"Kevin ... understands that sculpture is about rhythm and movement.... He has an intellectual engagement, a sense of making the sculpture work ... using the principles of design that have been time-honored through art history."
--Michael Stack, Professor of Art, Pima Community College East Campus, Tucson, Arizona 
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
 Kevin Caron has always built things. (He thought everyone did.) The focus was utility - strength and durability were paramount.That was until he built Undulations (which would eventually become Floating Undulations). He could have simply stretched the material, bolted it down and been done with it. But in the metal fabric, he saw its suppleness, and he never questioned its need to be seen. Next was Stretch, who arrived name first. "That's because it has its own spirit," he was told. Kevin began to think beyond the perfunctory, and balance it with whatever was in the materials, waiting to be seen or, in the case of his fountains and bells, heard. His innate sense of space and proportion is evident in all of his work. Rather than developing over time, most of Kevin's pieces come whole from his intuition. They evolve from there, but are born of a piece. What sets Kevin's work apart and has earned his conceptual work such responses as "fresh," "lively" and "honest" is his lack of preconceptions, his remarkable imagination and his unshakable commitment to practicality, which is rooted in his ability to build things to last. Now, however, they are as likely to be beautiful and inspiring as sturdy.  BIOBorn in Stratford, Connecticut, in 1960, Kevin Caron didn't stay there long. His family moved to Florida when he was still a boy, and then before too much longer, to Arizona, where he lives today. People often ask him what brought him to this Southwestern paradise. "My parents said, 'Get in the car,'" he replies. During his service in the U.S. Navy, Kevin maintained aircraft support equipment in Misawa, Japan, on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, and Yuma, Arizona. When the Navy insisted he serve on an actual ship, this desert rat decided to instead return to Buckeye, Arizona, where he ran a foreign car repair shop for a dozen years. His interest in fixing vehicles next led to driving them. Kevin drove a tractor trailer for 13 years. He also traveled the world, enjoying the cultures and people he met along the way. During that time, he began turning his eye toward sculpture. He worked part time at his art for a handful of years before becoming a full-time artist in 2006. Today he lives with his wife Mary, their dog and cat in Phoenix in the shadow of Camelback Mountain. Also visit the Press Room and the Frequently Asked Questions page for more information about Kevin and his work.  CONNECT WITH KEVINKevin has a Facebook page he visits frequently - see you there! RESUME Kevin Caron's Resume   ARTIST STATEMENT Kevin Caron's Statement REPRESENTATION Aar River Gallery, 3707 N. 73rd Ave., Westminster, Colorado, 303-426-4114 click here for a map to Aar River Gallery Pearson & Company, 7022 E. Main St., Scottsdale, Arizona, 602-840-6447 Click here for a map to Pearson & Company Vision Gallery, 80 South San Marcos Pl., Chandler, Arizona, 480-917-6859 Click here for a map to Vision Gallery Wild Holly Gallery, 22 Easy Street, Carefree, Arizona, 480-595-8757 click here for a map to Wild Holly Gallery AFFILIATIONS Arizona Artists Guild Arizona Artist Blacksmith Association ArtistsRegister.com ArtMetal Avondale Arts Committee Roster Chandler Art Roster Contemporary Forum Local First Arizona Metal Artist Forum Shemer Art Center Tucson Pima Arts Council's Public Art Roster |
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