Benjamin E. Hoffman “INSPIRING OTHERS TO THINK DIFFERENTLY AND TO SEE THE WORLD IN A NEW WAY.”

POSITIVE & NEGATIVE SPACE

WILL KURTZ (1957-PRESENT) Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY Only received his MFA in sculpture from the New York Academy of Art in 2009 Creates life like sculpture out of recycled newspaper From these pieces, creates constructed scenes that can be interacted with

FREYA JOBBINS (N/A- PRESENT) Both a sculptor and printmaker Was born in South Africa and grew up in Sydney, Australia Considers her sculptures to be her humorous side and printmaking as her voice Uses old plastic dolls and figures as medium to work with

FLORENTIJN HOFMAN (1977-PRESENT) Internationally renowned artist for his maximum impacting sculptures His sculpture are extremely large and impressive His collection of flip flop pieces use over 10,000 sandals to create each work of art Gravity is being defied through his love of materials and craft

ROBERT BRADFORD (N/A-PRESENT) Born in London England Has a degree in painting, but is known best for his toy sculptures Exclaims how the tows present him with such a wide array of color and shapes to work with Self-taught artist in sculptures and has gone far with this concept

TIM NOBLE (1966-PRESENT) AND SUE WEBSTER (1967-PRESENT) This dynamic duo met in 1986 as Fine Art Student at Nottingham Trent University Both Artists are from London, UK These two are best known for their shadow sculptures that use trash and objects that once reflected with light, the shadow presents us with the image being depicted These forms are extremely abstract and work with a wide array of materials

JENNIFER MAESTRE (1959-PRESENT) Was born in South Africa but currently resides in MA Internationally known for her unique pencil sculptures She derives most of her inspiration from the forms and textures of sea urchin Has used thousands of colored pencils to create these bountiful sculptures that are then sewed together

BENJAMIN E. HOFFMAN (1992-PRESENT) Born in Pennsylvania and currently resides there Currently attends Kutztown University for B.F.A. in Painting and B.S. in Art Ed. Well traversed in a variety of mediums and techniques

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