Brian Boldon | Scatter / Gather
DAI Downtown Galleries | October 23, 2024–January 6, 2025 | Reception November 8
Image Credit: Brian Boldon, "Thicket," acrylic and oil on printed nylon, carbon fiber, stainless steel, silicone, 2024, 36" x 20" x 16" Preview image: Brian Boldon, "Unexpected Sky," acrylic on printed nylon, stainless steel, silicone, 2024, 36" x 16" x 16" | Brian Boldon's approach to art revolves around capturing and materializing moments, concepts, and experiences. His exhibit, Scatter / Gather, reexamines how landscapes can be represented and perceived, inviting the audience to engage with Boldon’s unique view of presence. Boldon reflects, “Your practice becomes a way to map and interpret the intricate dance between reality and perception, making each piece a unique reflection of your interaction with the world around you.” Boldon’s works transform his drawings and paintings into three-dimensional pieces. He employs a variety of materials, including printed nylon/carbon fiber, recycled plastic water bottles, porcelain, and oil and acrylic paint, to construct structures that forge a connection with the landscape. These freestanding and suspended sculptures feature geometric, light-sensitive elements, giving them a weightless appearance and creating an interconnected, woven landscape. Boldon’s vision conveys a story of flowing energy through his objects. “I imagine each piece as an intimate universe, bound together by positive attraction.” Scatter / Gather forges a meaningful connection among the work, the viewer, and Boldon himself. |
Formerly based in Northeast Minneapolis, Minnesota from 2008 to 2023, Boldon now works in his Northwest Wisconsin studio at the headwaters of the St. Croix River. Boldon exhibits his sculpture nationally and internationally as a solo artist. As part of a collaborative team with artist Amy Baur, Boldon has installed over 60 public art installations nationally. Boldon uses digital technology for visualization, photographic printing for kiln-fused glass and ceramic imagery, and 3D printing with porcelain for creating sculpture and installations in fine art and public spaces. In 2012, Boldon received the McKnight Fellowship for Ceramic Art. Boldon coordinated the Ceramics and graduate programs at Michigan State University from 1995 to 2008, headed the Ceramics program at the University of Alaska Anchorage from 1990 to 1995, and taught sculpture and drawing at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York from 1989 to 1990. He received a BS in Art from the University of Wisconsin Madison in 1982 and an MFA from Rhode Island School of Design in 1988. |
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