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WakeMed, Apex Commission Completed! |
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“Memento Mori” |
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“Le Cure” Juried by David J. Brown, the former Chief Curator of the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston Salem, North Carolina. |
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Registration Starts Now! Stone Carving Workshop WITH Paris Alexander, Spring 2012 Dates: Orientation: Saturday, April 28: 10am-11:30am |
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December 2011-January 8, 2012: Durham Art Guild Paris caps off another award winning year with his work "Portal VI" which recieved 1st Place as well as the Solo Show Award in the Durham Art Guild's 57th Annual Juried Art Show. Juried by Linda Dougherty, Chief Curator and Curator of Contemporary Art, NC Museum of Art. Also check out the article written by Blu Greenberg on the show. |
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December 2011: WakeMed Cary Hospital Commission Completed! Paris was commissioned to create a monument for WakeMed Cary Hospital's 20th Anniversary. The Monument "Healing Heart" was dedicated on December 2nd. |
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October 2011: The North Carolina Botanical Garden is holding an invitational show of outdoor three-dimensional art interpreting the theme “Sculpture in the Garden.” The show will be held from October 1 to November 19, 2011. Paris has two works showing: "Portal VI" (front) and "Love Bound with Claws" (in the background) |
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Check out the video of "The Burning" at Appalachian State University by Lauren Brigman, Station Manager, 90.5 WASU-FM. | ||
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September 2011: Art on the Main, Chattanooga, Tennessee
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Check out the interview with Paris on "Memento Mori" in the Salisbury Scuplture Exhibition by Mark Whitman. |
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May 2011: WakeMed Commission Completed! Paris was commissioned to create a monument for WakeMed's 50th Anniversary. The Monument "Healing Hands" was dedicated on May 12th. |
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May 2011: The 25th Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition & Exhibition, Turchin Center for the Arts, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 2011 Rosen Juror: Mel Chin |
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April 2011: Salisbury's Annual Juried Sculpture Exhibition "Memento Mori " Installed at the Rowan County Public Library |
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April 2011: National Sculpture Competition & Exhibition North Charleston, SC , "Nemesis" Juror, Sylvie Fortin, editor-in-chief, Art Papers. Ms. Fortin is an independent curator, art historian, critic and editor who has worked internationally since 1991. |
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April-May 2011: North Carolina Museum of Art , Art of the Auction Paris' work "Poet's Head" was chosen for the NCMA juried art auction. Auction Preview Art of the Auction: A Benefit for the North Carolina Museum of Art Foundation |
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March 2011: Raleigh Fine Arts Annual NC Artists Juried Exhibition: Paris' work "R. Mapplethorpe's Arm " recieved 1st Place in Sculpture. Juried by Peter Nisbet, formerly the Daimler-Benz Curator of the Busch-Reisinger Museum at the Harvard Art Museum, is now the chief curator of the Ackland Art Museum at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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February 2011: Artspace's New Works Show Paris' work "Portal VI" recieved the Award of Distinction. Juried by Melissa Peden, board of trustees member at the North Carolina Museum of Art and President of the Raleigh Fine Arts Society. |
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January 2011: Frank Gallery Presents 'Seeing the Figure' an invitational exhibition of contemporary work that is inspired by the human form which will include some works by Paris Alexander. The public is invited to the artists' reception on Jan. 14, from 5 to 7 p.m. Click here to see the write-up from the Herald-Sun.
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November 2010: Chapel of the Cross Commission Finished! NEW! See the video progression. Click here to see the Updated Carving Progression Also, Check out the article on the Herald Sun and the lastest article out on the Chapel Hill News! |
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October 2010: Completed Commissions Venable Hall Lettering, UNC Chapel Hill & |
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Ongoing Commisson... Paris has begun a commission carving the tympanium over the main entryway into the historic Chapel of the Cross in Chapel Hill. Click here for some details. |
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Summer 2010: Another successful year of workshops! Paris finished teaching his 16th annual Stone Carving Workshop Other classes taught this summer:
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May 2010: Kingsport, Tennessee Sculpture Walk, 2010-2011 Juried by Hank Foreman, Director and Chief Curator of the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts at Appalachain State University in Boone, NC Click here to see a video of Hank Foreman's commentary on Paris' work. |
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Paris Alexander & the Governor Morehead School of the Blind, Sculpture and Outreach Program
Click here to see a video of Paris' carving progression. |
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Salisbury Sculpture Exhibition 2010-2011 "The Burning" , 2nd Place Juried by Jeff York, Public Arts Administrator for the Town of Chapel Hill. “Although somewhat static and heavy as the materials from which the sculpture was carved, I appreciated the craftsmanship and labor required of the artist to free the image from the stone. The rough solidity and verticality of the limestone hand contrasts well with the smooth, horizontal marble slab on which it is placed. There is a story being told by the two sides of the sculpture, but like an ancient monument recently unearthed, its meaning remains enigmatic.” -Jeff York, Public Arts Administrator for the Town of Chapel Hill. |
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Check out the latest article in the Raleigh Downtowner about the stone carving workshop. Workshop Orientation starts May 8th and stone will need to be ordered before hand!
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Paris Alexander's work "Valkyrie" was awarded an Honorarium for the Craven Arts Council's Annual Juried 2009 Sculpture Exhibition in New Bern, NC |
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Panther Creek High School Commission Completed! Panther Creek‘s first graduation class of 2009 has commissioned Paris Alexander to carve the school crest in limestone as a senior gift to the school. To be installed early October. |
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Cary Visual Art's 2009 Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition Juried by Linda Johnson Dougherty, Chief Curator & Curator of Contemporary Art for the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh |
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Check out the new write-up on "Orpheus" at Cary Town Hall |
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Check out Heather McCuiston's Article on Paris. |
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Paris Alexander is on London's Saatchi Gallery Online. |
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"Jacob's Ladder" on The CW show ONE TREE HILL, Season 8 Paris Alexander was contracted by Warner Brothers Studios to supply a sculpture for the set of the upcoming Season 8 of the show One Tree Hill on the CW network. |
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Sculptor Paris Alexander worked with 15 youths (3rd-6th graders) at the Salvation Army on Wake Forest Road, Raleigh, NC, instructing them in the carving of limestone sculptures, which are assembled into a permanent sculptural installation on the grounds of the Salvation Army. |
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Craven Arts Council's Annual Juried 2008 Sculpture Exhibition in New Bern, NC "Nemesis" Juried by Dr. Lawrence Wheeler, Director of the North Carolina Museum of Art Here are the comments made by Dr. Lawrence Wheeler to the Craven Arts Council on Nemesis: "Dr. Lawrence Wheeler our show juror mentioned that he’s known your work for quite some time” and that you “always achieve the mark.” Calling it “original” and “expressive,” he had the feeling that “there’s a figure in there, almost mummified, trying to get out, to live and breathe free.” He also mentioned how your carved striations in the limestone have great rhythm, “ saying, he loves “the technical inventiveness” with which you carve." |
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Cary Visual Art's 2008 Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition "Jacob's Ladder" Juried by Hank Foreman, Director and Chief Curator of the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts at Appalachain State University in Boone, NC |
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"Memento Mori", Merit Award, Artspace's New Works Exhibition Juror: Xandra Eden, UNCG Weatherspoon Art Museum Curator of Exhibitions |
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Raleigh Fine Arts Society "Death Puppet for John Donne" 1st Place: Sculpture and Ceramics Juried by Dr. Lawrence Wheeler, Director of the North Carolina Museum of Art
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