Resume

Lives and paints in Santa Fe, New Mexico






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​RECENT AWARDS

• 3rd Place Award - 2016 28th Annual Fine Arts Show, Corrales, NM
• 2nd Place Award - 2014 26th Annual Fine Arts Show, Corrales, NM
• Best of Show Award - 2010 "Gateway to Imagination", Farmington Museum, Farmington, NM
• Honorable Mention - 2010 "Spring Exhibition", Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX
• Best of Show Award - 2010 22nd Annual Fine Arts Show, Corrales, NM
• Viewer's Choice Award - 2008 "Member's Best Exhibition", The Art Center at Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos, NM
• Award of Merit - 2007 Pastel Society of the Southwest, Richardson, TX

MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS

• Farmington Museum, Farmington, NM
  "Gateway to Imagination" (2007-2015)
• Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX
  Midland Arts Association 2010 Spring Exhibition
• Red River Valley Museum, Vernon, TX
  Red River Valley International Exhibition (2009-2012)
• Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, MS
  National Pastel Exhibition (2007)

INVITATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• "Pastels Chicago", Biennial National Exhibition, Chicago, IL (2015, 2016, 2017)
• Eldorado Artists Studio Tour, Santa Fe, NM (2003-2018)
• "Annual Fine Arts Show", Corrales, NM (2002-2016)
• "Masterworks of New Mexico", Albuquerque, NM (2004-2011)
• "19th National Art Exhibition", Art Association of Northern Colorado, Ft. Collins, CO (2010)
• Harry's Road House, Santa Fe, NM (2006-2015)
• The Art Center at Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos, NM (2006-2011)
• Placitas Artists Series Exhibition, Placitas, NM (2008)
• Cornerstone Foundation, Santa Fe, NM ("Noche Feliz" 2001-2011)
• Plein Air Painters of New Mexico, Sumner & Dene Gallery, Albuquerque, NM (2008)
• "El Malpais & El Morrow National Monuments", Grants, NM (2005)
• National Pastel Society of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (11th, 12th & 13th Exhibitions)
• Galeria Arriba, Abiquiu, NM (2 Exhibitions)
• Fine Arts Gallery, The College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM ("The Rio Grande Project")
• National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY
• Palace of Fine Arts, Mexico City, Mexico

ONE WOMAN EXHIBITIONS

• El Zaquán, Santa Fe, NM, "Chasing The Heart" 2019
• El Zaquán, Santa Fe, NM, "The Color Of Light" 2018
• Loma Colorado Main Library Auditorium, Rio Rancho, NM - "On-Site Paintings From The Heart" 2017
• First National Santa Fe - Bank Exhibition (2016)
• Las Chivas Coffee House, Santa Fe, NM – (2010-2015)

• Century Gallery, Santa Fe, NM - "Reflections in the Moment"
• Counter Culture, Santa Fe, NM - "To Hear with your Eyes"
• Hands Artes Gallery, Truchas, NM (Three Exhibitions)
• Leech Studio Gallery, Sarasota, FL
• Galeria de los Colorines, Mexico City, MX
• Galeria Instituto Allende, San Miguel, MX

EDUCATION

• Leech Art School, Sarasota, FL. (Full Scholarship)
• Instituto Allende, San Miguel, Mexico (Full Scholarship)
• School of Visual Arts, New York, NYParsons School of Design, New York, NY

PROFESSIONAL LIFE
25 years - Art Director, Advertising, New York, NY

BIOGRAPHY 
Born in Illinois. Sally grew up in Florida. Following Fine Art Scholarship studies in Florida, Montana and Mexico, she pursued graphic design studies in New York City. This culminated in a 25 year career in advertising as an Art Director in New York. 

Arriving in Santa Fe, NM in 1986, Sally quickly became established as a mixed media Fine Artist, with numerous one-woman shows and National and International Exhibitions. 

Since 2001, she has been working in Plein Air Pastels and is seen in National and Museum Exhibitions.

CONTACT 
Sally Hayden Von Conta
4 Esquina Rd.
Santa Fe, NM 87508 

505-466-0174
sallyhayvon at aol dot com

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PLEIN AIR PASTELS

Tent Rock Blessing

Listening To The Moon Rise

Rio Grande Snow Melt

From Above, Cloud Shadows - Rio Grande, Black Mesa