Polly Lanning Sparrow lives and works in Austin, Texas. She received an MFA and a BFA in painting from The University of Texas at Austin. Prior to her studies in fine arts, she earned a Bachelor of Journalism from UT-Austin.
She is the recipient of a MacDowell Colony Fellowship, and was an artist in residence at the Chinati Foundation in Marfa, as well as the Ucross Foundation in Wyoming. She was recently awarded a residency at Playa in Oregon, as well as her second residency at Ucross. Her work has been shown and collected throughout the U.S. In addition to her studio practice, Lanning Sparrow taught studio art for nine years in the school of art and design at Texas State University.
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She is the recipient of a MacDowell Colony Fellowship, and was an artist in residence at the Chinati Foundation in Marfa, as well as the Ucross Foundation in Wyoming. She was recently awarded a residency at Playa in Oregon, as well as her second residency at Ucross. Her work has been shown and collected throughout the U.S. In addition to her studio practice, Lanning Sparrow taught studio art for nine years in the school of art and design at Texas State University.
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