, MN
1987 - Council of American Artists Society Award, Catherine Lorillard Art Club, New York, NY
1987 - Best of Show, Traditional Western Art Show, Gallup, NM
1986 - Buckaroo Heritage Award, Indian Heritage Award, Western Art Roundup, Winnemucca, NV
1982 - First Place, Miniature Painters, Gravers, Sculptors Society of Washington, DC
1981 - Second Place, Miniature Painters, Gravers, Sculptors Society of Washington, DC
1979 - First Place, Miniature Painters, Gravers, Sculptors Society of Washington, DC

Selected Publications
2001 - “30 Stars of 30 Years featured as one of the most significant and influential artists of the last 30 years” by Southwest Art Magazine
2000 - Horse Power in Life and Art, Cover artist for the Equine Image
1999 - Horse Power, Pasatiempo, The New Mexican, Art of the West
1998 - Art Talk
1997 - Leading the West: 100 Contemporary Painters and Sculptors by Don Hagerty, Northland Publishing, New Mexican, InformArt, “Covering the West” Cover artist of Southwest Art Magazine
1996 - New Mexican
1995 - Southwest Art Magazine
1993 - New Mexico Magazine
1991 - Art & Antiques
1989 - Art of the West
1988 - Wildlife Art News
1987 - Cowgirl Art: How the West was Really Won, Santa Fe Reporter, Southwest Art Magazine, Albuquerque Journal Magazine, Midwest Art

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Star Liana York, Over the Top, Bronze Edition of 35, 19" x 32" x 18"