Craig Usher
Tworząc swoje rzeźby artysta stale poszukuje nowych znaczeń. Twórczość jest dla niego sposobem nadania sensu lub zakwestionowania rzeczywistości, drogą, którą podąża w poszukiwaniu tematów, na które może odpowiedzieć.
Młody artysta, członek Scarsdale Artists Association, Sculptors Guild oraz International Sculpture Center. Ukończył SUNY Purchase College School of Art + Design oraz The New York Studio School of Drawing Painting and Sculpture studiując rzeźbę. Do tworzenia swoich prac używa najczęściej stali, betonu, gliny, żywicy lub brązu. Jego dzieła zdobią przestrzeń publiczną stanu Nowy Jork, między innymi Hart's Brook Park, ratusz w Greenburgh czy bibliotekę publiczną w Elmsford. Mimo początku swojej drogi artystycznej, rzeźbiarz jest uczestnikiem wielu wystaw zarówno indywidualnych jak i zbiorowych. Jego prace znajdują się w kilku prywatnych kolekcjach, a publikacje na temat twórczości ukazały się w American Art Collector, The Scarsdale Inquirer i Rivertowns Enterprise.
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By creating his sculptures the artist is looking for new meanings. Creativity is a way for him to make sense of or question the reality, the way he follows searching for the subjects, which he can respond to.
The young artist, member of the Scarsdale Artists Association, Sculptors Guild and the International Sculpture Center. He graduated from SUNY Purchase College School of Art + Design and The New York Studio School of Drawing Painting and Sculpture studying sculpture. To create his work he uses the most steel, concrete, clay, resin or bronze. His works adorn public spaces of New York, including the Hart's Brook Park, Greenburgh town hall or public library in Elmsford. In spite of the beginning of his artistic career, the sculptor is a participant of many exhibitions, both individual and collective. His works are in several private collections, and publications on art have appeared in American Art Collector, The Scarsdale Inquirer and Rivertowns Enterprise.
EDUCATION
2009 SUNY Purchase College School of Art + Design, Purchase, NY, BFA, Magna
Cum Laude
MFA [candidate] The New York Studio School of Drawing Painting and Sculpture.
major:Sculpture
MEMBERSHIPS
International Sculpture Center (2009 current)
Scarsdale Artists Association (2010 current) 1st Vice President
Sculpture Guild [Apprenticeship Program]
EXHIBITIONS + SHOWS + HONORS
2011 Vermont Studio Center Residency, Partial Fellowship , Johnson, Vermont
2011 SRAM Part Project ; for World Bicycle Relief Organization. Chicago/ Las Vegas
(1 of 50 artists chosen to participate) (art made out of all bike components)
2011 Kingston Sculpture Biennial , Art Society of Kingston, outdoor work
exhibited on historic Kingston waterfront.
2011 “Modern Art & the Romantic Landscape: Outdoor Sculpture at Wilderstein”
Wilderstein Estate Rhinebeck N.Y. (3 lifesize sculptures accepted)
2011 "Figures" ,Greenburgh Public Library solo show of 10 works, cast concrete and bronze
including 4 lifesize pieces.Greenburgh N.Y.
2011 "Faces of Spring", Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, Connecticut. (two portraits shown)
2011 "A Show of Heads", Limner Gallery, Hudson, New York
2010 " Unspoken Moments", United Hebrew Geriatric Center , New Rochelle, New York
2010 "Annual Members Show", Scarsdale Artists Association ,The Scarsdale Library, Scarsdale
New York
2009 "1st Annual Floating Sculpture Exhibition" ,Hudson Valley + The Science Barge,
Hudson River, Yonkers NY
2009 " Juried Small Works Exhibition" Upstream Gallery, Dobbs Ferry, NY
2008 "183 Annual Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art" National Academy
Museum, NY, New York.
2007 "Pier 92 "Others" Art Show", Welded steel pieces (5) displayed at Booth #430 Skitzo
Scrap Studio
2007 "Purchase” Wide Open” Festival " Dance Theatre / Collaborative Dance Improvisation
( Sculptures Used as Performance Instruments), Purchase College, Purchase, New York
2006 "Active Life Annual Fund Raiser", Neuberger Museum Fall 2006 Gala - Purchase, New York
SELECTED PERMANENT COLLECTIONS - OUTDOOR SCULPTURES
Greenburgh Town Hall, White Plains, NY
Cycle of Departure, 2007. Welded steel 72 x 68 x 36 inches
Greenburgh Public Library, Elmsford, NY
Infinite Wanderings Through Strange Places, 2009
Welded steel + bronze 127 x 75 x 75 inches
Scarsdale High School, Scarsdale, NY
Of the Satellites, One You Are, 2008
Welded steel 144 x 50 x 80 inches
Hart’s Brook Park, Hartsdale, NY
Twilight: Our Heads Do Wander, 2008
Welded steel 180 x 60 x 60 inches
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Richard Benash, Beacon, NY
The Joseph Blank Family, Larchmont, NY
Jack Hershman, MD, Chappaqua, NY
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2011- Instructor, Snow Farm New England Craft Program, Welding/ Metal Sculpture
Williamsburg, MA. Snow Farm Workshop Photos
2010- Summer Studio Assistantship for John J. Rais, Iron class “Intersections”
Penland School of Crafts, N.C.
2009-10-Teaching Assistant., Bronze Casting Class, SUNY Purchase College
School of Art + Design, Purchase, NY
2009 Project Fabricator, New Projects LLC, Brooklyn, NY
2008 Art Handler/Installer for Michele Mosko Fine Art, NY
2007 Metalworker, Argos Foundry, Brewster, NY
2005-07- Assistant., RB Scrap Metal and Iron, Yonkers, NY
PUBLICATION
American Art Collector 2010
Scarsdale Inquirer 2009/2010
The official website of the artist
