Female Artist Mallory Mishler

“One thing I learned in college is that there is never a first time in art,” says Mallory Mishler.  Her paintings span from textured cave art to surrealistic portraits of local bar patrons dressed in Napoleonic splendor.  Born and raised in Reno, Mishler began her artistic career at Manogue High School. She started out with fiber art and also studied cartooning, but she found that she had trouble drawing the same characters for a semester.

Mallory Mishler

“I’m such an art fag,” she say.  “I just love that term.  You know, I’m just proud of it.” She runs to a back room and comes back with a large book of the works of Gustav Klimt, opens it to a prememorized page and points to her tattooed arm.  “My sleeve is all of Klimt’s stuff.”  Mishler has clearly studied the masters and delights in adding a new twist to the classics.  “I have a self portrait of Frida Kahlo, and I took her out and put someone else in,” she says.  Emulating the greats is acceptable, she believes, “As long as you homage it.”

Mishler will be showing her work in collaboration with ArtTown this year at Fairly Grounded Coffee Shop, located on 3368 Lakeside Ct. I’m so excited about this,” she says, “This is the first time that I’ve participated in ArtTown.” She has been working feverishly on the show with concentration that she has not experienced since the university. “I put more into [the show] than I have in awhile, because I don’t have school, I don’t have deadlines, I don’t have people prodding me.” The show will run from July 16-23.  If you want to experience beautiful, unique art and excellent coffee and tea in a comfortable, laid-back setting, Mischler’s exhibit is a must-see on the ArtTown map.

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