Paul Bloch Sculptor    505-983-6582
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"My sculpture is improvisational -- my first inspiration was jazz. In my early years in Berkeley, where so many of my colleagues were doing additive sculpture in metal or ceramics, I learned to treat the stone like a piece of chewing gum which I could pull, push and bend in any direction."
Artist Information
Biography

1951 b. 2 November, New York City 1969-73 Studied anthropology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. B.A., 1973. 1971-72 Studied sculpture, Cleveland Institute of Art 1973 Studied Music, Cleveland Institute of Music 1974 Began sculpting, Berkeley, California 1976 Began working in marble, Berkeley. 1980-83 Worked for James Prestini, reproducing his plaster designs in marble. 1984 Recipient of Athena Foundation Grant to sculpt at the Mark Di Suvero Studio, New York City 1985-97 Lived and worked in Carrara, Italy. 1998- Living and working in Santa Fe, NM and Carrara Italy.

Personal Exhibitions

1989 Galerie Carzaniga & Ueker, Basel, Switzerland 1991 Galerie Carzaniga & Ueker (catalog) 1995 Galerie Carzaniga & Ueker 2002 Gallery Chiaroscuro Santa Fe, NM

Installations

Trumpe Electonics Corp., Baden (Zurich), Switzerland Reinhardt Druck, Basel Wachendorf AG, Basel Bogazzi Cargo Massa, Italy Westin Hotel, New York, NY