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James Watkins’s sculptural work
in glass explores the concept of the still life. Ron Onerato
has said, “Watkin’s work is about contemplation
as much as it is about the action of making. His work slows
down our perceptual process so that we can consider the
possibilities of interpretation rather than having the obvious
and often literal shapes name themselves… the things
that Watkins makes afford his viewers the chance to think,
to consider the possibilities, to contemplate, and thus
to imagine.”
Watkins received his BA at Eisenhower College in Seneca
Falls, NY and his MFA at Rhode Island School of Design in
Providence, RI. He has shown widely, both nationally and
internationally. Exhibitions include Espaces Bonnard et
St-Bernard in Cannes, France, Global Art Glass Triennial
in Borgholm, Sweden, and Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art in
Sapporo, Japan. American exhibits include Heller Gallery
and American Craft Museum in New York, NY, Glass Gallery
in Bethesda, MD, and Dorothy Weiss Gallery in San Francisco,
CA. International collections include Musee des Arts Decoratifs
de la Ville de Lausanne in Switzerland, The Glass Museum
in Fraunau, West Germany, Galerie Internationale du Verre
in Biot, France, Chateau Pichon Longueville in Bordeaux,
France, and Ernsting Stiftung Muesum in Coespeld, Germany.
American collections include the RISD Museum of Art in Providence,
RI, Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum of American
Art in Washington, DC, and the Corning Museum of Art in
Corning, NY.
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