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J. R. Gabriel 1141 South 800 East Salt Lake City, Utah 84105 801.355.5232 >
(I am currently working on a new sculpture that I am finding extremely exciting. Stay tuned. I have also included exhibit information in my revised biography.)
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I love the fragile and inviting, cooperative, sometimes resistant nature of clay and the enduring stability of bronze. My creations are unexpected characters displaying humor in the rhythm of their body language: a camel flies; a rhino plays vulnerably; an anthropomorphic bird flaps into humanity; a masked figure searches but has no eyes; an ass climbs a mushroom. I hope each makes a noise and tells a story, a mystery or fantasy--as many stories as there are people looking. It's fun, like it should be.
My ideas are "such stuff as dreams are made of," and the next piece comes to me gradually, usually while I am working on the current project--sort of two at once. I prefer not to thoroughly sketch beforehand. I see the finished product in my mind and the new idea continues to speak to me as I gouge and push the clay. I want the characters to move and dance as I find a rhythm in the art. I like exaggeration and impossible scenarios that seem to somehow make us think "perhaps." Hopefully, people will open their imaginations when they look at my work. I am fortunate to have been "juried" into fine art exhibits around the country. Here is a selective list of exciting places where I have shown my sculptures: Seattle, Washington----------Kalispell, Montana----------Loveland, Colorado----------Aspen/Vail, Colorado----------Omaha, Nebraska----------Chicago, Illinois----------Ann Arbor, Michigan----------St. Louis, Missouri----------Nashville, Tennessee----------Tulsa, Oklahoma----------Albuquerque, New Mexico----------Carefree, Arizona----------Scottsdale, Arizona----------Fountain Hills, Arizona----------Las Vegas, Nevada. Because of my travels, I have begun only recently to exhibit my sculptures locally: Springville Museum of Art--Two Juried Exhibits Utah Arts Council--Jurors' Choice Award, Rio Gallery Ogden Arts Council--Invitation To Exhibit Body Of Work Provo Arts Council--Juried Exhibit Thanksgiving Point--"Best of Utah" exhibit Art Institute--Gallery Exhibit Hogle Zoo Wildlife Exhibit--Zoo Choice Award Prestige Gallery--Featured Artist Gateway Center Union Pacific Exhibit--Juried Exhibit Trolley Square--Featured Artist Local Colors Fine Art Gallery--Featured Artist Alpine Art Center/Adonis Bronze Snowbird's Mountain Colors Gallery--Featured Artist Jewish Art Center--Juried Exhibit Poor Yorick Exhibit--Featured Artist I would enjoy hearing from you. Click on "contact" and send me an email. |
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