Sunni Mercer
United States
10 Works exhibited on Kooness
Current location
Oklahoma
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Works by Sunni Mercer
Sunni Mercer holds a Liberal Arts degree in Communication, and a BFA and MFA in studio art. She is an NEA Regional Fellow in high craft and is certified with the National Parks Service in Interpretive Planning. Her work is archived at the Smithsonian Institution and she has shown throughout the country and internationally. Sunni has taught Art History at the University of Central Oklahoma as an adjunct, and has been a guest presenter at numerous universities, businesses and conferences. Sunni served as Director of the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, and as Director of the Oklahoma City National Memorial Center during the museum’s design phase.
Sunni is married to Gary Mercer, President of Mercer-Adams Funeral Service. They reside in Bethany, Oklahoma.
With experience in community and multi-interest collaborative projects, she was selected for the National Endowment for the Arts, “Artists & Communities / America Creates for the Millennium-National Registry.” Among her noted community collaborations is the “The Living Room” a three-year art project with the Wichita Art Museum in partnership with group of Wichita nonprofit organizations. Her design for the Federal Employees Credit Union Remembrance Garden in Oklahoma City earned her a national award for interpretive design. Another consortium art project she developed, “The Measure of My Strength” resulted in an exhibit and publication, engendering awareness and support for abandoned women dealing with HIV/AIDS in Swaziland, Africa.
Sunni’s sculptures, interpretive design and installation work have been the subject of dozens of articles in a variety of regional and national publications, and her artworks are held in private and public collections across the U.S. and abroad. In addition to her studio work, Sunni owns Mercer Associates, established in 2002 which provides consulting in interpretive and strategic planning for museums and exhibits.
Sunni is a published author with two novels, TIG and THELMA currently available and her third DEIRDRE scheduled to be released in 2024.