Rotating Exhibition
My Backyard at Midnight by Cheryl Tall
October 10 - November 29, 2025
About the Exhibition
The International Art Museum of America is pleased to present My Backyard at Midnight, a solo exhibition of work by Cheryl Tall, opening October 10th, 2025.
Cheryl Tall’s work derives inspiration from mythology, folk art, Surrealism, and Abstract Expressionism. Eyes are represented as windows, hair takes the form of a row of shingles, and the heads are crowned with animal figures or buildings. She uses a coil/pinch technique to create a textured, corrugated surface, to take things one step away from Reality.
Tall’s work is inspired by childhood memories, medieval sculpture, and current events. As a small child, Tall imagined that her toys would come alive while she was sleeping and would dance around in her backyard!
In this exhibition, Cheryl Tall’s ceramic sculptures and paintings serve as visual narratives of dreams. experiences and memories.
Sobre el artista
Cheryl Tall
Cheryl Tall is a contemporary artist known for her large-scale figurative and narrative ceramic sculptures. Her work often explores themes of social and environmental issues, relationships, belonging, displacement, nostalgia, and the search for meaning. She uses clay, metal, canvas, paint, and other materials to create surrealistic worlds that blend contemporary references with ancient stories and myths. Read more about Cheryl Tall and find her work here: https://www.cheryltall.com/
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