January 9 - February 22, 2026
McKelvey Charitable Fund Gallery
Reception Saturday, January 10th 5-7PM
B. Shawn Cox - Mixed-Media, Painting, Drawing and Installation
Austin-based multimedia artist B. Shawn Cox mines his West Texas ranching roots to create vivid, pattern-rich portraits that both celebrate and question iconic Western imagery. Working in oil, lenticular prints, and mixed media, Cox layers floral fabrics, bold color, and graphic pattern over archetypal cowboys, cowgirls, and other familiar figures, offering witty yet poignant commentary on nostalgia, identity, and American social mythology. FORT WORKS ART+2The Commerce Gallery+2
His work has been widely exhibited and collected across the United States in both private and corporate collections, informed by his background in architecture and law and an evolving studio practice of more than three decades. The Commerce Gallery+2Dimmitt Contemporary Art+2
Paper constructions
Repurposed printed materials are deconstructed, transformed into constructs with insights of narriatives of social subtext, literal subtext and palimpsest.
Duality Icons
Adapting lenticular technology, appropriated and adulterated figurative iconography playfully challenge learned constructs as well as social and personal mythology.
Mixed Media Painting
Exploring deconstructed portraiture of western and the nostalgic past Intertwining predetermined feminine and masculine elements, floral and hard graphic elements as well as unexpected colors and patterns.