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An example of work by Kenneth Kearney
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Biography from AskART:
| Ken Kearney was born and raised in Hackensack, New Jersey, but now resides in Torrance, California. The drawings of his older brother and the paintings of an uncle first stirred his interest in art, but he decided to commit himself to an artistic career in a way that neither did.
Since 1979 he has worked as a graphic artist at TRW Inc., where he designs and illustrates brochures, posters, and proposals to promote satellites and communications vehicles. Despite long hours, demanding work, and grandchildren, Ken finds time to create bronze works that have been described as "exquisite."
For inspiration, Kearney draws upon historical figures and travels to exotic places. He has trekked in the remote mountains of Thailand and strolled on the Great Wall of China. One of his favorite pieces, "Contemplation," an African girl holding a lamb while seemingly in deep thought, recalls expressions that he saw on the faces of children in Kenya.
Beauty may be culturally defined, but Ken seeks to capture the universality of emotions. It is in the villages and rural areas of the countries that he visits where Ken finds unvarnished emotions and depth of feeling that he tries to preserve in bronze. He has attended the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Art, the New York School of Visual Arts, and the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles.
The artists who have served as inspirations have included Rembrandt, Winslow Homer,, Richard Schmid, Henry O. Tanner, Howard Terpning, the "Storyteller of the Native Americans," and Charles White. Among his art instructors, Ken singles out Dan McCaw and Donald Puttnam both teachers at the Art Center in Pasadena for particular praise.
After moving to California, Ken began to specialize in western art, visiting various Native American reservations. He has exhibited at the Windrush Gallery in Sedona, Arizona and George Phippen Memorial Show in Prescott, Arizona. At the latter exhibit, he received an invitation to exhibit some of his work at the Salon Des Nations in Paris. Following that showing, he was invited to display his work at the Parisian Mandrone Gallery, where some of his work became part of the permanent exhibit.
"Fooling around with clay," Ken found that he particularly enjoyed working in a three-dimensional medium; his play became his passion. He accepted an invitation to become a student of the internationally acclaimed sculptor Martine Vaugel, winner of two awards (1990 and 1992) in the International Rodin Grand Prize Monumental Figure Competition. He spent four or five summers at a small hamlet called "Les Cerqueux sous Passavant" in the picturesque Loire Valley, France, where Martine conducts intensive workshops.
Others sculptors whose works have influenced Ken include Michelangelo, Rodin, Malvina Hoffman, Glenna Goodacre, and Richmond Barthe.
PERIODICALS
"Kenneth Kearney; Bronze Sculptor," featured artist on the cover of the Golden State Sculptors Association periodical The Sculptor, March 1999
"Ken Kearney: Artiste Extraordinaire," ESG (Electronic Systems Group)
Deborah Hawkins, "Ken Kearney," InfoLink both Published by TRW Inc.
"Kenneth Kearney, " Life section, Los Angeles Daily Breeze, 23 April 1998
RECOGNITION
First Place, Byrd Gallery Exhibit, New York, NY
Second Place, Torrance Cultural Exhibit, Torrance, CA
Third Place, ASI Show, San Francisco, CA
Honorable Mention Golden State Sculpture Association Show, Thousand Oaks, CA
"Excellence in Art," City of Torrance Cable TV Program hosted by Dr.Owen Griffith, February 19, 1999
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