Art for Sale, XYZ Studio

TREVOR SOUTHEY  1940 - 2015

Born in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Africa in 1940 to parents of colonialist Dutch descent, Trevor Jack Thomas Southey was a celebrated Mormon painter, print maker, sculptor and educator. His heritage can be traced to European colonists who settled in Cape Town, South Africa in the seventeenth-century. Southey’s work celebrated the human form and sought to transform humanity by challenging viewers to rediscover their inner soul.

In the 1980s, Southey came out as gay. He passed away in October 2015. Southey was one of the first major Utah Mormon figures to come out as gay. 

Trevor Southey’s early interest in art developed during periods of rheumatic fever that often confined him to bed with only pencils, paper, and art books from the school library. His formal art education began with studies at the Brighton College of Art in Sussex, England. A year later, Southey studied at the Natel Technical College in Durban, South Africa where he met and was baptized by Mormon missionaries. In the early 1960s, he served as a Latter Day Saints missionary with the organization’s South Africa Aid program. 

At XYZ Studio, we are fortunate to have a selection of Southey’s work available for viewing and/or purchasing. The display will be up until late fall 2026.

SHADOW

1988. $2000, unframed. Framed, $2600

image, 34” x 21.5”

Frame, 42” x 30”

EVENING/MORNING

2003. $2000, unframed. framed, $2500

Each image, 6.5” (h) x 9” (v)

Frame, 25” (h) x 19” (v)

SHELL SHEDDING

1982. $2000, unframed. Framed, $2500

Image, 36” (h) x 24” (v)

Frame, 44” (h) x 33-1/4” (v)

HEART CRY

1985. $2000, unframed. Framed, $2500

Image, 25” (h) x 17.5” (v)

Frame, 37.5” (h) x 32” (v)