Shawn HibmaCronan
http://shawnhibmacronan.com/
Shawn HibmaCronan is a Bay Area sculptor, born and raised in Oakland, CA.
He recently graduated from the California College of the Arts with highest distinction BFA degrees in both Sculpture and Furniture. Shawn creates large-scale sculptures out of steel and wood that aim to engage the viewer physically and spatially. He also creates a variety of wheeled vehicles that encourage viewers to play.
He was a recipient of the 9th Annual Ronald and Anita Wornick Award in 2007 and was featured in the April 2008 issue of Woodwork magazine.
Currently he is installing a 25-foot tall site-specific sculpture for a private collector in St. Helena, CA.
Artist Statement
"My current body of work investigates the characteristics of commonplace materials in relation to the standard set of beliefs concerning them.Using tactile, mechanical structures and vehicles that engage audience participation, I hope to focus the attention of the viewer not only on the spectacle of the resulting forms, but equally on the materials and craftsmanship that constitute them.
Simply put, within these works no material is disguised and no mechanism is hidden. My work is meant to be picked up, poked at, sat on, and rolled around. I want people to ponder its use intellectually and practically – to this end, physical interaction with the work is absolutely necessary.
I consider my furniture to be sculptural and my sculpture to be curiously functional; it is in the tension between these two aspects that I find my aesthetic and conceptual focus."
He recently graduated from the California College of the Arts with highest distinction BFA degrees in both Sculpture and Furniture. Shawn creates large-scale sculptures out of steel and wood that aim to engage the viewer physically and spatially. He also creates a variety of wheeled vehicles that encourage viewers to play.
He was a recipient of the 9th Annual Ronald and Anita Wornick Award in 2007 and was featured in the April 2008 issue of Woodwork magazine.
Currently he is installing a 25-foot tall site-specific sculpture for a private collector in St. Helena, CA.
Artist Statement
"My current body of work investigates the characteristics of commonplace materials in relation to the standard set of beliefs concerning them.Using tactile, mechanical structures and vehicles that engage audience participation, I hope to focus the attention of the viewer not only on the spectacle of the resulting forms, but equally on the materials and craftsmanship that constitute them.
Simply put, within these works no material is disguised and no mechanism is hidden. My work is meant to be picked up, poked at, sat on, and rolled around. I want people to ponder its use intellectually and practically – to this end, physical interaction with the work is absolutely necessary.
I consider my furniture to be sculptural and my sculpture to be curiously functional; it is in the tension between these two aspects that I find my aesthetic and conceptual focus."