Sculptor Alex Kveton Info

ARTISTS STATEMENT

My inspiration comes from studying the nature around us. The intricate structure of a leaf, robustness of grass wind blowing through an open window, or moon reflecting in the water, all create the logical harmony of our nature’s “building blocks”. The nature is pure, clean, and precious in its own creation. Such insights are on my mind when creating sculptures. Simple, yet elegant, intended to enrich, decorate and above all distinguish the space as beautiful flowers or morning sunlight would.

EDUCATION

Technical school of Machinery Construction, Ostrava, Czech Republic

Academy of Arts Architecture and Design, Prague, Czech Republic;

- Master Degree in Sculpture and Industrial Design

MAJOR MUSEUM COLLECTIONS

National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic

MoMA, New York, NY

Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum, Atlanta, GA

Museum of Art, Ostrava, Czech Republic

SELECTED PUBLIC COMMISSIONS

Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum, Atlanta, GA (“Porcupine Caribou”)

Raiffeisen Bank, St.Polten, Austria (“Fountain”)

Chamber of Commerce, Tarrytown, NY (“Headless Horseman” design & artist proof)

Lechner Food Chain, Austria (“Bronze relief & Sign”)

Castle Restaurant, Opava, Czech Republic (“Bronze sculpture”)

City Hall, Ostrava, Czech Republic (“Fountain”)

Vitkovice Steel, Czech Republic (“Man of Steel” -sculpture series)

Bohumin Steel, Czech Republic (“Award Medals”)

Department store, Ostrava, Czech Republic (“Relief”)

Executive office of Garment Factory, Fridek-Mistek, Czech Republic (Relief series)

Vitkovice Steel, Czech Republic (“Entrance Wall Relief”)

Shopping Center, Ostrava, Czech Republic (“Sundial”)

High School, Karvina, Czech Republic (“Spring Blossom”)

North Moravian Power Plant, Czech Republic (“Wall Relief”)

PRIVATE COLLECTORS

Numerous collectors:

USA, Canada, UK, Germany, Russia, Austria, Slovakia, Czech Republic.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2010

- Doghouse Gallery, Saugerties, NY

- Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock, NY “outdoor Sculpture show curated by A.Kveton”

- Chase Edward Gallery, Oyster Bay, NY

- Clove Church Studio & Gallery, Saugerties, NY “9artists/9days”

- Oreole 9, Woodstock, NY

- Artefact Gallery, Lake Worth, FL

- WAAM, Woodstock, NY

- Kleinert Gallery, Woodstock, NY

2009

- RVS Gallery, Southampton, NY

- Merz Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY

- Union Mills Gallery, Catskill, NY 2009

- WAAM, Woodstock, NY 2009

2008

- The Spot Gallery, Art Basel Miami, FL

- Michael Nelson Gallery, Saugerties, NY

- The National Art Exhibition, Cooperstown, NY(Henry Cooper Memorial Prize; “best in sculpture”)

- Woodstock Art Association & Museum, NY (solo)

- Kleinert Gallery, Woodstock, NY

2007

- WAAM, Woodstock, NY
- Catskills Gallery, Saugerties NY
- OPUS 40 Gallery, Saugerties, NY
- RVS Gallery, Southampton, NY
- A-Forest Gallery, New York, NY

2006
- WAAM -Woodstock Art Assoc. & Museum, NY 2006, (award; “Best in a show”)

- RVS Fine Art, Southampton, NY 2006 (solo)

2005

- Trowbridge-Lewis Galleries, Middleburg, VA 2005

- RVS Fine Art, Southampton, NY 2005

2003

- Hudson Gallery West, Hoboken, NJ 2003 (solo)

1999 - 1976

- Czech Center Gallery, NYC, NY 1999 (solo)

- Schulte Gallery, Milburn, NJ 1995

- Alten Herrenhause and Gallery, Kilb, Austria 1982 (solo)

- Raiffeisen Bank, St. Polten, Austria 1982 (solo)

- Museum Of Art, Ostrava, Czech Republic 1981, 1980, 1979, 1978, 1977, 1976

- Czech Sculptors Associates, Czech Republic 1980, 1978, 1976

- Gallery Dilo, Prague, Czech Republic 1979

- Gallery Dilo, Ostrava, Czech Republic 1978

- “Young Artists and Industry”, Vitkovice Steel, Ostrava, Czech Republic 1977, 1976

- “Artists of Moravian Region”, Olomouc, Czech Republic 1976

- “Young Artists in Prague”, Prague, Czech Republic 1975, 1974