Judith Berk King and Bryan Hiveley
Visions In Clay 2022
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Biography:
Judith Berk King lives and works in Miami, Florida. She studied fine art at Kensington and Chelsea College in London, England, and received her MFA from Miami International University of Art & Design. She is presently an artist-in-residence at the Bakehouse Art Complex in Miami. King has always been fascinated by the displays presented by museums in their glass cases and artistic renderings of previous eras, and she focuses on the creation and display of curious, imagined zoological and botanical structures. Her drawing and ceramic work have been published in books and periodicals, and she been exhibited in in a number of national and international venues. She is currently faculty at Miami International University of Art & Design.
Bryan Hiveley lives in Miami, Florida and teaches sculpture and ceramics at the Miami International University of Art & Design. Hiveley uses animal imagery to depict compelling narratives from a personal perspective. Predator and prey relationships are blurred by exaggeration and embellishment with prehistoric qualities. Bryan Hiveley received his MFA from the University of South Carolina and his BFA from the University of Minnesota, Duluth. He has taken part in numerous residency programs such as Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, and the Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences. He has exhibited his work throughout the United States.
Artist Statement:
In this body of work, form and surface are combined to meld complementary narratives. They are living things, but do not exist in the past or in the present. The imagery recalls the work of scientific illustrators of the past, transcending time. Through re-imagination and distortion, the viewer is invited to examine and interpret the ambiguous (and sometimes disquieting) forms and images that inhabit these works.
The complete narrative can only be seen by examining it from several sides, reminding us that there is more than one point of view necessary to imagine the whole.
The works in this series are graphite drawings on ceramic bisqueware: Bryan Hiveley builds the sculptures, and Judith Berk King creates the drawings.
Entwined
Earthenware, fired in electric kiln to 04; graphite
15” x 10” x 7”
2022
$3,000
Earthenware, fired in electric kiln to 04; graphite
15” x 10” x 7”
2022
$3,000
Food Chain
Earthenware, fired in electric kiln to 04; graphite
12” x 10” x 7”
2021
$3,000