deon duncan
Mediums Used
Deon has a graduate degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in painting and post-modern critical theory. Seven years ago she happened to have an unexpected opportunity to sculpt from the figure, and had the epiphany of her life. Prior to that she had spent twenty-five years working as a painter but never felt the spark, the most important and potent ingredient for passion. She knew within the week that she was a born sculptor. This was what her talent was made for, and she had found it.
Her enthusiasm to learn boarded on the obsessive. She spent years working hundred hour weeks, and many times resented competing social engagements. She pored over anatomy books. She acquired and assembled skeletons in order to learn structure. She talked with every figurative sculptor she could find.
It took her four years to achieve the technical fluency necessary to begin to create the art that she envisioned. It took another year to hone in on subject matter and composition. The images on this sit form the kernel of what will be her lifetime’s body of work.
Sculptures by deon duncan
Credentials
Qualifications
Master of Fine Arts (MFA) 1991
School of the Art Institute of ChicagoBachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) 1986
Massachusetts College of Art
University of Utah,Master of Fine Arts (MFA) 1991
School of the Art Institute of ChicagoBachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) 1986
Massachusetts College of Art
University of UtahExhibitions
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Awards
2016 - Finalist, ARC International Salon
2016 - Award of Exceptional Merit, Portrait Society of America International Competition
2015 - Honorable Mention, Portrait Society of America, Members Only Competition
2015 - Jurors 2nd Place Award, 91st Annual Spring Salon, UT
2014 - Finalist, ARC International Salon
2013 - C. Percival Dietsch Award, National Sculpture Society 80th Annual Awards Exhibition, Brookgreen Gardens, SC
2013 - 1st Place and Peoples Choice Award, Face of Utah Sculpture, West Valley City, UT
2012 - Bronze Medal, National Sculpture Society 79th Annual Awards Exhibition, SC
2012 - 2nd Place, Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, Utah
2011 - Bronze Medal, National Sculpture Society 78th Annual Awards Exhibition, Brookgreen Gardens SC
2011 - First Place, First Annual Logan Salon, Logan, Utah
2011 - Finalist, International Art Renewal Center Salon, Online Exhibition
2011 - Merit Award, Spring Salon 2011 Springville Museum of Art, Utah
2010 - People’s Choice Award “Shy Ann”, National Sculpture Society 77th Annual Awards Exhibition, Brookgreen Gardens SC
2010 - Finalist, Online Exhibition
2009 - Merit Award, Freedom Festival, Covey Center for the Arts, Provo, Utah
2009 - Merit Award, Juried Exhibition, 2009 Springville Museum of Art, Utah Merit 2009 - Award, 2009Utah Cultural Celebration Center, Utah
2009 - Second Place, 2009 Online ExhibitionAssociations:
Elected member National Sculpture Society
Portrait Society of America
California Arts ClubPublications
2010, Daily Herald, `Pony Express arrives in Utah for sesquicentennial`,2010, Daily Herald, `Pony Express arrives in Utah for sesquicentennial`
Public Monuments
Pony Express Monument, Eagle Mountain, Utah
Comanche, River Walk, Pueblo Colorado
Naiche/Natchez, Scottsdale, AZ