Landry McMeans is a full time artist based in Austin, TX with a passion for color and the American West.
Purple mountains, neon sunsets, and saguaro cacti have been staple subjects in her work since she first picked up cardboard relief as her primary medium in 2005, however, her primary medium has shifted to printmaking. She now designs large scale and elaborate hand-cut stencil prints. .
“My work depicts beauty for the sake of beauty. I am drawn to the "muted psychedelia" of the desert, and I create visual records of desert landscapes and the flora and fauna that need to be remembered and protected. My designs are vibrant, colorful, and serene. My work feels both energetic and restorative. It has what I refer to as a “southwestern pop” aesthetic: clean, hard lines, and bold spot colors. My subjects are iconic images of the places I have been, and the places I long to visit.”
Image Credit Matt Gaillet
I am drawn to the "muted psychedelia" of the desert, and I create visual records of desert landscapes and the flora and fauna that need to be remembered and protected.
— Landry McMeans
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Neighborhood Store, Dallas, TX
2023 Commerce Gallery, with Cruz Ortiz, Lockhart, TX,
2022 Thornton Rd Studios Holiday Market
2022 Blue Genie Christmas Bazaar
2022 Austin Studio Tour
2022 Space Art + Supply, “Dreamscapes,” Topanga Canyon, CA
2022 Neighborhood Store, “Out There the Stars Shine Bright”, with Camille Woods,
Jonas Crisco, Fort Guerin, Tyler Shelton, & Scott Ackerman
2022 Thornton Rd May Market
2022 Blue Genie Art Bazaar May Market
2022 Thornton Rd Studios May Market
2022 Assemblage Contemporary Craftsman Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Buda, TX
2021 Blue Genie Christmas Bazaar
2021 Thornton Rd Studios Holiday Market
2021 Austin Studio Tour, Austin TX
2021 Cloudtree Studios and Gallery, “Golden Hour,” with Lily Timberlake
2021 Commerce Gallery, with Camille Woods and Christy Stallop, Lockhart, TX
2021 Blue Genie Art Bazaar May Market
2020 Texas Women, Western Gallery
2019 East Austin Studio Tour
2019, Bloom Gallery, Birds of Prey, Thomas, WV
2019, Prairie Gallery, Homecoming, Austin, TX
2018, Lamplight Gallery, Desert Alchemy, Thomas, WV
2017, Hotel Monte Vista, Desert Blooms, Flagstaff, AZ
2017, Haunted Hands Gallery, Full Moon, Tucson, AZ
2016, Art Science Gallery, A River Runs Through It, Austin TX
2016, 5 Points Gallery, Desert Blooms, Tucson, AZ
2012, Echo Country Outpost, Daydream Western, Los Angeles, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023-2019, Blue Genie Art Bazaar, Austin, TX
2023, Dynamic Earth, Lone Gallery, Dallas, TX
2022, Group Show, Commerce Gallery, Lockhart, TX
2022, The One with all the Squares, El Paso Frame Co., El Paso, TX
2019, EAST Austin Studio Tour #44, Austin, TX
2019, WEST Austin Studio Tour #351, Austin, TX
2015, Drury Inn & Suites, Santa Fe Exports, Santa Fe, NM
2014, Georgetown Arts Center, Georgetown Art Hop 2014, Georgetown, TX
2014, Art Science Gallery, Geo, Austin, TX
2014, Big Medium, Big Medium Presents E.A.S.T., Austin, TX
2013, Austin City Hall, People’s Gallery Exhibition, Austin, TX
2012, Austin Bergstrom International Airport, Three Artists to See, Austin, TX
2012, Galleria Sibley, Viva Big Bend Festival, Alpine, TX
COLLECTIONS/COMMISSIONS
2022 Hyde Wall Mural Design, Tecovas Boots, South Congress, Austin, TX
2018 Ode to the Post, The Western Post, Flagstaff, AZ
AWARDS
3D Category Award. Second Place. Georgetown Art Hop, 2014
AFFILIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
Thornton Road Studios, Austin, TX- Joined 2020
Artus Co, Austin, TX- Joined 2020
Mosaic Sound Collective, Austin, TX-Joined 2019
Pump Project Art Collective, Austin, TX-Joined 2013
EDUCATION
Texas State University, San Marcos - BA Communication Design, 2009
PUBLICATIONS
Western Art Collector Magazine, June 2021, p 89
Western Art Collector Magazine, September 2019, p 68
“2019 Best of Austin” - 30th Annual Austin Chronicle
Meet Landry McMeans, Voyage Houston, December 2018
Desert Blooms, Western Art Collector Magazine, #108, August 2016, 1 page
Landry in Suspense, Citygram Austin, November 2014, 4 pages
Manifest Destiny, Utne Magazine, May-June 2013, 1 page
In addition to visual art, Landry is a songwriter and steel guitar player.
McMeans originally found inspiration for her work from almost a decade of summers touring throughout the southwest with musical outfits, The Lonesome Heroes, and Brooklyn, NY based band, Gangstagrass (Emmy nominated). Long desert drives from gig to gig on hot summer days is where she was first introduced to the "muted psychedelia" and dreamscapes of the Desert.
Image Credit Matt Gaillet
Current Representation
NOW OPEN
DATE NITE Gallery
Open Weekends, 12-5p
3908 Menchaca Rd. Austin, TX 78704
Lockhart, Texas
Commerce Gallery
Austin, Texas
Austin Art Garage
Thomas, West Virginia
Bloom Gallery
