If drawing traditionally provides an intimate medium through which to  sketch, 

record, and  transmit  both the loosest and most  precise of  figurative detail, 

Denise Stewart-Sanabria's practice turns that tradition on its penciled head. 

Life-size and  larger- than-life-size, her charcoal on birch plywood  drawings  

dwarf the viewer, existing as uncanny representations of average folks in real space.

 Lori Waxman

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UPCOMING EXHIBITS

2011   Appalachian Center for Craft  at  Tennessee Tech, Smithville, TN~ June 20- July 28                     

2010    Rose Center for the Arts, Morristown, TN ~ with Ruth Koh ~  May

             Creative Arts Guild, Dalton, GA  2 person exhibit with Corey Barksdale of Atlanta, GA ~ Jan. 8- Feb 12

             Clarksville Custom House Museum, Clarksville, Tn ~  "Modern Girl: Contemporary Women in Tennessee Art" ~  March

             Renaissance Center, Dickson, TN ~ Solo ~ Jan. 15- Feb.-March 5th

             University of Tennessee Ewing Gallery ~ Group~ Aug.- Sept.

2009    From These Hills 2009: Contemporary Art in the Appalachian Highlands,  William King Museum, Abingdon, Virginia  

             Oct. 23- Feb.14, 2010 

             American Art Today, The Bascom, Highlands, North Carolina   Oct. 24-Dec.18

CURRENT EXHIBITS

The 11^th Annual Renaissance Regional Art Exhibit, Renaissance Center, Dickson, TN

The Visual Art Gallery and East Wing Gallery feature quality

art work in all mediums by residents of the Southeast. The

art was juried by artist Andee Rudloff and represents styles

ranging from traditional to contemporary.

Opening: August 21st - October 24th

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Arts in the Airport, McGhee Tyson Airport, Knoxville, TN

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IMAGES FROM RANDOM PAST EXHIBITS

2009: Face It ~ University of Tennessee Downtown Gallery, Knoxville, TN

           A national juried portrait exhibit at UTK's satellite downtown gallery space.

         T. Michael Martin replicates himself, minus the nametag.

2007  STALKED IN THE QUARRY   The Emporium Center for the Arts, Knoxville, TN, &

                                                               Johnson City Area Arts Council Gallery, Johnson City, TN

This was a conceptual 2 person exhibit with Alan Finch's stone and wood sculpture. The entire

idea was to have my plywood people "attend" his exhibit. A large body of my life size plywood

people, which are drawings executed with charcoal on 1/4" birch plywood, were developed from

photo references I had taken over a series of years showing people attending gallery receptions.

They stand around talking, blankly staring, drinking wine and beer. Since I cut the figures out after

varnishing and back brace them with 1" x 2"s, they can be either wall mounted of braced into

floor stands.

The layout in the Emporium Center-an odd venue to exhibit in due to the large amount of

doorways leading into offices and studio spaces. 

The Exhibit looked entirely different in Johnson City:

Dangenart Gallery, Arcade Building, Nashville, TN

National juried exhibit

My female-redesigned Greek Mythology piece, The Judgement of Parisa was part of a national realism exhibit .