Alex Kasten

"... Nature on a tectonic scale..."
"Highly stylized..."

– Mark Jenkins,
The Washington Post

"Shadow, color, and texture work in harmony to evoke a sense of impermanence and allusion."

–The Washington Sculptor

In my artwork, I explore transformation and interpretation. The vast possibilities of the everyday relationships, artifacts, and symbols around us guide my creative endeavors. Whether it’s transforming old into new, the complex into the simple, or redefining the known into the unfamiliar, my work is rooted in observation and the conviction that we all have the power to reinvent ideas, objects, and beliefs into something that is our own.

I earned a BA in Anthropology with distinction from Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut where I studied sculpture under David Smalley. I received an MA in Communication from The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.

SELECTED EXHIBITS

2021

Interior World: Contemporary Furniture
The Popcorn Gallery
Glen Echo, Maryland
Works on display: Eight Masks, Blue Mask, Sky Discs

2020

The Search for Harmony and Balance
The Watergate Gallery
Washington, DC
Work on display: Eight Masks

2019

Timber
Mansion at Strathmore
Rockville, Maryland

Launch Workplaces Gallery
Three-person show
March 18 - June 18, 2019
Gaithersburg, MD 20878
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Ingrained: Sculpture & Furniture in Wood
Three-person show
January 5 to 27, 2019
Popcorn Gallery, Glen Echo Park
Eight works on display

2018

Delaplaine Arts Center
May 5 - June 17, 2018
National Juried Exhibit
40 South Carroll Street
Frederick, Maryland 21701
Work on display: Flor de Pedra
(pictured)

Washington Sculptors Group Annual Image Show
Saturday, April 14
Hillyer Art Space
9 Hillyer Court NW
Washington DC 20008
Several works featured

Oasis Gallery
March 12 - May 4, 2018
7125 Democracy Blvd.
Bethesda, MD 20817
Works on display: Red Figure Study,
Blue Figure Study

2017

Charles E. Smith Life Communities
August 2017-Present
6121 Montrose Road
Rockville, MD 20852
Works on loan: Divergence, Dissonance,
Cascading Color Study II

Hill Center Galler...