Pat Benincasa
2136 Ford Parkway No. 154
55105 Saint Paul
USA (United States)
1-651-235-4960
www.patbenincasa-art.com
Kunstart: Skulptur
Technik: Glas
Statement:
My approach to being an artist is based upon rigorous research, study and my need to take materials beyond conventional use.
For example, I use glass in uncommon ways. I created a seven-ton, dimensional skylight for the Minnesota Judicial Center on the State Capitol Grounds and 3D, functioning window-sculpture for the Hill-Murray Chapel in Maplewood, Minnesota. Both projects pushed glass to heretofore-unknown sculptural and architectural possibilities. In response to my work with dimensional glass, I was invited to speak to the American Institute of Architects (my presentation was entitled, "Windows Like The Earth Were Once Thought To Be Flat").
I once read something that sums up my art making philosophy. When Martin Heidegger asked: "What is a thing?" and responded that " You know what a thing is by the way it gathers the world unto itself," his statement gave me a framework to define what art is. You know what art is by the way it gathers the world unto itself. To this I would add that Art is a point of proximity that dissolves the distinction between our "here and there" as it pulls us toward itself. In this pull we understand how connected we are to all living things.
Vita / Lebenslauf:
Lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota USA
Adjunct faculty at the College of Visual Arts
Awards:
Awarded General Services Administration (GSA) Art In Architecture Commission to do Moon Boat & Night Sky Glass for the Ward Parkway Federal Building, Kansas City, Missouri
Awarded Percent For Art Commission to do Falling Water Skylight for the Minnesota Judicial Center, State Capitol Grounds, Minnesota
CUE Award, Minneapolis Committee on Urban Environment Award for "significant achievement in design and aesthetic excellence."
Selected Collections:
NYNEX Corporation, New York, New York
Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts
General Services Administration, Western Division, Kansas City, Missouri
Collection of Caroline Myss, Chicago, Illinois
Amerada Hess Corporation, New York, New York
Arthur Anderson & Associates, Chicago, Illinois
Florida-Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida
First Bank Minneapolis
Northwest Corporation, Hopkins, Minnesota
Midwest Plaza, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Prudential Life Insurance Corporation, Golden Valley, Minnesota
Collection of Dr. Mona Lisa Schultz, MD, PHD
Congressman Keith Ellison, Minnesota 5th Congressional District
Archbishop Harry Flynn, Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland, Ohio
Guest Lecturer at:
University of Minnesota School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Minneapolis
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Minnesota
College of Visual Arts, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Hamline University, Saint Paul, Minnesota
St. Catherine University, Saint Paul, Minneapolis
Bethel University,Saint paul, Minnesota
University of Wisconsin, Superior, Wisconsin
Education:
MFA -Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
MA - Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
BFA - Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
K-12 Art Licensure- College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Minnesota
Pi Lamda Theta National Honor Society & Professional Association for Education
Delta Phi Delta Arts Honor Society College of St. Catherine
Aktivitäten / Ausstellungen:
Wrote a book to be published in August of 2009:
"Art Student Field Guide: How To Trust Your Informed Creative Self, Recognize Opportunities and Identify Challenges."
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