Sherry Salari Sander

Summer Plate, The Heavies, 15" x 23" x 9", $7,600

Animal Sculptor Sherry Salari Sander resides in the Montana Countryside surrounded by a mini 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. Sander strives to foster an appreciation for declining wildlife populations and the desire to preserve their habitat.

After Winter, Bronze, 15" x 9 " x 8 ", $3,400



Spring Squabble, Bronze, 19" x 37" x 23", $9,500

AWARDS

Desert Caballeros Western Museum
Wickenburg, Arizona Best of Show for Extraordinary Artistic Achievement in Any Media Awarded for ""

Hockaday Museum of Art
Kalispell, Montana People's Choice Award, 1st Place Awarded for "On the Roof"

International Museum of Contemporary Masters of Fine Art
San Antonio, TX Patron's Choice Award Awarded for "Through the Pass"

Allied Artists of America
New York, NY Elliot Liskin Memorial Award Awarded for "Rocky Mountain Wolves"

International Museum of Contemporary Masters of Fine Art
San Antonio, TX Purchase Award & Patron's Choice Award Awarded for "Bluff Called"

International Museum of Contemporary Masters of Fine Art
San Antonio, TX Patron's Choice Award Awarded for "Herd of Birds"

Art in Public Places, Inc., City of Bend, Oregon
Bend, OR Permanent Collection Purchase Awarded for "Grizzly (Monumental)"

International Museum of Contemporary Masters of Fine Art
San Antonio, TX Peoples' Choice Award, 1st Runner Up Awarded for "Cougars"

National Museum of Wildlife Art
Jackson, WY Permanent Collection Awarded for "Bearded Ones, The"

Allied Artists of America
New York, NY Raymond H. Brumer Memorial Award Awarded for "Cougars"

North American Sculpture Exhibition
Golden, CO H.R. Meininger Co. Award Awarded for "Peacocks"

Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
Wausau, WI Purchase award Awarded for "Wood Ducks On Still Water"

National Sculpture Society
New York, NY Bedi-Makky Foundry Award Awarded for "Pelican"

AWARDS CONT.

Buffalo Bill Historical Center
Cody, WY Artist's Choice Award Awarded for "Pile Up on the Freight Line"

Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club
New York, NY Paul Manship Memorial Award Awarded for "Goat"

Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources
Frankfort, KY Purchase Award Awarded for "Turkeys"

Allied Artists of America
New York, NY Silver Medal of Honor Awarded for "Goats Above the Middle Fork"

Gerald Ford Foundation
Vail, CO Gerald Ford Amphitheatre Awarded for "American Bison"

Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club
New York, NY Corporate Award Awarded for "Foxes on the Bayou"

Society of Animal Artists
New York, NY Elliot Liskin Memorial Award Awarded for "Foxes on the Bayou (Life Size)"

Genesee Country Museum
Mumford, NY Purchased for Permanent Collection Awarded for "Gorilla (Heroic-Size)"

National Sculpture Society
New York, NY Pietro and Alfrieda Montana Memorial Award Awarded for "Goats Above the Middle Fork"

National Museum of Wildlife Art
Jackson, WY Permanent Collection Purchase Awarded for "Foxes on the Bayou (Life Size)"

Oklahoma Zoological Society
Oklahoma City, OK Purchased for Oklahoma City Zoo Permanent Collection Awarded for "Gorilla (Heroic-Size)"

Knickerbocker Artists' 41st Annual Exhibition
New York, NY Silver Medal of Honor Awarded for "Goats Above the Middle Fork"

Allied Artists of America
New York, NY Silver Medal of Honor Awarded for "Sunny & 40 Below"

Big Sky of Montana, Inc.
Huntley Lodge, Big Sky Resort, Big Sky, MT Permanent Collection Purchase Awarded for "Grizzly (Monumental)"

Buffalo Bill Historical Center
Cody, WY People's Choice Award Awarded for "Antelope at Ingomar"

Allied Artists of America
New York, NY Helen Gapen Oehler Memorial Award Awarded for "Goats at Rest"

High Desert Museum
Bend, OR Permanent Collection Purchase Awarded for "American Bison"

The Denver Zoo
Denver, CO Purchase Award by Denver Rotary Club Awarded for "Gorilla (Heroic-Size)"

Benson Park Sculpture Garden
Loveland, CO Purchase Award, Permanent Collection Awarded for "Gorilla (Heroic-Size)"

Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
Wausau, WI Purchase Award Awarded for "Herd of Birds"

C.M. Russell Auction
Great Falls, MT Best of Show Awarded for "American Bison"

Buffalo Bill Historical Center
Cody, WY William E. Weiss Purchase Award Awarded for "American Bison"

North American Sculpture Exhibition
Golden, CO Renaissance Bronze Award Awarded for "Goats at Rest"

National Academy of Western Art
Oklahoma City, OK Silver Medal of Honor Awarded for "Crossing the Divide"

Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club
New York, NY Animals In Art Award Awarded for "Arctic Brothers"

International Wildlife Exposition
Governor's Award & Best of Show Awarded for "Arctic Brothers"

Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club
New York, NY Pemco Award Awarded for "Cat On A Ledge"

Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Art Exposition
Philadelphia, PA Best of Show & Silver Medal of Honor Awarded for "Shore Patrol"

Society of Animal Artists
New York, NY Medal of Honor Awarded for "Shore Patrol"

National Academy of Western Art
Oklahoma City, OK Gold Medal of Honor Awarded for "Cougar '83"

Oklahoma Art Center
Oklahoma City, OK Best of Show Awarded for "Rhino At Chiziara"

COLLECTIONS AND COMMISSIONS

Leanin' Tree Museum of Western Art, Boulder, Colorado, purchased heroic- size “Whitetail Deer" and "Foxes on the Bayou”, 2005, for the outdoor Sculpture Garden.

White House Christmas Ornament Project 2002. Selected for and participated in project with ornament of “Pelican”.

Art In Public Places, Inc., Bend, Oregon, Monumental “Grizzly” purchased and installed in roundabout 2002. Buffalo Bill Museum, Cody, Wyoming, William E. Weiss Purchase Award for “American Bison”, 1987, permanent collection.

Benson Park Sculpture Garden, Loveland, Colorado, purchased heroic- size “Gorilla”, 1989.

The Denver Zoo, Denver, Colorado, purchased heroic-size “Gorilla”, 1989.

Genesee Country Museum, Mumford, New York, purchased heroic-size “Gorilla” for permanent collection, 1993.

Gerald Ford Foundation purchased “American Bison”, 1993, to be displayed at the Gerald Ford Amphitheater, Vail, Colorado.

High Desert Museum, Bend, Oregon, purchased “American Bison”, 1989.

Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin, purchased “Herd of Birds”, 1989 and “Wood Ducks On Still Water”, 1998.

Big Sky of Montana commissioned monumental-size “Grizzly”, 1990, for display at the Huntley Lodge,Big Sky Resort, north of Yellowstone Park.

National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, Wyoming, purchased life-size “Foxes On The Bayou”, “The Bearded Ones”, “Great Northern”, “Cougar”, “Gorilla”, “Kudus” for permanent collection.

Oklahoma Zoological Society purchased heroic-size “Gorilla”, 1992, for the Oklahoma City Zoo.

Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources, Frankfort, Kentucky, Purchase Award for “Turkeys”, 1994.

International Museum of Contemporary Masters of Fine Art, San Antonio, Texas, Purchase Award, “Bluff Called”, 2002.

EXHIBITIONS

Thomas Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma: Rendezvous ‘95 Retrospective Exhibition;
Rendezvous 2004 Silver Anniversary Exhibition.

National Sculpture Society: Master Works of American Sculpture & Selections from the NSS 1875-1999 held at the Fleischer Museum, Scottsdale, Arizona.

National Geographic Society: Sculpture Courtyard, Explorers Hall, Washington, D.C., May 13, 2003 - May 31, 2004, exhibiting “Young Elephant” (3/4 life size) & “Gorilla” (heroic).

Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum, Wildlife: The Artists View, 1990-1991, “Antelope at Ingomar”.

Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum, Birds In Art: “Tundra Swans”, national tour 1990- 1991 and Japanese tour 1991-1992; “Flight Line” 1992-1993; “Turkeys”, national tour 1994-1995 and Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden; “Arctic Terns” 1995- 1996; “Songbirds In My Garden” 1996-1997; “Eagles At Lake Iliamna” 1998-1999; “Snake In The Grass” 1999-2000. Hubbard Museum, German and Russian Exhibitions, “Tundra Swans”, 1990.

National Sculpture Society, 100 Years of the NSS of the USA in Italy, Seravezza, Italy, “Herd of Birds” and “Pheasants”, 1994.

Society of Animal Artists, Animal and the Art, “Zero To Sixty”, 1990- 1991; “Goats Above the Middle Fork”, 1991-1992; “Flight Line” 1992-1993; “Herd of Birds”, 1993-1994; and, “Caribou Herd”, 1995-1996.