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Arturo Alonzo Sandoval
Medias Used or Areas of Interest:
Fiber
Mixed Media
Workshop Leader
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Arturo Alonzo Sandoval is a fiber artist whose experimental techniques and expressive interpretations have earned him an international reputation. A Professor of Art at the University of Kentucky, Arturo has earned the respect of his students and the admiration of both the public and the art community of his home town of Lexington. He says, My initial experiences with weaving systems came in college studio courses at the graduate level. Technique was the major focus of instruction and was expressed by the construction of patterned fabrics, feeling no spiritual contact with the medium until I began pursuing more personal ideas, surfaces and forms. The work which resulted convinced me that weaving would add an element of expression to my ideas, which would become very important to my development as a visual artist. The evolution of my personal style is shaped by my choice of visual concerns where growth is enhanced by variation and change. My interest in using exotic materials has never swayed, and the surfaces created by their use continues to excite me. This importance of emotional expression can be seen in his various series. In his early series Escape Routes, a theme of ladders ascending into clouds, relies on colorful and reflective materials to portray flamboyant and transformative qualities. A NEA Craftsmen Fellowship funded his first machine sewn series, Skygrids, in which quilting transparent layers of material was the dominant technique. In 1974, Arturo moved to the University of Kentucky, which provided a spacious studio, research time, and excellent facilities for both personal artistic expression and teaching. Arturos extensive work is represented in the collections of the New York City Museum of Modern Art's Architecture and Design Collection, as well as galleries and private collections throughout the United States and the world. He is frequently featured in national journals, periodicals and books. In Spring 1998, Arturo celebrated twenty five years as an artist and educator with a retrospective exhibition throughout Lexington, and he looks forward to continued years of art making, teaching and sharing ideas with students, colleagues, other artists and the public.
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