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(American, b. 1955)
Over the past three decades, renowned Colorado metal sculptor Kevin Robb has made his mark on the national and international art scene. With a unique style and consummate welding quality that have defined and differentiated his work, Kevin’s sculptures are not created according to a set plan. The placement of each element is an answer to a question of relationships, which he discovers as the work is in progress. He becomes one with the metal and intuitively knows the precise twists and turns that will be required to achieve the desired result.
Born and raised in Boulder, Colorado, Kevin grew up spending summers on his grandfather’s farm, where he learned to weld and would build things with found objects for fun. He studied graphic design and worked in advertising, but felt his career was “flat and missing something.” One day he visited a foundry and soon began working there part time, then full time, and eventually started creating his own sculpture.
When Kevin creates, the placement of each separate piece is an answer to a question of relationships. If two pieces are attached, how does their connection affect the work? This inquisitive process has given the material he works with the freedom and life not inherent to the piece. Each sculpture is a unique discovery for the artist. He brings a natural curiosity to his work combined with knowledge gained from an understanding of how positive and negative spaces, shadow, and light work together - creating more than sculpture, but rather the effect of time standing still.
Pieces of stainless steel are shaped into graceful forms creating a work of art that brings a feeling of life and quiet energy to an outdoor space. A sense of intimacy is created for the viewers as they observe the large, flowing shapes held firmly into positions that defy gravity.
Selected Shows
2015 Unbound, Arvada Center in partnership with the Museum of Outdoor Arts, Arvada, CO
2015 Sculpture In the Park, 21 year participant, Loveland, CO
2015 Public Art at the McNichols, Denver Arts and Venues featuring Calypso Series, Denver, CO
2014 Sculpture at the River Market, Little Rock, AR
2014 Downtown Denver Arts Festival “Merit Award” Denver, CO
Selected Major Art Projects
Cisterra Partners, San Diego, CA, 30 foot sculpture between office buildings
Keep Little Rock Beautiful, Little Rock, AR, 17 foot sculpture in roundabout.
CSG Headquarters, Omaha, NE, 14 foot sculpture in front of office building
Discovery Park, Wheat Ridge, CO, 20 foot sculpture in Public Park
Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, 4 major sculptures on campus
Museums and Universities
Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design – Denver, CO
Witchita Art Musem – Wichita, KS
Kirkland Museum – Denver, CO
University of South Alabama – Mobile, AL
Nassau County Museum – New York State
Pueblo Community College – Pueblo, CO
Red Rocks Community College – Arvada, CO
University of Nevada, Las Vegas – Las Vegas, NV
Upper Iowa University – Fayette, IA
Western Kentucky University – Bowling Green, KY
Butler Institute of American Art – Youngstown, OH
Phipps Conservatory – Pittsburgh, PA
Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater, High Meadow Educational Facility - Mill Run, PA
International Collections
Private
Sydney, Australia
Ontario, Canada
Oslo, Norway
Paris, France
Nice, France
Mexico City, Mexico
Tokyo, Japan
Education
Rocky Mountain College of Art - Graphic/Fine Arts - 1978
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