Artists > Kevin Box

Kevin's work is found in the Permanent Collection of the Booth Western Art Museum Cartersville, GA, and the Cosmosphere Space Museum, Hutchinson, KS, as well as multiple other public and private collections throughout the country. He has been featured in multiple publications including, in 2012, Studio Spotlight: Southwest Art Magazine July and Santa Feans You Should Know: Santa Fean Magazine April. He is also the recipient of multiple honors and awards throughout the years.

Kevin's Education includes:
999- 2002 Bronze Foundry Apprenticeship and Managment, Austin TX
1999 Bachelor of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York City, NY
1995 Diploma, Tri County Technical School for Graphic Arts, OK
1994 Summer design program, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

Artists Statement -
I look at a piece of paper as a 'tabla rosa', a clean slate or perfect potential. This potential is activated by light and shadow as each decision creases into the paper.

My work celebrates the delicate nature of paper in museum quality bronze. Beginning a career in printmaking, my love for paper continued with my transition into sculpture. While working in a foundry, I developed an "organic burnout" technique specifically designed for casting paper that risks each original paper sculpture as it is burned out from the ceramic mold. The result is a one of a kind bronze sculpture, chased by hand and completed with finishing touches exclusive to my work. To meet the growing response from collectors, a few pieces each year are selected for limited edition casting. These also give me more time in the studio to continue exploring new ideas (the whole point of being an artist). Origami, paper planes, crumpled ideas and innovative abstraction are all themes that inspire this unfolding portfolio that strives towards a most archival form of paper. My greatest joy is in creating work that provides an opportunity for interaction and surprise as viewers read the sign "Please Touch!".