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During college Kainz worked in many disciplines including ceramics, glass blowing, bronze casting and more, but metals stole her heart.
At Southern Illinois University she completed her BFA specializing in metalsmithing.
Her work in precious metals never quite fit the jewelryscale and once her training in blacksmithing started it was evident that her work would grow in scale.
She shops Montana's scrap yards for materials and her giant collection of carefully selected junk makes the pallet from which she works.
The artist welds the multitude of pieces into amusing and surprisingly elegant creations.
Her work is featured in public and private collections all around the Nation and is represented by several galleries.
The artist continues with the challenge of creating great art while at the same raising her two beautiful girls.
Artist Statement:
I am fascinated with the ways of the past. When gathering metal for use in my sculptures, I seek items, which reveal an interesting past life, unique function or other various beautiful qualities. Line, texture and form are all important to the metal that I hunt for in order to crate the pallet from which I sculpt.
It is a wonderful and daunting task to pull together so many individual items into a mass, which represents one thing.
As with all visions in life it takes a process of organizing and crafting to achieve the end goal. People often ask how long it takes to make a piece. I can only honestly answer that it has taken me my whole life. For me art is a lifelong pursuit and my current work is the culmination of those efforts. It requires gruesome levels of determination, focus and stamina. When I come out of the tunnel of hard work the reward is the joy I feel for the finished product.
It is so pleasing when other people enjoy and experience my little snap shot of what I value and find beautiful in life. That shared experience is why I whole-heartedly value art.
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Gallery Showings
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2007 Visions West Gallery |
34 West Main St.
Bozeman MT 59715
406-522-9946
www.visionswestgallery.com
2007 Visionswest in Bozeman, livingston, Denver |
2007 Stowe Craft Gallery |
Stowe, VT (802)253-2305
2007 Sweet Pea Art Show |
2007-2008 Peligro Metal Gallery |
109 glover Street Twisp, Wa 98856 (509)997-9700.
June 2007 Mayor's Council Annual Art Show |
The City of Gillette, Wy
Juried Exhibitions
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2012 Bozeman Public Library March-April paintings show.Gallatin Arts Crossing, Bozeman, MT
Livingston Sculpture Show, MINT BAR location.
2011Bozeman Co-op, Nov. Painting Show. Livingston Sculpture ShowMuseum Of The Rockies MORart Art's Crossing
2007 Sweet Pea Art Show, MSU, Bozeman, MT
2006 Sweet Pea Art Show, MSU, Bozeman, MT
2005 Sweet Pea Art Show, MSU, Bozeman, MT
2004 Sweet Pea Art Show, MSU, Bozeman, MT
Art In Space, West Branch Gallery, Stowe, VT
2003 Art's Alive, Public Sculpture Show, Burlington,VT.
Exposed!, Helen Day Arts Center, Stowe, VT.
Sculpture Now!, Great Barrington,MA
S.E.B.A., Art Hop, Burlington, VT.
2002 S.E.B.A., Art Hop, Burlington, VT.
Exposed!, Helen Day Arts Center, Stowe, VT.
Hot!Hot!Hot!Show, Studio Place Arts, Barre,VT.
Sculpture Now!, Great Barrington,MA
2001 S.E.B.A., Art Hop, Burlington, VT.
Tammerack Gallery, Summer Show, Craftsburry, VT.
2000 Water as Theme In Art, T.W. Wood Art Gallery, Montpilier, VT.
Permanent Installations
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2010 Helena Traffic Circle, Helena, MT.
2006 MacKenzie River Pizza, Kallispel, MT.
Richard Residence, Bozeman, MT.
Bodeyn Ranch, Galliton Gateway, MT.
2005 MacKenzie River Pizza, Missoula, MT.
Klotfelter Residence, Bozeman, MT..
2004 Private Residence, Stowe, VT
Blaitt Residence, Stowe,VT.
2003 Cupola Clock Tower, Morrisville, VT.
Copely Mannor Hospital, Morrisville, VT.
2002 Perry Residence, Barringon, IL
Fishman Residence, Waterburry,VT.
Stowe Craft Galley & Design Center, Stowe VT.
Barret Residence, Hannover, NH.
Education
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1997 B.F.A. in Metalsmithing, Southern Illinois University.
Works Published
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2005 At Home, Bozeman Daily Chronicle, Bozeman, MT.
2004 The Anvil's Ring Magazine
2001 Architechural Iron Work, By Donna Meilach, Shiffer Books.
Awards & Grants
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2007 People's Choice, Sweet Pea Art Show, Bozeman, MT.
2005 People's Choice, Sweet Pea Art Show, Bozeman, MT.
2002 Award of Merit in Sculpture, For Art's Sake, Stowe, VT.
2001 Study Grant, Johnson Studio Center, Johnson,VT.
1996 Honorable Mention, S.I.U. Group Show, Carbondale, IL.
1995 Travel Grant, Awarded from Fine Arts Department of S.I.U.
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