Terminal 1
Terminal 1 is home to more than 10 airlines. Staying true to its historic aviation roots, Terminal 1 showcases the best of St. Louis art in many publicly accessible spaces and on each concourse. Terminal 1 features permanent exhibitions that pays homage to aviation pioneers as well as temporary exhibitions that reflect regional pride. To view previous exhibitions, visit the Exhibition Archives page.
Sea Change by Adrienne Outlaw
Pre-security, Lower Level A Baggage Claim Windows
Exhibition dates: Now through April 2025
Sea Change reflects five years of collecting, cleaning, and categorizing community-collected, post-consumer plastic waste. The resulting artworks’ visual language of vibrant colors, patterns, and textures, joyfully celebrate environmental and social responsibility.
About the artist:
Adrienne Outlaw is a socially engaged, multidisciplinary artist utilizing post-consumer plastic waste as source material to address issues of environmental and societal responsibility.
Outlaw holds degrees from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Vanderbilt University.
She has exhibited her artwork in galleries, museums, and public spaces across the United States and abroad in Europe, Asia, and Africa. More than a dozen exhibition catalogs and books feature her work, which has been positively reviewed in such publications as Art in America, Sculpture Magazine, World Sculpture News, and Art Papers.
Outlaw’s work has earned grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and the Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement as well as many fellowships, residencies, local and regional awards. In addition to her studio practice,
Outlaw has organized four traveling and city-wide projects. She founded and for five years directed the artlab Seed Space in Nashville. In 2023, she opened The Red Gate Gallery in St. Louis.
Emerging Light by Marian Steen
Pre-security, Lower Level Quilt Series/ReBirth V, 2024, mixed media
Featured here are works from St. Louis artist Marian Steen’s Passage Series and
Quilt Series. These abstract paintings are dominated by watercolor and inspired by nature, with collage incorporated into them. She uses handmade paper, found objects, and scraps of memorabilia that have personal significance -- such as buttons, pieces of clothing, sticks, and textured material -- to add dimension and meaning to the flat surface on which she is painting.
In her work, Steen acknowledges the existence of negative aspects of life, such as struggle or pain. However, ultimately she wants her paintings to be hopeful and send forth light, drawing viewers into the work to find a moment of respite as they enjoy the interplay of color, line, and texture.
Though abstract in their design motifs, the pieces convey a vaguely biological and cellular feeling, suggesting microscopic landscapes or cross-sections of living organisms. This organic quality connects to the common embedded motifs found across Levang’s encaustic paintings, linking her multidisciplinary bodies of work.
The meticulous, labor-intensive process of creating these intricate weavings mirrors the patterns and cycles observed in nature. Through the manipulation of fibers, Levang translates the complexities of the natural world into visually captivating, texture-rich pieces that provoke a sense of wonder about the underlying structures of life.
About the Artist
Marian Steen graduated from the Washington University School of Art. After raising her family, she turned to the outdoor art show scene. She has taught at Washington University School of Art and has been a visiting artist at various organizations and schools, demonstrating and lecturing at Washington University, the Ethical Society of Saint Louis, East Central College, the University of Missouri St. Louis, and more.
Her work has been published in several books and has been exhibited at museums and galleries including Martin Schweig Gallery, Margaret Harwell Museum, Nelson
The Wonderful World of Bill’s Retro Robots by Bill McKenney
Pre-security, Upper Level Ticketing Lounge
Exhibition dates: Now through January 2025
Artist Bill McKenney has fashioned recycled vintage parts and pieces into a tiny airport runway featuring whimsical flying machines, UFOs, airport personnel, and travelers. His loveable robot characters can be seen amidst it all – coming and going, setting out on adventures, and having fun. Look closely to identify the vintage items incorporated into this tableau and see if you can recognize all the common household items from a bygone era.
About the organization: Bill McKenney grew up in a Cape Cod, Massachusetts fishing family where he learned to repurpose, reuse, and make do. He went on to homestead in Maine, where he also ran a business building and designing children’s playhouses. When he moved to St. Louis, his repurposing heart was surprised at the wonderful old junk people were throwing away and he began to create art with various vintage parts and pieces. Bill has been featured on PBS's
Arts America; won awards at the Summit Art Festival in Kansas City, the Mosaics Art Show in St. Charles, and Art in the Park in Columbia, Missouri; and was a featured artist at the Third Degree Glass Gallery. He has created two children’s books based on his art and a third showcasing his artwork.
Photograms in Bold Color by Tracey Haynes
Pre-Security, Terminal 1, Baggage Claim level
Exhibition dates: Now through September 2025
Tracey Haynes’ black and white abstract photograms were made in the traditional photography darkroom without a camera. With some Haynes uses the enlarger to project an image. In others she has put a piece of light-sensitive paper below the negative and flashed light through it. The original images were made from ink, oil paint, and food.
About the artist:
Haynes was trained as a photojournalist and in recent years has turned to art photography in the black and white darkroom, making photograms, or cameraless pictures. Her interest is in making something beautiful in a chaotic world, and to share them with others.
To learn more, visit: Traceyhaynes.com or @buffer_zone.
China China by Zhu Wei
Pre-Security, Terminal 1, Ticketing level
China China, a bronze statue by Beijing artist Zhu Wei is on display on the ticketing level of Terminal 1. One of China’s most successful artists, Wei attempts to “show how to modernize the past” through two characters dressed suits commonly associated with Chairman Mao’s rule.
China China is on loan from the Gateway Foundation.