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| featured artist Kevin Box |
| "As an artist, I see a piece of paper as a clean slate, white as light, perfect and full of potential. This potential is activated by light and shadow as decisions crease into its surface. Composition emerges through the paper as it documents these decisions, remembering, revealing and recording the experience of creation, the architecture of the soul. This dialogue and the delicate nature of paper itself are celebrated as each piece is cast into museum quality bronze." -Kevin Box, From "The Geometry of Light" 2007 |
Kevin Box grew up beneath "the
tree that escaped the crowded
forest," referring to Frank Lloyd
Wright's only skyscraper in
Bartlesville, Oklahoma. There
he developed an early passion
for creativity and realizing his
“Visions” through art.
Aesthetically, he didn’t fall far
from Mr. Wright’s tree.
With a growing interest in
design and printmaking, he
apprenticed for his Uncles
graphic design firm in Atlanta,
Georgia. Gaining valuable
experience in digital graphics
and marketing, it also brought
him the realization that most
graphic design for print and
packaging ended up as
landfill trash.
tree that escaped the crowded
forest," referring to Frank Lloyd
Wright's only skyscraper in
Bartlesville, Oklahoma. There
he developed an early passion
for creativity and realizing his
“Visions” through art.
Aesthetically, he didn’t fall far
from Mr. Wright’s tree.
With a growing interest in
design and printmaking, he
apprenticed for his Uncles
graphic design firm in Atlanta,
Georgia. Gaining valuable
experience in digital graphics
and marketing, it also brought
him the realization that most
graphic design for print and
packaging ended up as
landfill trash.
| CRANE UNFOLDING(MAQUETTE) |
| Refocusing on Fine Art, he spent three years studying Art and Art History at the School of Visual Arts in Savannah, Georgia, later finishing his BFA at their prestigious New York campus. In 1999, Box began his career in the foundry. Bronze spoke his artistic language, what he refers to as "Deep time conversation, a long distance dialogue.” It would become his medium of choice. Over the next three years he labored under a self imposed apprenticeship to become proficient in bronze casting. By working within the industry for sculptors and foundries, he attained an exhaustive knowledge of the casting techniques and fabricating process necessary to create monumental works of art. Eventually his dedication to the process helped build one of the largest fine art foundries in Texas. Box took every opportunity within this context to develop his own work. |
| Eventually supporting himself full time through his craft, Box began placing numerous works of art in public, private and corporate collections. In 2004 he was elected as the youngest member of the National Sculptors Guild and was recognized by Southwest Art Magazine as one of the top 21 artists under 31 in the Southwest.. He has won numerous awards and continues to place larger and larger public projects. He currently lives and works with his wife Jennifer in Santa Fe, New Mexico. His knowledge of process combined with a vision for innovation defines the style and sensibility of Box’s work as it establishes a place within contemporary art history. |
more information:
Thornwood Gallery
2643 Colquitt Houston, TX 77098
713.528.4278
www.thornwoodgallery.com
Thornwood Gallery
2643 Colquitt Houston, TX 77098
713.528.4278
www.thornwoodgallery.com
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| PAPER PLANES MODEL |
| LIFE BOAT 1 |
| PLANE FOLDING |
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