Artist Registry
Jack Hastings
Contact information
(931) 598-0660
jackbyronhastings@gmail.com
Artist statement
I began my career as an artist prepared to do fresco murals. My training under fresco muralist Conrad Albrizio (U.S.) and in Mexico where I attended the National School of Painting and Sculpture, and where I was privileged to observe Diego Rivera at work, came upon the vanishing edge of an idealistic and socially conscious art. These early experiences imparted an indelible impression of the ancient relationship of art to architecture which has been the basis and focus of my work ever since.
As a sculptor my materials and techniques encompass bronze (cast lost wax with various patination); cement (cast, carved or built-up, with color); stoneware and terra-cotta (cast, thrown, slab-built or extruded); and sheet metal (cut with plasma arc, constructed, color finished.)
For the past twenty years I have been recording my thoughts and developing my point of view as an artist in notebooks and journals. My first book, The Illuminated History of Darkness: An Intellectual Adventure, was published in 2000.
Resume / bio
Education
- Louisiana State University
- Escuela de Pintura y Escultura, Mexico City
Exhibitions
- Barone Gallery, New York NY
- Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua NY
- Georg Jensen 5th Avenue, New York NY
- New Orleans Museum of Art
Collections and Commissions
- The Historic New Orleans Collection
- The Children's Museum, New Orleans LA
- Two Mobiles, Nashville International Airport, Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority
- Ceramic Tile Murals, Dollar General Headquarters, Goodlettsville TN, Design Collective, Inc.
Design Awards and Achievements
- Artist commissioned by the Tennessee Arts Commission to create the 2009 Govenor’s Awards, 12 stainless steel vessels titled “Ovation”
- Bronze Sculptures for three Public High Schools, New York NY
- Ceramic Tile Murals for Public School, Queens NY, and for North End Library, Boston MA, Carl Koch Architect, Cambridge MA
- Prototype sun screen for entire exterior, Free Medical University of West Berlin, Germany, Curtis and Davis, Architects, New Orleans LA
- Book authorship: The Illuminated History of Darkness: An Intellectual Adventure, Cosmic Aye, 2000
Professional Affiliations
- American Craft Council
- Tennessee Association of Craft Artists
(Information last updated: 22 January 2010)
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