Joshua Koffman Sculpture 2013

July 10, 2009: Joshua Koffman working at Philadelphia Zoo from live giraffes and giving some impromptu sculpture demos to curious passersby.

May 2006 – present: Joshua Koffman frequently works from live horses and donkeys at Goat Hill Farm. The 10-acre horse farm belongs to his father-in-law, who once competed in the Devon Horse Show and has been an avid rider for fifty years.

PHILADELPHIA ZOO

GOAT HILL FARMPERKASIE PA

JOSHUA KOFFMAN SCULPTURE 2013

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WORKING FROM LIFE

May 22, 2009 – present: Joshua Koffman has worked from the Percheron carriage horses in two locations of the 76 Carriage Company, from its former location in Northern Liberties and its current location in Kensington.

76 CARRIAGE COMPANYPHILADELPHIA PA

In 2003 – 2004, Koffman served as head assistant to artist Robert Lasus on a large project commissioned for Astra-Zeneca’s corporate headquarters. Koffman was instrumental in the fabrication and installation of four life-sized stainless steel linear horses.

July 2009 – October 2009: Koffman designed, cast, and fitted a missing stirrup for an Andrew Jackson monument in front of the White House lawn. Later that fall, Koffman repatinated a McClellan monument in downtown DC to restore it to a light green.

ASTRA-ZENECA INSTALLATIONWILMINGTON DE

MONUMENT CONSERvATIONWASHINGTON DC


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EXPERIENCE WITH ANIMAL SCULPTURES

November 2012 – May 2013: Sculpture Walk in Sioux Falls is an annual outdoor exhibition of large works. As a featured sculptor, Koffman created a depiction of the mythical Europa. He contacted a farm in Blooming Glen PA to work from their Devon bulls. He then cast, transported, and installed the piece for the May 4th opening reception.

EUROPA SIOUX FALLS SD

From 2004 to 2008, Koffman worked with the Boley family to design a memorial to their son. The goal was to give Lake Eron Memorial Park its focal point – a life-sized, sensitively executed bronze statue for the 20-acre park and local community. Koffman designed, modeled, and enlarged the life-sized figure as well as cast and fabricated the bronze. He also managed transportation, secured insurance, and oversaw installation.

ERON BOLEYSCOTTDALE PA

FALLING MANSTOCKBRIDGE MA

Koffman created and installed Falling Man, an over life-sized concrete torso, for the Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood exhibition, which ran from May through October 2011 at the grounds and studio of famed American sculptor Daniel Chester French.


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LARGE-SCALE OUTDOOR SCULPTURE

Created in 2004 and exhibited in various outdoor exhibitions – including Sculpture on the Green in Cashiers, NC – The Course of Things (left) and Endure (right) are life-sized figures that now reside on the grounds of a private estate.

PRIvATE COLLECTIONWYNDMOOR PA

• made a mold of a smaller modello for 30 editions to be sold to raise funds for the one-and-a-half times life-sized monument

• built the enlarged armature for the artist to sculpt

• molded, cast, fabricated, and patinated

• crated for shipping

WILLIE NELSON MONUMENT BY CLETE SHIELDSAUSTIN TX – 2011


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FABRICATING LARGE-SCALE WORK

FOUNDRY

CASTING EXPERIENCE

Having wide experience with large-scale public art for more than a decade, Koffman’s mastery of the technical aspects of lost wax casting enriches his process. He offers an intricate knowledge gained in practice and is adept from concept design to hands-on physical and technical implementation. Koffman creates work that is structural and safe, knowing that it will endure, as intended, for centuries.

ProphetIris

The Dreamer


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PREvIOUS WORK – JOSHUA KOFFMAN

MythFalling Man

Percheron

Tewy Memorial ReliefPercheron Portrait


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PREvIOUS WORK – JOSHUA KOFFMAN

Compañero

Devon Bull


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AWARDS AND HONORS

2013 Alex J. Ettl Grant, National Sculpture Society, New York NY

2013 Elected member, National Sculpture Society, New York NY

2012 Honorable Mention, Percheron, Art Renewal Center International Salon

2012 Finalist, Grand Central Academy Figure Sculpture Competition, New York NY

2011 Roger T. Williams Prize, The National Sculpture Society, Lyme CT

2010 Gloria Medal, National Sculpture Society, Brookgreen Gardens, Pawleys Island SC

2010 Finalist, Grand Central Academy Figure Sculpture Competition, New York NY

2009 First Place, Grand Central Academy Figure Sculpture Competition, New York NY

2008 Juror, Edmond Stewardson Competition, Philadelphia PA

2006 Louise A. Cramer Sculpture Prize, Woodmere Museum, Philadelphia PA

EXPERIENCE

CO-FOUNDER Traction Company, Philadelphia PA

FACULTY Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia PAMainline Art Center, Haverford PA

METAL FABRICATOR, BRONZE CASTER

Koffman Art Foundry, Philadelphia PALaran Bronze, Chester PA

COLLECTIONS AND ACQUISITIONS

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia PA

Greater Philadelphia Cultural Society, Philadelphia PA

F.A.N. Gallery, Private Collection, Philadelphia PA

Eron Boley Memorial, Private Commission, Scottdale PA

Three relief panels, History of Colonial America, Private Commission, Philadelphia PA

EXHIBITIONS

2013 80th Annual Members Exhibition National Sculpture Society, Tampa Museum of Art Tampa FL

2013 SculptureWalk, Sioux Falls, SD

2013 Studio Christensen Presents: Traction Company, Philadelphia PA

2012 79th Annual Members Exhibition National Sculpture Society, Brookgreen Gardens, Pawleys Island SC

2012 Traction Company group exhibition, University City Arts League, Philadelphia PA

2011 Solo show, FAN Gallery, Philadelphia PA

2011 Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood, Stockbridge, MA

2011 Anatomy Now, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia PA

2010 Narcissus in the Studio: Artist Portraits and Self-Portraits, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

2007 Art of the State: State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg PA

2006 Solo Show, FAN Gallery, Philadelphia PA

2006 The Woodmere Art Museum 66th Annual Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia PA

EDUCATION

2004 Certificate, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

1996 Bachelor of Art in Fine Art, University of California at Santa Cruz

CURRICULUM vITAE

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ABOUT THE ARTIST

Since 1999, Joshua Koffman has lived and worked in Philadelphia. Adopting a representational approach that is a compelling balance of tradition and invention, Koffman is a master who delves into profound truths yet touches his audience with figures that reveal life’s interconnectedness. The textural quality of Koffman’s sculpture is confident and refined, bold, and vibrant. His skill at interpreting the reality of proportion and form creates work that is both immediate and eternal. His sculptures are in public and private collections and have received numerous awards.

CONTACT INFORMATION Joshua Koffman 601 N 3rd Street Philadelphia PA 19123 215-512-8184 [email protected] www.joshuakoffman.com

Documents

Joshua Koffman Sculpture 2013