LewAllen Galleries Shows John Kiley's Acclaimed Glass Sculpture

Written by Julian Bostock Saturday, 06 August 2011 01:49

Santa Fe, NM.— LewAllen Galleries is pleased to announce "John Kiley: Inclinations" on view at their Railyard Arts District venue through September 11th. This exhibition constitutes the gallery’s first solo presentation of works by the artist. Recognized for the exceptional formal refinement of his blown, carved, and polished glass sculptures, Kiley has earned many of glass art’s most esteemed distinctions since his career’s inception at age 19. Trained at the Pilchuk Glass School and the Penland School of Crafts, Kiley worked for the Dale Chihuly studio at the age of 20 before winning an apprenticeship with both Dante Marioni and Benjamin Moore. Additionally, he has traveled as a principal team member with Lino Tagliapietra for more than fifteen years.

One of the most exciting glass sculptors working today, Kiley updates and extends the lineage of these foremost innovators. His pieces examine the relationship between interior and exterior forms, often diluting the boundary between the two to inhabit the cusp of liminal space. His sharp eye for both color and transparency allows him to create surfaces that blur gradients between hues — cutting spheres and dying segments to poise several colors adjacently and to achieve a dynamic spectrum of tinged light that responds readily to shifts in viewing position. Equally notable for their rigorously harmonized spatial organization, his compositions are characterized by interlocking volumes whose understated concinnity belies extreme technical precision. A master of blowing and sculpting glass, Kiley strives “to create objects that push the material beyond its simple inherent beauty.” John Kiley (b. 1973) is the Glass Director for the Schack Art Center, in Everett, WA.  He is the recipient of the prestigious Artist Residency for the year of 2010 at the Tacoma Museum of Glass, where he has was the recipient of the “People's Choice Award" at the annual Museum Auction. His art has been exhibited internationally, and he has taught glassblowing at the National College of Art and Design in Ireland, the Bezalel Academy of Arts in Israel, and Pratt Fine Arts Center in Seattle. The artist lives and works in Seattle, Washington.

LewAllen Galleries is one of the oldest and largest galleries of national stature in Santa Fe. It represents internationally acclaimed contemporary artists working in a diverse range of media including painting, sculpture, photography, prints, ceramics, jewelry, tapestry, and glass. In addition to showcasing the finest art of our era, the gallery is also committed to the exhibition of Modernist masterworks in accord with the highest standards of scholarship and connoisseurship. LewAllen Galleries exhibits at each of two museum-like in-town locations, on historic West Palace Avenue and in its newly constructed Railyard district building, as well as at its satellite branch at Encantado, an Auberge Resort. LewAllen Galleries is one of the oldest and largest galleries of leading contemporary and modern art outside of New York City. Exhibiting in three locations, LewAllen is widely respected as one of the leading fine art venues in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the nation's second largest art market. Operating for more than 35 years on Palace Avenue near the New Mexico Museum of Art, the gallery maintains a robust show schedule each year in its 11,000 square feet of museum-like exhibition space. It has recently completed a stunning 14,000 square foot, architecturally forward new gallery building in the Santa Fe Railyard Arts District. LewAllen also operates a satellite gallery at the luxurious Encantado Resort by Auberge in Tesuque, north of the City of Santa Fe.

The Contemporary Division features work in a variety of media and its artists represent many schools of contemporary art, including Realist, Pop, Abstract, Color Field, Minimalist, Op, Geometric Abstraction and Expressionist. Its internationally diverse roster includes such noted artists as Audrey Flack, Woody Gwyn, Judy Chicago, John Fincher, Emily Mason, Bernard Chaet, Robert Natkin, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Forrest Moses, Hiroshi Yamano, Janet Fish, Ed Mieczkowski and Bill Barrett, among others. During its history, the gallery has also presented the work of such historically notable artists as Fritz Scholder, Georgia O'Keeffe, Robert Colescott, Luis Jimenez, Ida Kohlmeyer, Thornton Dial, Donald Roller Wilson and Larry Rivers, among many others.

Visit the gallery's website at ... http://www.lewallengalleries.com

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