Terry Maker set up conceptual interactions between herself and the viewer to question the state of everyday reality during her residency at MCA Denver. Maker works in various media, yet often returns to found objects as her source material, as these objects hold the mystery of untold stories. It is through this process of searching into the history of ordinary things that she discovered the Garden of Nineveh. Nineveh, the ancient biblical capital of Assyria, was a strong and prosperous empire that came to a sudden and tragic end as punishment for the pride of its people. Maker’s encaustic mural-like paintings are embedded with objects encased in a seductive surface that evokes longing and desire. The works and their fractured interior state are unified by color as Maker seeks a resolution that is harmonious and spiritual in nature.

Terry Maker was born in 1953 and lives and works in Louisville, Colorado. She received a BA from McMurry University, Texas, an ME from Texas Tech University, Lubbock, and an MFA from the University of Colorado, Boulder. She has exhibited at International Fine Arts Center, Japan; Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Colorado; and Bard College, New York. In 1999, Maker was awarded a fellowship by the Colorado Council on the Arts, Denver.