vicky randall

Mediums Used

Vicky Randall, originally from Nashville, Tennessee and now a South Florida sculptor, has been creating work in fabricated metals, stainless steel, and bronze for over 25 years. She is well known for her monumental sculptures in stainless steel.
Art is communication and my language is sculpture. I began my form making with figurative work and have progressed to biomorphic abstractions. Still, I am drawn to the linear gesture of the human figure as it hints at the secrets of form and reveals movement. My sculptures have sinuous linear vertical emphasis counter balanced by strong flat curvilinear planes and converge with the tension and energies of architectural mass.
As a sculptor I manipulate three-dimensional forms. All of my sculptures are titled “Clockworks.” Clockworks are my attempt to understand and compile accounts about the nature of time. I use abstractions of steel and light to exemplify my own impression of time.
I approach sculpture as a quest. My artistic motivation is that of an inventor. Striving for simplicity, I demand harmony between the landscape and the cityscape with my forms. My work is place-specific as all the elements are considered when developing a concept. My sculptures have been described as “having the presence of a stele – an ancient maker, delineating not so much a place or boundary but a state of being”.
Sculptures by vicky randall
Credentials
Qualifications
MFA, Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, Illinois
BFA, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee.,MFA, Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, Illinois
BFA, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee.Exhibitions
yes
Awards
I have won many prizes and awards but most of them have been locally.
Publications
Photo/Article. "Senses Art and Culture Magazine", 2007
Photo/Article. "Season of Sculpture." Southern Living Magazine. April 2006
Photo/Article. "Clockwork Another Passage." Sue Lorenz. The Herald Palladium, July 22, 2004
Article. "Sculptures show importance of location" Kevin Costello. Sarasota Herald Tribune July 17, 2005
Review. "Randall`s sculpture "Live This Day" enhances lives" by Kevin Costello. Sarasota Herald- Tribune. Nov 14, 2003
Photo. "Beautiful sky." Sarasota Herald Tribune Oct 5, 2003
Article. "Community in Action:" Goodwill Goes to the Islands Foundation`s fund-raiser. Sarasota Herald-Tribune March 19, 2003
Photo / Article. "Gardens and Watery Delights." Style Magazine of Sarasota Herald-Tribune June 2, 2002
Review. "Ringling Show Remarkable for Two Works" by Kevin Costello. Sarasota Herald-Tribune Oct 13, 2000
Feature Article. "Industrial Strength." Sarasota Magazine, Sarasota FL Nov 2002
Article. "Art, Business are Beneficial Combination." Sarasota Herald-Tribune Aug 25, 1999
Photo / Review. "Back to the Garden" by Joan Altabe. Sarasota Herald-Tribune March 22, 1996
Photo. "Artists of Steel." Sarasota Herald-Tribune March 25, March 26, 1996
Group Review. "Angry Show Displays Greatness" by Joan Altabe. Sarasota Herald-Tribune Oct 25, 1996
Article. "In the Public Domain" by Joan Altabe. Sarasota Herald-Tribune Sept 10, 1995
Feature Article. "Sarasota`s Most Wanted Visual Artists" Sarasota Arts Review Jan - Feb 1995
Photo / Article. "The Language of Sculpture: Vicky Randall Sculptor" RSAD Library Association Feb 1992
Cover. On Art and the Artist. West Coast Woman Aug 1992
Article. "A Place of their Own" by Iris Forrest. Sarasota Arts Review May - June 1991
Cover. Art Calendar Aug 1991
Feature. "Artspeak: Vicky Randall" Sarasota Arts Review Aug - Sept 1991
Article. "WCA Celebrates WRC" by Thyrza Jacocks. Pelican Press June 7, 1990
Article. "The Sculpture of Vicky Randall" by Kevin Costello. West Coast Woman July - Aug 1990
Article. "Vicky Randall`s Work Recognized" The Lindsborg News-Record, Aug 9, 1990
Group Review. "Artgest" by Kevin Dean and Kay Kipling. The Longboat Observer July 13, 1989
Photo. "A Showcase of the Arts." Sarasota Herald-Tribune Nov 18, 1989
Photo. Sculpture International 3.5 1983.,Photo/Article. "Senses Art and Culture Magazine", 2007
Photo/Article. "Season of Sculpture." Southern Living Magazine. April 2006
Photo/Article. "Clockwork Another Passage." Sue Lorenz. The Herald Palladium, July 22, 2004
Article. "Sculptures show importance of location" Kevin Costello. Sarasota Herald Tribune July 17, 2005
Review. "Randall`s sculpture "Live This Day" enhances lives" by Kevin Costello. Sarasota Herald- Tribune. Nov 14, 2003
Photo. "Beautiful sky." Sarasota Herald Tribune Oct 5, 2003
Article. "Community in Action:" Goodwill Goes to the Islands Foundation`s fund-raiser. Sarasota Herald-Tribune March 19, 2003
Photo / Article. "Gardens and Watery Delights." Style Magazine of Sarasota Herald-Tribune June 2, 2002
Review. "Ringling Show Remarkable for Two Works" by Kevin Costello. Sarasota Herald-Tribune Oct 13, 2000
Feature Article. "Industrial Strength." Sarasota Magazine, Sarasota FL Nov 2002
Article. "Art, Business are Beneficial Combination." Sarasota Herald-Tribune Aug 25, 1999
Photo / Review. "Back to the Garden" by Joan Altabe. Sarasota Herald-Tribune March 22, 1996
Photo. "Artists of Steel." Sarasota Herald-Tribune March 25, March 26, 1996
Group Review. "Angry Show Displays Greatness" by Joan Altabe. Sarasota Herald-Tribune Oct 25, 1996
Article. "In the Public Domain" by Joan Altabe. Sarasota Herald-Tribune Sept 10, 1995
Feature Article. "Sarasota`s Most Wanted Visual Artists" Sarasota Arts Review Jan - Feb 1995
Photo / Article. "The Language of Sculpture: Vicky Randall Sculptor" RSAD Library Association Feb 1992
Cover. On Art and the Artist. West Coast Woman Aug 1992
Article. "A Place of their Own" by Iris Forrest. Sarasota Arts Review May - June 1991
Cover. Art Calendar Aug 1991
Feature. "Artspeak: Vicky Randall" Sarasota Arts Review Aug - Sept 1991
Article. "WCA Celebrates WRC" by Thyrza Jacocks. Pelican Press June 7, 1990
Article. "The Sculpture of Vicky Randall" by Kevin Costello. West Coast Woman July - Aug 1990
Article. "Vicky Randall`s Work Recognized" The Lindsborg News-Record, Aug 9, 1990
Group Review. "Artgest" by Kevin Dean and Kay Kipling. The Longboat Observer July 13, 1989
Photo. "A Showcase of the Arts." Sarasota Herald-Tribune Nov 18, 1989
Photo. Sculpture International 3.5 1983.
Vicky Randall has participated in over 180 invitationals, juried and one-person exhibitions regionally, nationally and internationally. She is well known for her monumental sculptures in stainless steel. Her sculptures have been described as "majestic, lyrical and assertive of the space they occupy" and as "having the presence of a stele" a marker, delineating not only a place or boundary but a state of being"
Vicky is a faculty member of the Ringling College of Art and Design. She holds a BFA from Middle Tennessee State University and an MFA from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
Brancusi, Rodin, Manzu
My college professors! (even though we hate to admit it).
I have done 5 Public Art Pieces.
