Kristen Visbal

Kristen Visbal (born December 3, 1962 in Montevideo , Uruguay ) is an American sculptor .

Life

Kristen Elizabeth Visbal was born in Montevideo to the American couple Ralph Albert and Elizabeth Krystyniak Visbal, a painter, and grew up in Potomac, Maryland . Her father worked in the United States' foreign service , later for the Inter-American Development Bank . The parents promoted the schooling of their sons and daughters alike. From 1980 to 1982 Visbal studied at the University of Arizona in Tucson and from 1983 to 1984 at the University of Maryland . She then worked in sales and marketing for the Omni Hotels sales office in Washington DC. In 1988 she moved to Lewes, Delaware , selling ads for local radio stations and working in a jewelry store in Ocean City until she returned to university in around 1992. In 1995 she graduated from Salisbury University in Salisbury (Maryland) with a Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude .

At the art foundry Johnson Atelier in Mercerville , New Jersey , she received three years of training in the technical aspects of the lost wax process from 1995 to 1998 before setting up her own studio Visbal Fine Bronze Sculpture in Lewes in late 1998 / early 1999 .

Visbal is a member of the National Sculpture Society , the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club , the Pen and Brush Club and the Allied Artists Of America .

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Visbal's works are primarily bronze sculptures that she creates using the lost wax technique. Many of her mostly larger than life works, which are characterized by their realistic elaboration, are in public space.

In 2003 she received the Charlotte Dunwiddie Memorial Award from the Pen and Brush Club for her realistic sculpture Jessica and the Gold Medal Of Honor from the National Arts Club in New York City for her sculpture Prowler, a Bengal tiger.

Statue of the "Fearless Girl" in final location in front of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), February 2019

Her statue of the Fearless Girl , which was erected on March 8, 2017 in Bowling Green Park in New York City, opposite the statue of the Charging Bull , achieved a great media presence . Since 2018, Visbal has been working on a series of 25 limited edition replicas of the statue that will be placed in public places so that the statue can continue to spread a message of gender equality . One of the replicas was set up in Oslo on March 8, 2018, it is in front of the Grand Hotel, opposite the Norwegian Parliament, which is looking at it.

Works in public space

• 2018 replica of the Fearless Girl : bronze sculpture of a girl, Oslo
• 2017 Fearless Girl : bronze sculpture of a girl, New York City
• The Goddess of the Sea : larger than life bronze sculpture of a swimming mermaid with two dolphins, Myrtle Beach , South Carolina
• 2009–2011 and 2014 The Cradle of Coaches : Group of ten larger than life bronze sculptures by well-known football coaches (Thomas Van Voorhis, Carmen Cozza, Weeb Ewbank , Paul Dietzel, Red Blaik, Paul Brown , Bo Schembechler, Ara Parseghian , John Pont , John Harbaugh ) from Miami University , Cradle of Coaches Plaza, Oxford (Ohio) .
• 2009 In Search of Atlantis : larger than life bronze sculpture of a swimming girl with a sea turtle, Atlantic Beach (Florida)
• 2004 The American Cape : a 3.76 meter tall statue of Alexander Hamilton , Hamilton, Ohio
• 2003 Sea Express : Bronze statue of a young man riding on the back of a dolphin, Jacksonville Beach , Florida
• 2002 Passing the Torch : bronze statue of Olympic champion Bob Hayes with his 1964 Olympic clothing and the Olympic torch, Jacksonville (Florida)
• 1997 Girl chasing Butterflies : Girl with a butterfly net. Erected in 2005 in Hershey Gardens in Hershey, Pennsylvania .

Exhibitions

• Extension Gallery, Mercerville, 1997
• Salisbury State University, 1995, 1999, 2000
• Lincoln Center , New York City, 1997
• Rehoboth (Delaware) Art League, 1998
• Rehoboth Art League, 2000
• Ward Museum, Salisbury, Maryland, 1999
• Easton (Maryland) Waterfowl Festival, 1999, 2001
• Art by the Sea, Juno Beach, Florida, 2001
• Pen and Brush Club, New York City, 2000-2003
• National Sculpture Society, 2001
• National Arts Club, 2001-2002

Web links

• Kristen Visbal's website
• Vita Kristen Visbal on prabook.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Philadelphia Media Network, PBC: Wall Street's `Fearless Girl 'speaks, via sculptor Kristen Visbal, May 16, 2017. Retrieved May 19, 2017
2. ^ Website Kristen Visbal: About the artist . Retrieved March 15, 2017
3. ^ The Daily Record, Jacksonville: Profile: Kristen Visbal, November 13, 2002. Retrieved March 16, 2017
4. ↑ Cape Gazette: Kristen Visbal's artistic journey continues August 7, 2012. Accessed March 17, 2017
5. ^ Website Kristen Visbal: Jessica . Retrieved April 24, 2017
6. ↑ Forbes: forbes.com We All Love "The Fearless Girl." But What About Fearless Women? . Retrieved March 18, 2017
7. ^ Adweek: The Story of 'The Fearless Girl'. From the Women at McCann Who Made Her on March 10, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2017
8. ↑ Danielle Wiener-Bronner: 'Fearless Girl' artist wants her message spread beyond Wall Street . In: CNN April 20, 2018. Retrieved March 2, 2019
9. ↑ Myrtle Beach Downtown Public Arts Initiative: The Goddess of the Sea ( Memento of the original from March 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved March 15, 2017 
10. ↑ WMBF News: Public Art Initiative to hold reception for city sculpture project from December 2, 2014. Accessed March 15, 2017
11. ↑ Miami Redhawks: Historic Cradle of Coaches weekend draws near October 12, 2010. Retrieved March 15, 2017
12. ↑ National Football League : John Harbaugh statue unveiled at Miami's Cradle of Coaches on April 19, 2014. Retrieved March 15, 2017
13. ^ Website Kristen Visbal: Cradle of Coaches . Retrieved March 15, 2017
14. ↑ The Florida Times-Union jacksonville.com: Publicly funded statue is erected in Atlantic Beach on May 30, 2009. Retrieved March 15, 2017
15. ^ Website Kristen Visbal: In Search of Atlantis . Retrieved March 15, 2017
16. ^ Website Kristen Visbal: The American Cape . Retrieved March 15, 2017
17. ↑ City of Jacksonville Beach: Oceanfront Park . Retrieved March 15, 2017
18. ^ Website Kristen Visbal: Sea Express . Retrieved March 15, 2017
19. ↑ City of Jacksonville, Florida: Bullet 'Bob Hayes Commemorated in Bronze, November 7, 2002. Retrieved March 15, 2017
20. ^ Jacksonville Historical Society, Glenn Emery: Have Track Shoes, Will Travel . Retrieved March 15, 2017
21. ^ Website Kristen Visbal: Passing the Torch . Retrieved March 15, 2017
22. ^ Website Kristen Visbal: Girl chasing Butterflies . Retrieved April 24, 2017