Alex Kveton
USA (United States)
http://www.alexkveton.com
Kunstart: Skulptur
Technik: Metall
Stil: Abstrakt
Statement:
My inspiration comes from studying the nature around us. The intricate structure of a leaf, robustness of grass, wind blowing through an open window or moon reflecting in the water, all create the logical harmony of our nature\'s \"building blocks\".
The nature is pure, clean, and precious in its own creation. Such insights are on my mind when I create my sculptures. Simple, yet elegant, intended to enrich, decorate and above all distinguish the space as beautiful flowers or morning sunlight would.
Vita / Lebenslauf:
EDUCATION
Technical school of Machinery Construction, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Academy of Arts Architecture and Design, Prague, Czech Republic;
- Master Degree in Sculpture and Industrial Design
MAJOR MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
MoMA, New York, NY
Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum, Atlanta, GA
Museum of Art, Ostrava, Czech Republic
SELECTED PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum, Atlanta, GA (“Porcupine Caribou”)
Raiffeisen Bank, St.Polten, Austria (“Fountain”)
Chamber of Commerce, Tarrytown, NY (“Headless Horseman” design & artist proof)
Lechner Food Chain, Austria (“Bronze relief & Sign”)
Castle Restaurant, Opava, Czech Republic (“Bronze sculpture”)
City Hall, Ostrava, Czech Republic (“Fountain”)
Vitkovice Steel, Czech Republic (“Man of Steel” -sculpture series)
Bohumin Steel, Czech Republic (“Award Medals”)
Department store, Ostrava, Czech Republic (“Relief”)
Executive office of Garment Factory, Fridek-Mistek, Czech Republic (Relief series)
Vitkovice Steel, Czech Republic (“Entrance Wall Relief”)
Shopping Center, Ostrava, Czech Republic (“Sundial”)
High School, Karvina, Czech Republic (“Spring Blossom”)
North Moravian Power Plant, Czech Republic (“Wall Relief”)
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2010
- Doghouse Gallery, Saugerties, NY
- Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock, NY “Outdoor Sculpture\"
- Chase Edward Gallery, Oyster Bay, NY
- Clove Church Studio & Gallery, Saugerties, NY
- Oreole 9, Woodstock, NY
- Artefact Gallery, Lake Worth, FL
- WAAM, Woodstock, NY
- Kleinert Gallery, Woodstock, NY
2009
- Chase Edwards Gallery, Oyster Bay, NY
- OPUS 40 Gallery, Saugerties, NY
- RVS Gallery, Southampton, NY
- Merz Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
- Union Mills Gallery, Catskill, NY
- WAAM, Woodstock, NY (award; “Best in a show”)
2008
- The Spot Gallery, Art Basel Miami, FL
- Michael Nelson Gallery, Saugerties, NY
- The National Art Exhibition, Cooperstown, NY(Henry Cooper Memorial Prize; “best in sculpture”)
- Woodstock Art Association & Museum, NY (solo)
- Kleinert Gallery, Woodstock, NY
2007
- WAAM, Woodstock, NY
- Catskills Gallery, Saugerties NY
- OPUS 40 Gallery, Saugerties, NY
- RVS Gallery, Southampton, NY
- A-Forest Gallery, New York, NY
2006
- WAAM -Woodstock Art Assoc. & Museum, NY (award; “Best in a show”)
- RVS Fine Art, Southampton, NY (solo)
2005
- Trowbridge-Lewis Galleries, Middleburg, VA
- RVS Fine Art, Southampton, NY
2003
- Hudson Gallery West, Hoboken, NJ (solo)
1999 - 1976
- Czech Center Gallery, NYC, NY 1999 (solo)
- Schulte Gallery, Milburn, NJ 1995
- Alten Herrenhause and Gallery, Kilb, Austria 1982 (solo)
- Raiffeisen Bank, St. Polten, Austria 1982 (solo)
- Museum Of Art, Ostrava, Czech Republic 1981, 1980, 1979, 1978, 1977, 1976
- Czech Sculptors Associates, Czech Republic 1980, 1978, 1976
- Gallery Dilo, Prague, Czech Republic 1979
- Gallery Dilo, Ostrava, Czech Republic 1978
- “Young Artists and Industry”, Vitkovice Steel, Ostrava, Czech Republic 1977, 1976
- “Artists of Moravian Region”, Olomouc, Czech Republic 1976
- “Young Artists in Prague”, Prague, Czech Republic 1975, 1974
GALLERIES AND AFFILIATIONS
Chase Edwards Gallery, Oyster Bay, NY
Merz Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
WAAM, Woodstock, NY
Kleinert Gallery, Woodstock, NY
Highland sculpture gallery, Carmel, CA
Onessimo Fine Art, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Chasen Fine Art, Washington, DC
Tomlyn Gallery, Jupiter, Fl
ANEW Museum & Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Chasen Galleries, Richmond, GA
RVS Fine Art, Southampton, NY
Pilie Inc, Houston, TX
Trowbridge-Lewis Galleries, Middleburg, VA
E.G.CODY, Dania, FL
Westwater Patterson, Chicago, IL
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