Bio
Kyle Cottier (b. Louisville, KY 1993) is a sculptor. He holds a BFA from the Art Academy of Cincinnati, 2015 and attended the New York Studio Residency Program in Brooklyn, 2014. His interdisciplinary practice blends traditional textile and woodworking techniques spanning sculpture, installation, photography, painting, illustration, writing and performance. Kyle creates work informed by the convergence of the natural and made world, exploring the synthesis of personal and social transformations. Currently, Kyle is living and working as an artist in residence at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, TN.
Statement
Nature is abundant with sturdy patterns, constantly circulating between function, desire, growth and decay. Kyle Cottier's labor-intensive studio practice is rooted in the metaphysical study of underlying patterns and principles in the universe that focus the mind on the transient beauty of impermanence. His sculptural work choreographs compelling spatial narratives that exploit the tension between absence and form to achieve a potent sense of ephemerality.
Illumination of the vascular infrastructure shared by trees and the human body is vital to Kyle’s material foundation. Wood, more than any other medium, testifies to an invisible human presence. Establishing dialogues between destruction, creation, order and entropy he works with wood-scrap from industrial processes to ignite the senses and reinforce a profound relationship to our environment. Working with repetition of shape in order to transform material he creates biomorphic forms blending nature and human action into a seamless whole.
Illumination of the vascular infrastructure shared by trees and the human body is vital to Kyle’s material foundation. Wood, more than any other medium, testifies to an invisible human presence. Establishing dialogues between destruction, creation, order and entropy he works with wood-scrap from industrial processes to ignite the senses and reinforce a profound relationship to our environment. Working with repetition of shape in order to transform material he creates biomorphic forms blending nature and human action into a seamless whole.
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Exhibitions
2020 Earthbound, Stride Art Gallery, New York, NY Collective Expeditions II, International Society of Antiquaries Collective BSB Gallery, Trenton, NJ 2019 Unchanging Window, Geoffrey A. Wolpert Gallery,Arrowmont School of Arts and Craft, Gatlinburg, TN (solo) Collective Expeditions I, International Society of Antiquaries Collective, SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge, NY If Wishes Were Horses, Queen City 15 Gallery, Poughkepsie, NY (solo) 2018 Up Close, Lazy Susan Gallery, New York, NY Time Travelers, Dorsky Museum, New Paltz, NY Labor & Materials II, 21c Museum, Bentonville, AK 2017 Dusklittle, Orange County Arts Council, Newburgh, NY Green Space, Newburgh Open Studios, Newburgh, NY Dusklit, Seligmann Homestead, Sugarloaf, NY Dia, Matteawan Gallery, Beacon, NY 2016 Re-Union, B Minus Gallery, Santa Ana, CA Labor & Materials I, 21c Museum, Oklahoma, OK 2015 Pop Stars, 21c Museum, Cincinnati OH Convocation, The Carnegie, Covington, KY On Labor, Pearlman Gallery, Cincinnati, OH 2014 Foreign Bodies, Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati OH Intermission, Chidlaw Gallery, Cincinnati, OH Honorable Mention, New York Studio Residency Program, Brooklyn, NY Publications 2020 Under The Bridge, Installation - Autumn Issue Art Market Magazine, June Issue 48 2019 Friend of the Artist, Volume 9 2018 Chronogram, December Issue, Hudon Valley, NY Artrepreneur, Art Business Journal, November Issue, New York, NY Roll Magazine, TIME TRAVELERS, June Issue, Hudson Valley, NY |