Thomas Kite
I keep out of the way and let the making create instants where objects can spring into being.
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Professional Artist
Exercises the profession of artist as a main activity
Exercises the profession of artist as a main activity
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The artist is under 30 years old
Biography
After completing grad study in Fine Art, I had a studio doing glass and sculpture for 15 years. Then circumstances turned me away from Art & got into doing IT UX & UI design in software/internet dev mostly for Microsoft. In 2004, it was time to continue analog art with some digital art work (not to be confused with AI art which is NOT Art). Biggest change is- now it’s all about being transparent to the Art making. So additional details are at thoskite design dot com. Education below:
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design- Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Graphics
Design Skills: Printmaking
University Of New York at Albany
Master of Arts (M.A.), Fine Art: Graphics
Design Skills: Printmaking & Sculpture
Pratt Fine Arts Center- Seattle, Washington, USA
2003 - 2015 Course work in-
> Advanced Glass Cold Working
> Hotshop Glass Casting
> Advanced Glass Fusing
> Glass Blowing
> Metal working, blacksmithing, and welding
Production-
> Rented Hotshop facility for glass casting projects
School of Glass Abate Zanetti- Murano, Italy
2005 - 2005 Course work in-
> Lamp working, sculptural forms
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Nationality:
UNITED STATES
- Date of birth : unknown date
- Artistic domains: Works by professional artists,
- Groups: Professional Artist Contemporary American Artists
Influences
Domenikos Theotokopoulos,
El Greco,
Odilon Redon,
Aubrey Beardsley,
Maurice Cornelis Escher,
Edward Hopper,
Andrew Newell Wyeth,
Georgia O'Keeffe,
Katsushika Hokusai,
Rembrandt,
Francis Bacon,
Joan Miró,
Salvador Dalí,
Albrecht Dürer,
James Abbott McNeill Whistler,
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec,
Jacques Villon
Education
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Achievements
Solo Expositions
2018
Ponte Vedra Cultural Center Gallery
Ponte Vedra Beach,
Florida,
United States
Activity on Artmajeur
Last modification date : Mar 30, 2024
(Member since 2009)
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Added Feb 19, 2019
8 Studies in Symmetry
Added Mar 24, 2009
These are cast and cold worked glass modules created to prototype a concept for a large installation potentially involving 100s of kinetic forms.
Forms moving thru time, the rebirth and entropy of that movement, and the interplay of randomness vs. synchronicity - permeate nature. These studies are a step toward an installation that explores such a landscape.
Added Mar 24, 2009
Brief Bio
After completing grad study in Fine Art, I had a studio doing glass and sculpture for 15 years. In '89, circumstances turned me away from Art. In ‘04, it was time to continue. Biggest change is- now it’s 1st about being transparent to the Art making. For more at my main web site- google "Thos Kite Design"
Added Mar 24, 2009
Statement
Georgia O'Keeffe said, "I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way -- things I had no words for". This is close to my view.
Seems to me, Beauty is a property of Art. To quote Buckminster Fuller, "When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I've finished, if the solution isn't beautiful, I know it's wrong."
Any solution graced with Beauty is Art. This is regardless of whether it seems affirming, joyful, dark or even very deeply disturbing. For more at my main web site- google "Thos Kite Design"
Added Mar 24, 2009
New Studio
I'll be posting more pictures soon- For more at my main web site- google "Thos Kite Design"
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