Robert Christian Bodem (Kunst)

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Robert Christian Bodem (b.1971, Minneapolis, Minnesota) graduated cum laude in Sculpture from Boston University in 1995 where he also received a Master of Arts in 1998. In that same year, Robert was a recipient of the prestigious Albert S. and Ester B. Kahn Award for his talent in figurative sculpture. During his undergraduate studies, he worked as an assistant to the sculptor Dimitri Hadzi. He later spent a year as a sculpture student at The Florence Academy of Art (1995-1996), to return in 1998 as the Academy’s principal Sculpture instructor. He became Director of the Sculpture program in 2003.

His exhibitions include group and juried shows throughout Massachusett sand New York. Robert was selected to take part in the 2002 National Sculpture Society Annual Awards Exhibition in 2002. Group exhibitions include: “Realism Revisited”, Panorama Museum, Germany, 2003, “Realism Revisited”, Hirschl and Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, and The Florence Academy of Art First Annual Alumni Exhibition, Florence, Italy, 2005.

“Nature is a great teacher, and working from direct observation allows me to unlock some of her mysteries. The forms that I am able to bring to the surface should clarify my interpretation of human relationships. To copy nature is an impossibility, but to seek an understanding of particular human emotions, to attempt to clarify emotional content through silent sculptural form, is within the artist’s reach. I feel it is necessary to study life. Drawing on the inspiration I receive from the subject is an attempt to make poetry of the form, and ultimately, present the viewer with those essential forms that expand our knowledge of how we interrelate to one another.”

Exhibitions
2010: (Nov), “Parallax”, La Galleria, Royal Opera Arcade, London, UK (premiere of En Avant with catalogue essays by Professor Alun Munslow, Professor Donald Preziosi, Dr Paul Gladston and Dr Chris Barlow)

“Spring Gala Auction”, New Britain Museum of Art, New Britain CT
"Contemporary Florentine Painting and Sculpture”, Cami Arte, Florence Italy

2009: “Immortal Works”, Vasa Konsthall, Gothenburg, Sweden
“Reviving Realism: Contemporary Masters of the Classical tradition”, Cavalier Gallery
“Living With Art” Gormleys gallery, Dublin Ireland
“Spring Gala Auction”, New Britain Museum of Art, New Britain CT
Parco Demidoff, Vaglia Italy

2008: “International Sculpture Exhibit”, Brackenstown House, Dublin Ireland
FAA 4th Annual Alumni Exhibit, Florence Italy

2007: Pavilion Paradiso, Giardini della Biennale, Venice Italy, in conjuction with the Venice Biennale
H.C. Patterson Gallery. London, England?
“Classical Sculpture Today”, Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbor, New York
FAA 3rd Annual Alumni Exhibit, Florence Italy

2006: Inaugural Show, Pitti Gallery Florence Italy
FAA 2nd Annual Alumni Exhibit, Florence Italy

2005: FAA 1st Annual Alumni Exhibit. Florence Italy

2004: Music and Dance, Greening Gallery Sag Harbor New York
ANC Fine Art Baltimore Maryland

2003: “Realism Revisited”, Hirschl and Adler Galleries, New York, NY
“Realism Revisited”, Panorama Museum, Bad Frankenhausen, Germany
Century Gallery Baltimore Maryland

2002: National Sculpture Society, Annual Awards Exhibit, Brookgreen Garden, South Carolina and New York, NY

Commissions
2005: Life-size figure for Campbell Bewley’s Group Ltd, installed winter 2005. Dublin, Ireland

Awards
Albert S. and Esther B. Kahn Award/Grant

Publications
2007: American Art Collector. September 2007
2006: Sculpture Review: Spring 2006
2005: Author of: Drawing In Space, US Copywrite February 2005
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