AL DENYER

September 5, 2025 - February 23, 2026


Cartography is heavily referenced in Al Denyer’s work, as the use of lines to render form are rooted in map making practices. Similar to topographic lines found in maps, her work leads the viewer through space to address questions of how we look at form and our ability to understand nuance and distance within the landscape. As a personal response to the recent environmental changes in the Arctic Region, Denyer has created different bodies of drawings and paintings, which explore the aesthetics presented by the coastline and ice sheets of the Arctic from a satellite viewpoint. These works, which play on the aesthetic beauty of the surface and reflective material used, present an interpretation of one of the planets’ most pristine and unspoiled areas.

Header image: Terrain V, Al Denyer

About the Artist

Al Denyer works with visual translations of mapping and mark making in her drawing and painting practice.  Al holds an MFA from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, and a BA Honors from Winchester School of Art, England.

A ‘Utah Artist Fellowship Award’ recipient, Al has received numerous grants for her ongoing research.  Her work has been shown in many national and international juried and invitation exhibitions, as well as being published in ‘Manifest INDA’, ‘New American Paintings’ and ‘Leonardo Magazine’.  

Al’s portrait of Dame Paula Rego for the ‘Work In Progress mural’, commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery, London is now part of the museum’s permanent collection. Al received public art commissions for; ‘Art For Hope’, Commissioned by the Redevelopment Agency of Salt Lake City, ‘Three Creeks Confluence Project’, Public Art Program Salt Lake City, and was a contributing artist to ‘Utah Women 2020 Mural’. 

Originally from Bath, England, Al Denyer is a Professor of Painting and Drawing, at the University of Utah. aldenyer.com

On view at Le Meridien Salt Lake City Downtown. Learn more about our exhibition partner.