John Kearney

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Moose (W-02-03) on the Magnificent Mile
Moose (W-02-03) on the Magnificent Mile

John Kearney (born 1924) is a Chicago- and Provincetown-based American artist famous for making figurative sculptures, often of animals, using multiple, found metal objects, specifically bumpers from automobiles.

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[edit] Life

Kearney received his artistic education at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and the Universita per Stranieri in Perugia, Italy. In 1950, he co-founded the Contemporary Art Workshop in Chicago. Subsequently, he has lived and worked in Italy many times, most notably in Rome 1963-64 while on a Fullbright Award and again in 1985 and 1992 while serving as a visiting artist at the American Academy in Rome.

Kearney learned his welding skills as a World War II U.S. Navy sailor while performing underwater repair of naval vessels.[1]

[edit] Awards

  • Fulbright Award to Rome in 1963-64
  • Italian Government Grant in 1963-64
  • Visiting Artists at America Academy in Rome, 1985 and 1992

[edit] Colletions that Own Kearney's Work

  • Aeon (Standard Oil Building) in Chicago
  • Detroit Children's Museum
  • Illinois State Capitol Visitors Center, Springfield, IL
  • Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, Illinois
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
  • Ulrich Museum, Wichita, Kansas

[edit] Solo Exhibitions

  • New York City at A.C.A. Gallery, 1964 to 1979
  • Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA, 1992 to 1997

[edit] Outdoor Sculpture

[edit] In Chicago Area

[edit] Elsewhere

  • Dallas Museum of Natural History (Chromosaurs: a t-rex, stegosaurus, and triceratops)
  • Boys and Girls Club of Fayetteville, Arkansas (life-size giraffe and gorilla)
  • Ulrich Museum, Wichita State University, Kansas (Grandfather's Horse)


[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Descriptive plaque on Moose (W-02-03)

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