KEVIN BOX
Kevin
Box grew up in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, beneath
‘the tree
that escaped the crowded forest’, Frank
Lloyd Wright’s only skyscraper. Kevin’s
creative passion was evident at a very young age and he was
determined to realize his visions. Aesthetically, he did
not fall far from Wright’s tree.
Developing an interest in design, he apprenticed at an
uncle’s design firm in Atlanta, Georgia. Gaining
valuable experience in digital graphics and marketing.
Refocusing on fine art, he spent three years studying art
and art history at the School of Visual Arts in Savannah,
Georgia, completing his degree at the school’s
prestigious main campus in New York City. There, under the
direction of Jackie Winsor and Alice Aycock, he confirmed
his contemporary artistic vision, inspired within an
historical context.
In 1999, Box began is career in the foundry. Bronze spoke
his artistic language; what he refers to as
‘deep time
conversation.’ Bronze
is a medium that lasts and it would become the medium of
his artistic voice. Over the next four years he labored to
become proficient in bronze casting by working for
sculptors and foundries, attaining an exhaustive knowledge
of the casting techniques, fabrication and finishing
processes necessary to create monumental works of art.
Eventually his dedicatio9n to the process helped build one
of the largest fine art foundries in Texas, just outside
Austin.
Throughout his life, Box took every opportunity to develop
his work. After years of experimentation and working with
bronze, he arrived at the process in which he works today,
becoming a fulltime artist in 2003. His knowledge of the
foundry process combined with a vision for innovation
defines the style and sensibility of his work as it
establishes a place within contemporary art history.