Brose Partington Explained

Brose Partington
Birth Date:1979
Birth Place:Indianapolis
Known For:Kinetic Sculpture
Training:Herron School of Art & Design
Notable Works:Harvesting Knowledge, Entangled, The Tide
Awards:Efroymson Fellowship, Arts Council of Indianapolis
Website:http://www.brosepartington.com/

Brose Partington is an Indianapolis-based kinetic sculptor. He graduated from Cathedral High School in 1998 and earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Herron School of Art & Design in 2004. His artworks have been shown in numerous cities across the United States including New York, Chicago, Miami, Indianapolis, and Los Angeles; in European galleries, and the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Work

Partington's work is inspired by "movements around us and the patterns those movements create."[1] In Indianapolis, Partington's sculptures have been exhibited at the Harrison Center for the Arts, Primary Colours, and Flux Space in group exhibitions. He has permanent installations at the Indianapolis Art Center ARTSPARK (Dawnsong)[2] and Herron School of Art and Design on the IUPUI campus (Entangled).

His work has been featured in solo exhibitions, including; Urban Manipulations at Flux Space in 2006; Systematic Sales at Dam Stuhltrager Gallery[3] in 2008; and Trophy, in collaboration with James Darr, at the Erstwhile Gallery in 2008.

Partington's installation art was featured in the 2006 ScopeMiami;[4] the 2007 ARTropolis Bridge Art Fair, Chicago;[5] the 2007 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Indio, California; and the Scope Art Show in Lincoln Center, New York in 2007.[6] The artist has enjoyed international art fair exposure at the Contemporary Istanbul in 2007;[7] Scope Basel,[8] Switzerland; and the Shanghai International Gallery Exhibition of Media Art, eArts Beyond,[9] in 2009. In 2008 Partington's work was featured at The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia exhibition Cyberfest.[10]

iMOCA, the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, featured Partington's installation art in December 2009. He was commissioned to create an artwork, "Harvesting Knowledge," for The Public Collection, a project in Indianapolis.[11]

Partington has been mentioned in notable cultural blogs[12] and featured on National Public Radio's The Art of the Matter[13] and in Nuvo Newsweekly.[14] In 2007 he was awarded a $20,000 Efroymson Contemporary Art Fellowship[15] from the Efroymson Family Fund.[16]

Brose Partington is represented by Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery [17] in Brooklyn, New York and in Berlin, Germany.

See also

References

  1. Web site: Indianapolis Art Center . 2009 . ARTSPARK Sculptures . ARTSPARK . Indianapolis Art Center . 22 December 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100925191145/http://indplsartcenter.org/userfiles/File/ARTSPARK_harndout_0209.pdf . 25 September 2010 .
  2. Web site: Erin N. Riley . Art and Nature Collide at the Indianapolis Art Center Artspark | Indianapolis Indiana . Indianapolis-indiana.funcityfinder.com . 2009-05-09 . 2009-12-09.
  3. Web site: Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery . Damstuhltrager.com . 2009-12-09.
  4. Web site: Dam,Stuhltrager Gallery, Brooklyn, NY - Overview . Artfacts.net . 2009-11-16 . 2009-12-09.
  5. Web site: ART CHICAGO - Artropolis 2007: A Citywide Celebration of Art, Antiques, Culture with Art Chicago at the Center of it All, 2007 . Cosmoworlds . 2009-12-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101213193224/http://www.cosmoworlds.com/art_chicago.htm . 2010-12-13 .
  6. Web site: The Best Of International Contemporary Art At Lincoln Center / E-Flux . E-flux.com . 2007-02-26 . 2009-12-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081202061038/http://www.e-flux.com/shows/view/3946 . 2008-12-02 . dead .
  7. Web site: Contemporary Istanbul 2007 Art Fairs in Turkey . Allturkeyguide.com . 2009-12-09.
  8. Web site: First SCOPE Basel Contemporary Art Fair . Prnewswire.co.uk . 2007-06-12 . 2009-12-09.
  9. Web site: Shanghai eARTS . Shearts.org . 2009-12-09.
  10. Web site: Cyberfest ath the Youth Education Center of the State Hermitage . The State Hermitage Museum . November 2008 . 2009-12-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081223230459/http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/11/2008/hm11_6_120.html . 2008-12-23 . dead .
  11. News: Ferreira. Gabby. Indy book-sharing stations combine art and literacy. 16 October 2015. Indianapolis Start. 28 August 2015.
  12. Web site: Modern Art Obsession: Scope NYC 2007 Art Fair . Modernartobsession.blogs.com . 2007-02-28 . 2009-12-09.
  13. Web site: WFYI Indianapolis - The Art of the Matter . Wfyi.org . 2009-12-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091105180341/http://www.wfyi.org/radio/localPrograms/artOfTheMatter.asp . 2009-11-05 .
  14. Web site: NUVO Newsweekly | Indy's Alternative Voice - Arts, Entertainment, Music, Nightlife, Social Justice, and Events . Nuvo.net . 2009-12-09.
  15. Web site: Five Indiana artists awarded $20,000 each . Central Indiana Community Foundation . 2007-04-25 . 2009-12-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080418003006/http://www.cicf.org/newsarticle.cfm?articleID=130879&PTSidebarOptID=14152&returnTo=%2Fpage26435Archive.cfm&returntoname=NEWS%20%26%20PUBLICATIONS%20Archive&SiteID=1824&pageid=26435&sidepageid=26435 . 2008-04-18 . dead .
  16. Web site: Efroymson Family Fund . Central Indiana Community Foundation . 2009-12-09.
  17. Web site: Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery . damstuhltrager.com . 2009-12-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080705015857/http://www.damstuhltrager.com/art_pages/brose_partington/brose.html . 2008-07-05 .

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