Kevin Caron

Kevin Caron

Phoenix, AZ, United States

About Kevin Caron

My education as an artist seems synonymously tied to the roads I have consumed on a motorcycle and behind the wheel of an 80,000 pound tractor trailer. Now I focus on the sensuality of forms, the gentle rise and fall of their sides and junctures. I mentally download shapes and spaces, and let my hands become extensions of my mind, much like I do when I am riding. Driven by curiosity, I seek out illusion in contour and graceful proportion, treating unusual intersections as purposeful composition. That intuitive force, fueled by the intellectual challenges of physical creation, drives me to create artwork that breathes its own life. BIOGRAPHY, KEVIN CARON Born in Connecticut on February 2, 1960, Caron’s multidisciplinary training in the Navy provided a grasp of space, proportion and physics also deeply influenced by his perspective as a tractor trailer driver and motorcycle enthusiast. These experiences translate into sometimes improbable, often graceful and engaging sculptures of metal and resin that communicate through sound, texture, form and line. Since Caron became a full-time artist in 2006, he has created more than 50 private and public commissions as well many other artworks as participated in shows throughout the United States. Among his installations are Giant Street Urchin at the $131 million Harbourside Place development in Jupiter, Florida; Wherever You Go, There You Are at Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; and Top Knot, commissioned by the city of Surprise, Arizona, for its Civic Center Plaza. His sculpture Hands On for the city of Avondale, Arizona won the 2009 Best of the West Award for Arts & Culture from Westmarc, a coalition of business, education and government leaders. Some of Caron's other public sculptures are in Tucson, Arizona; Chandler, Arizona; Avondale, Arizona; and Temple, Texas. Caron's sculptures have been exhibited at the Phoenix Art Museum, Shemer Art Center and Pima Community College East Campus and also can be seen at Pearson & Company in Scottsdale, Arizona; and Van Gogh’s Ear Gallery in Prescott, Arizona. In 2018, Kevin was named the 2018 Visual Artist of the year by Phoenix Mayor's Art Awards In 2014, he began creating 3D-printed sculptures as large as 5-1/2 feet tall using several 3D printers including the 8-foot-tall Cerberus 3D Gigante (above), which he had built. Caron's YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/kevincaron features more than 550 videos, which have been viewed more than 19 million times.

Education:

self taught

Events:

Please see http://www.kevincaron.com/events.html for a current calendar.

Exhibitions:

SOLO EXHIBITIONS - SEE http://www.kevincaron.com/perspective.html for group exhibitions

2018 - Kevin Caron Trunk Show, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
2016 - Two Worlds: The Metal and 3D-printed Sculpture of Kevin Caron, KCS Studios, Phoenix, Arizona; Endless Line: 3-D Printed Work by Kevin Caron, Walter Art Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona;
Time Line: Sculpture and Drawing by Kevin Caron, Central Arts Plaza, Phoenix, Arizona, Southwestern Invitational, Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, Arizona; Prescott College Art Gallery, Prescott, Arizona; Art HQ, Surprise, Arizona; Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac, Arizona;
Second Time Around: The Hubcap as Art, traveling show, Temecula Valley Museum, Temecula, California; Tifton Museum, Tifton, Georgia; Marywood University Art Galleries, Scranton, Pennsylvania
2015 - Aesthetic Alchemy, Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, Arizona; 2 Years Outdoor Exhibition, Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, Arizona; Ten: Modern Abstract, MonOrchid Shade Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona; Collective Minds: Creative Outcomes, First Studio, Phoenix, Arizona; Art Comes Alive, ADC Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio; Southwestern Invitational, Prescott, Arizona; Surprise, Arizona; Yuma, Arizona, Tubac, Arizona; Immagini: Images of Italy, site/109 Gallery, New York, New York; Wessel + O'Connor Fine Art Gallery, Lambertville, New Jersey; Action, Excitement and Entertainment, Herberger Center, Phoenix, Arizona
2014 - Materialize: 3D Printing & Rapid Prototyping, Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, Arizona; Second Time Around: The Hubcap as Art, Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, Virginia; Blank Canvas, Art HQ, Surprise, Arizona; Unpredictable Change: Kinetic Sculpture, Vision Gallery, Chandler, Arizona; Luce, site/109 Gallery, New York, New York
Elevation: The Paintings of Cyndy Carstens and Sculpture of Kevin Caron, monOrchid Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona; Shade West, Phoenix, Arizona; Contemporary Forum Art Auction, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
2013 - Fiasco: The Art of Failure, Frontal Lobe Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona; Thermal PHX, monOrchid Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona; Object Lessons: New Sculpture, Saatchi Online, curated by Rebecca Wilson, London, England
The Organic Edge, Yuma Fine Arts Center, Yuma, Arizona (2 artist show); Contemporary Forum Art Auction, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona; Metal Paper Resin, University Club, Phoenix, Arizona; The Organic Edge, Yuma Fine Arts Center, Yuma, Arizona.
2012 - Sculpture-on-Campus Exhibit, Pima Community College East Campus, Tucson, Arizona; ArtPrize, City of Grand Rapids, Michigan; 2012 Annual Juried Art Competition, South Arkansas Arts Center, El Dorado, Arkansas; Appearances, Provincetown Conservation Trust, Provincetown, Massachusetts; The Eyes Have It, 25CPW, New York, New York; Contemporary Forum Art Auction, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona; Phoenix+, Modified Arts, Phoenix, Arizona; Flower, Leaf & Rust, Olney Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona;
2011 -Sensual Italy, Broome Street Gallery, New York, New York; Breakfast Salon Exhibition, Narthex Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona; Contemporary Forum Art Auction, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona; Shemer Art Center and Museum, Phoenix, Arizona