art resume 2009
Michael James Hawk
POB 12133
Seattle, WA 98102-0133 USA
michael@michaeljameshawk.com
MISSION:
To create form-objects in the vast invisible space: to satisfy my hands, heart & inner eye.To look for seamlessness of expression – unity, the S-curves – & dramatic expressions of shadow and light.
To stand back, & contemplate what narrative possibilities there are in the variances & botches of the medium.
To site the sculpture correctly, trying to declare its range and effect on the larger, enveloping space.
To allow the hidden forms in the subconscious to see the light of the sun, for closer inspection; to study these forms & augment (or subtract) from their structure according to overarching sculptural ideas of the specific time & place in my studies.
To share these primary missions with a public.
To teach, learn & grow spiritually.
To collect experiences which lead to a written poetics, beyond the readings of biography & art history.
EDUCATION:
Seattle Academy of Fine Art, Monitor, Life Studies, Sculpture & Drawing, 2005-6.
Continuing student in Sculpture & Painting @ Pratt Fine Arts, Seattle.
New York University, master’s level training in computer science & business (accepted to Artificial Intelligence Honors by Ernie Davis, Dean, Courant School), 1991-1993.
University of Florida, BA, International Relations, 1989.
Member, International Sculpture Center, since 2006.
INFLUENCES:
Moore, Brancusi, Rodin, Noguchi, Modigliani, Picasso, Miro, Giacometti, Praxiteles, Michelangelo, Ziolkowski, Strauss, Lloyd Wright, Calder.
The sculptors of Oceania, Africa, Mexico, the Orient, Greece, Italy, the British Isles.
The shining luminaries of the moment throughout the world, not excluding Neri, Abakanowicz, Rabarama, Botero, Goldsworthy, Calatrava & the Oaxacan black potters.
EXHIBITIONS:
“La Poesia de la Muerte [Death Poetry]” was a commission of original video poetry for the La Casa de Artes arts group of Seattle, WA. The film played at:
+ 911 Media Arts, Seattle, WA ~ October 20 - 31, 2003.
+ Center House, Seattle Center, Seattle WA ~ November 1, 2003, as part of the Dia de Muertos festival.
+ Rosetta Hunter Gallery, SCCC, Seattle WA ~ January 20 - February 11, 2004, as part of the Simbolos Exposicion.
+ Synopsis television show, SCCtv Channel 28, April - June 2004.
“Violence Motif” was a modal poem published December 12, 2001 that explored the psychological programming of violence in American society. Frank Rich of the New York Times called the work "fascinating" in a personal email (October 21, 2002).
"The New Pledge of Allegiance" was produced for the MoveOn.Org Voter Fund December 5, 2003 as an excoriating critique of US president George W. Bush and his corporate supporters.
INSTALLATIONS:
Lobby, Frontier Geosciences HQ, Seattle WA ~ February 2 - June 2, 2004. Displayed abstract painting series featuring a 60" x 72" playful childlike-drawn nude titled 'Platonic Graffiti [Homage to Amedeo]' a 48" x 48" Miro-esque impasto 'Modern Thought (x,y,z transform),' the richly red 72" x 40" multi-layered thatchwork 'Birds of Barcelona,' and more.
CURRENT SALES:
Frontier Geosciences.
Solid Ground [formerly Fremont Public Association].
Studio Geomecha.
RATES:
Materials (Metal, Plaster, Plastilene, Wire, Asundry) + All Foundry & Subvendor Costs + Artist Labor Costs at USD $135 an hour, including labor for Maquettes, Statuettes, Preliminary Sketches, and Research & Administration. Signed Contract Required for Scope of Work and Listing of Specific Deliverables. Edition pieces will reflect an amortization of the above calculation.
QUESTION DU JOUR:
If a painting has a z-axis of even a few millimeters (its surface), hence a third dimension, does this make it a sculpture?