Jimmy Kuehnle

Jimmy Kuehnle
Born (1979-07-24) July 24, 1979
Atlanta, Georgia
Nationality American
Known for Sculpture, Performance Art, Inflatables, Installation Art, Site-specific art
Website jimmykuehnle.com

James Edward Kuehnle (born July 24, 1979) is an American contemporary artist who lives and works in Cleveland, Ohio.[1]

Early life

Born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1979, Kuehnle received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in sculpture from Truman State University in 2001, and a MFA in sculpture from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 2006.[2]

Career

Kuehnle is known for interactive inflatables, site-specific installations and public performances.[3][4] He researched public art and sculpture as a Fulbright Graduate Research Fellow in Japan. He taught at the University of Texas at San Antonio, University of Alabama in Huntsville. Kuehnle is an Assistant Professor at the Cleveland Institute of Art.[1]

His work has featured public performance art treks through rural and urban cities in the United States including Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan;[5] Austin, Texas;[6] Houston, Texas;[7][8] St. Louis, Missouri;[9] Cincinnati, Ohio;[10] Cleveland, Ohio;[11] San Antonio, Texas; Dallas, Texas; Pittsburg, Kansas[12] and New York state, as well as performances in Japan,[13] Italy and Finland.[14]

In 2009 he worked as an artist in residence at the open air museum Ateljé Stundars in Vaasa, Finland.[14] He worked in the studio as a resident artist at Sculpture Space in Utica, New York in 2010[15] as well as at Albion College in Albion, Michigan.[5] In 2010, he exhibited in a survey of international artists in residence at the Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro in Milan, Italy.[16] In 2013 he worked as a SWAP resident at SPACES[17] in Cleveland, Ohio.

In 2014 Kuehnle was one of 102 artists included in the national survey exhibition State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.[18] In 2016 he exhibited his first solo museum show Jimmy Kuehnle: Tongue in Cheek at the Hudson River Museum that included inflatable suits and site-specific illuminated inflatable sculptures.[1] In 2016 he had a solo exhibition at the Akron Art Museum titled Wiggle, Giggle, Jiggle.[4][19]

Awards

In 2015, he received a Creative Workforce Fellowship from the Community Partnership for Arts and Culture.[20]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hodara, Susan (2016-07-22). "At the Hudson River Museum, Art With an Inflated Sense of Itself". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
  2. ↑ Brownlee, Tim (2014-07-30). "Works of UTSA alumni featured in exhibit at Crystal Bridges art museum". UTSA Today. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
  3. ↑ Litt, Steven (2015-06-10). "Artist Jimmy Kuehnle's inflatable pink blob invades MOCA lobby for summer show.". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
  4. 1 2 Norris, Dana (2016-08-30). "The Pure Joy of Art You Can Touch at the Akron Art Museum, Created By the Cleveland Institute of Art's Jimmy Kuehnle". Arts District. Cleveland Scene. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
  5. 1 2 Esparza, Santiago (2009-11-28). "Honk if you see these creatures". The Detroit News. p. 4A.
  6. ↑ Claire van Ryzin, Jeanne (2010-03-11). "Return of the inflatable suit man". Austin American-Statesman. p. D2. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
  7. ↑ Ray, Lisa (2007-01-25). "Anything but Pedestrian Jimmy Kuehnle takes an art-worthy walk around town". Houston Press. p. 22.
  8. ↑ Plocek, Keith (2007-02-22). "Good Budd". Houston Press. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
  9. ↑ Friswold, Paul (2009-12-17). "Big Fat Fancy". Riverfront Times. p. 19. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
  10. ↑ Rosen, Steven (2009-12-09). "Adjusted for Inflation". Cincinnati CityBeat. pp. 31, 35. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
  11. ↑ Gunter, Joshua (2013-02-10). "Light Show". The Plain Dealer. p. B12.
  12. ↑ Smith, Shepard (2010-01-27). "Across America". Fox Report.
  13. ↑ Ashihara, Chiaki (2008-07-14). "芸術を通じて友達" [Friends Through Art]. Chunichi Shinbun (in Japanese). Japan. p. 3.
  14. 1 2 Rönngård, Erika (2009-07-01). "'Big Red' svävar mellen husen". Vasabladet (in Swedish). p. Kulture 10.
  15. ↑ "Works in progress Sculpture Space artists offer peek at projects". Observer-Dispatch. 2010-07-22. p. Fusion 5.
  16. ↑ "ARS / Artists in Residence Show – Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, spazio ai giovani artisti!". www.milanoincontemporanea.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2016-09-19.
  17. ↑ Litt, Steven (2013-02-08). "It's a work that makes you work - with balloons". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
  18. ↑ Litt, Steven (2014-08-10). "Massive installation gets a trial blowup". The Plain Dealer. pp. C1 – C4. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
  19. ↑ Shinn, Dorothy (2016-08-25). "Akron exhibit offers colorful shapes". Akron Beacon Journal. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
  20. ↑ Litt, Steven (2015-12-11). "Forty artists receive $15k grants funded through Cuyahoga County cigarette tax". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved 2016-09-24.

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