Artist: Karl Unnasch Country: Minnesota, USA Title: Bloodroot Date: 2016 Materials: Stained glass, stainless steel, powder coated steel, LED lights Artist Statement The bloodroot holds a special place in my heart as my first acquaintance with visual language. My earliest memory is when my mother snapped off a bloodroot leaf in Spring from her flower bed and showed me…
Karl Unnasch
Artist Biography Karl Unnasch focuses primarily on creating public and architectural art, incorporating stained glass and sculpture into his work. Nestled close to his farmstead roots in Southeastern Minnesota, he finds nostalgic respite in giving aesthetic kudos to overlooked objects and concepts inherently personal to his rural experiences. His smaller-scale work has been exhibited as…
“Jardín” (Garden)
Artist: Lisbet Fernandez Ramos Country: Canary Island, Spain Title: “Jardín” (Garden) Date: 2015 Materials: Terra cotta clay Artist Statement The sculptural group “Jardín”, five figures of children in terra-cotta, speaks to our differences as individuals within the group. The work explores this idea through the metaphor of the great diversity of plants that co-exist in a garden, the setting chosen…
Lisbet Fernandez Ramos
Artist Biography Lisbet Fernández Ramos was born in Camagüey, Cuba in1974. She now lives and works in Canary Islands, Spain. Lisbet trained at the Higher Institute of Fine Arts and The Professional School of the Arts in Cuba with a specialty in sculpture. She has participated in national and international exhibition in Spain, Cuba, Germany…
Rejoicing Family
Artist: Taurai Mutigwa Country: Nyanga, Zimbabwe, Africa Title: Rejoicing Family Date: 2013 Materials: opal stone Artist Statement Rejoicing Family was the first sculpture purchased by The International Sculpture Collection and was originally displayed at the RBG through the ZimSculpt exhibition. Artist Taurai Mutigwa enjoys carving family abstracts to express the love he feels for his…
Taurai Mutigwa
Artist Biography Taurai Mutigwa was born in 1973 in Nyanga Nyatate village, Zimbabwe and started sculpting in 1994. Mentored for two years by a great Nyanga artist Agripa Ndongwe, his sculptures are now found in many galleries around the world. ZimSculpt, is a non-political company based in Harare, Zimbabwe, that represents over 100 sculptors from…
On the Wings of Love
Artist: Bob and Jo Wilfong Country: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Title: On the Wings of Love Materials: bronze Artist Statement On wings of love our spirits soar Beyond all mortal thoughts. The empyrean skies we call our home, The stars our guiding lights. We visit the realm of gods and souls, Are one with all…
Bob Wilfong
Artist Biography Bob Wilfong is a self-taught artist, using his background and experience in anatomy to inform his sculpture. Bob began his sculpting career in 1993, when he couldn’t find a bronze penguin for his wife, Jo Wilfong’s collection and began sculpting wildlife. In 1998, Bob moved on to creating contemporary figurative and abstract designs….
Haven
Artist: Catherine Lavelle, designed in collaboration with Douglas Senft Title: haven Date: design 2010; fabrication 2014 Materials: mild steel Artist Statement Haven refers to species survival and adaptability within the context of the natural /urban environment interface. It symbolically represents all nesting creatures as well as our human attachment to home and place.
Catherine Lavelle
Artist Biography Catherine Lavelle lives and works in Courtenay BC. Her career and life experiences include management and facilitating group learning as well as teaching physical disciplines. Her lifelong interest in the arts led her to study at Simon Fraser University and Emily Carr University in the 1980’s, completing her Bachelor of Fine Arts at…
Pollinizers
Artist: Dave Hind Country: Brantford, Ontario, Canada Title: Pollinizers Date: 2014 Materials: Reclaimed steel and aluminum siding Artist Statement Pollinizers depicts two large hands manually pollinating a fruit blossom. The forearms are covered with tattoos of pollinators and the reproductive anatomy of plants. This image symbolizes the role the RBG has as a steward of the…
David Hind
Artist Biography Dave Hind is an artist, musician and metalworker of functional objects. He was born in Hamilton and now lives in Brantford Ontario. His artistic practice is grounded in the reclamation of materials. The interaction of the industrial and natural recur in the materials, processes, and images that he uses and explores. For more…
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