“KEPT KITT” by MICHAEL WARRICK, 2024, ALUMINUM, 12X12X5, on loan from the Fisk University Galleries, Nashville, Tennessee.
ARTIST STATEMENT
“My works tell stories about people and the wide and fascinating range of those I have met throughout my life as an artist, teacher, mentor, parent and human being. Some of these sculptures depict real people from my life, some are combinations of actual people and some are characters the artist has created. But all are revelations of inner spirits.”
ARTIST BIO
Michael Warrick has installed public art in 15 states, China and South Korea and has a national exhibition record of 57 solo exhibits and 174 competitive and invitational exhibits. Plus, he has been a visiting artist, artist-in-residence, lecturer or panelist at 92 institutions. He is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship through the Ragdale Foundation in Lake Forest, Illinois, a visual arts grant from the Southeastern College Art Conference in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, an Arkansas Arts Council Visual Arts Fellowship and artist grants from Art Matters Inc. and the Pollack-Krazner Foundation, both located in New York City. In 2020, he was designated an Arkansas Living Treasure by the Arkansas Arts Council and the Department of Arkansas Heritage.
Find Warrick’s work at the AMFA Art Market Sept. 12-13, at michaelwarrick.com and on Instagram at @michaelwarrickllc.