JEFFERY LAUDENSLAGER Biography
A master kinetic illusionist, Jeffery Laudenslager tricks our minds with ever-changing geometries: even his static sculptures appear animated. Relying on unexpected principles of geometry, his works in stainless steel and/or titanium are captivating, yet contemplative.
Laudenslager’s elegant kinetic sculptures are often compared to work by the late George Rickey. Rickey was fascinated with the subliminal tension that mounts as one moving element nearly misses another. He once commented, “These narrow escapes provide a sculptural equivalent to the tension suggested in painting...such as the hands of Adam and God on the Sistine ceiling.”
Jeffery Laudenslager has taken these dramatic moments of perceived danger to an extreme, and he eloquently expresses the predicament of nearly colliding elements in his elegant work. The tension is enhanced by the speed made possible by his use of extremely light-weight and resilient titanium.
The movement of his kinetic works, which often juxtapose arcs with rectilinear shapes, is more unpredictable than that created by Rickey's majestic pieces. The widely varying speed at which the sculptures' elements respond to the wind always surprises, while their mesmerizing grace delights. But finally, it is the long, sweet release into graceful recovery that is Laudenslager’s sublime signature.
In 1999, Laudenslager's 34-foot high kinetic sculpture Archimage, commissioned for the Torrey Reserve complex in Del Mar, CA, received the coveted Orchid Award in the Fine Arts category. This prize has highlighted the best in architecture, design, and fine art in the San Diego area for the last twenty-four years.
Laudenslager's sculptures can be found in corporate and public collections throughout the USA and in private collections in the USA, England, Switzerland, Germany, Taiwan, and South Korea.
JEFFERY LAUDENSLAGER Description
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JEFFERY LAUDENSLAGER Resumé
Solo exhibitions2003 “4 Elements” New Leaf Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2002 “Illusion/Allusion”, Madrid, NM
2002 “Remembrance” (9/11), San Diego, CA
2001 “Illusions in Space,” New Leaf Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2001 “7+7” Sculpture Show, San Diego, CA
2000 “San Diego Salon 2000,” Arts College Int’l, San Diego, CA
2000 “Art in Flux,” Open Studios 2000, San Diego, CA
2000 “Wind Dance 2000,” New Leaf Gallery, Berkeley, CA
1999 “Milange 2000,” Museum, CA Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA
1999 “The Art of Healing,” Carlsbad Sculpture Garden, Carlsbad, CA
1998 “ILLUSION—Trompe l’oeil and Slight of Hand,” Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
1996 Six Galleries/Six Artists, Southwest College, San Diego, CA
1996 Riparte, Rome, Italy
1996 “Violencia,” Gallery Spagnolo, San Diego, CA
1995 Insights 95, an international political symposium, sponsored by Susan Golding, Mayor, City of San Diego, CA
1995 “Passion & Brutality” with Deanne Sabecky, Los Angeles, CA
1995 City of Carlsbad Temporary Art Installations, Carlsbad, CA
1995 Park Ryu Sook, Seoul, South Korea
1994 Drawings by Sculptors, Venice, Italy
1994 Collectors Choice at Paladian, San Diego, CA
1994 Artists Choose Artists, Downtown Arts, San Diego, CA
1994 “Review of Art L.A. ’93,” Galerie Demenga, Basel, Switzerland
1993 Malibu International Sculpture Exhibition, Malibu, CA
1992 Harcourts Contemporary, San Francisco, CA
1989 L.A. Art Fair
1989 Harcourts Contemporary, San Francisco, CA
1989 2nd Annual Sculpture Exhibit, City of Carlsbad, CA
1988 Basel Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
1986 “The City Terrace Sculpture Invitational,” Orange, CA
California Artist for U.S. Olympics, Fairbanks Ranch, CA
1985 “Art Is,” Arts Complex, San Diego, CA
1983 San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
1981 “Interior/Exterior,” Saddleback College, Orange, CA
1980 Yuma Fine Arts Center, Yuma, AZ
1980 Multi-Cultural Arts Institute, San Diego, CA
1980 Saddleback College, Orange, CA
1979 Grossmont College Art Gallery, San Diego, CA
1976 San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
1975 La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
Selected Two-Person Shows/Invitational Exhibitions
2008 “Sculpture in Motion” Atlanta Botanical Garden
2004 Karen Lynne Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
2002 “Illusion/Allusion” Margeaux Kurtie Modern Art, Madrid, NM
1998 “ILLUSION—Trompe l’oeil and Slight of Hand” Riverside Art
Museum, Riverside, CA
1996 Six Galleries/Six Artists, Southwest College, San Diego, CA
1996 Riparte, Rome, Italy
1996 “Violencia” Gallery Spagnolo, San Diego, CA
1995 Insights 95, an international political symposium, sponsored
by Susan Golding, Mayor, City of San Diego, CA
1995 “Passion & Brutality” with Deanne Sabeck, Andrew-Shire
Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1995 City of Carlsbad Temporary Art Installations, Carlsbad, CA
1995 Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
1994 Drawings by Sculptors, Venice, Italy
1994 Collectors Choice at Paladian, San Diego, CA
1994 Artists Choose Artists, Downtown Arts, San Diego, CA
1994 “Review of Art L.A. ’93” Galerie Demenga, Basel, Switzerland
1993 Malibu International Sculpture Exhibition, Malibu, CA
1992 Valerie Miller Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
1991 Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1991 Nemiroff Deutsch Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
1991 L.A. Art Fair, Valerie Miller Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
1991 IMC Gallery, Irvine, CA
1990 Zack/Shuster Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
1989 L.A. Art Fair, Harcourts Contemporary—The Works Gallery
1989 Harcourts Contemporary, San Francisco, CA
1989 2nd Annual Sculpture Exhibit, City of Carlsbad, CA
1988 “Contemporary Abstract Sculpture” Carl Schlosberg Fine Arts,
Sherman Oaks, CA
1988 Basel Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
1988 “Absorbing the Grand Tradition” Roberts Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1987 “After Pollock: Three Decades of Diversity” Janetti-Lanzone Gallery,
San Francisco, CA
1987 Lizardi/Harp Gallery, Pasadena, CA
1986 “The City Terrace Sculpture Invitational” Orange, CA
1984 Selected California Artist for U.S. Olympics, Fairbanks Ranch, CA
1981 “Interior/Exterior” Saddleback College, Orange, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009 “Unzipped” Eric Phleger Gallery, Encinitas, CA
2009 “Wind Borne” A New Leaf Gallery, Sonoma, CA
2008 “California in New York” Herbert Gallery, New York City
2007 Carl Schlosberg Fine Arts, Beverly Hills, CA
2006 Ordover Gallery at Natural History Museum, San Diego, CA
2005 “Six Elements in Sculpture” Galerie D’Art Int’l, Solana Beach, CA
2005 “Vernissage” Sculpturesite Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004 Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
2004 Ashbord Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Invitational Sculpture Exhibition, Hyde Art Gallery, Grossmont College
2004 “Wind & Water” A New Leaf Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2003 “Kinesis” A New Leaf Gallery, Berkeley, CA (+ shows in 2000 & 2001)
2002 “Remembrance” (9/11), COVA Gallery, San Diego, CA
2001 City of Palm Desert, CA
2000 “7+7” Sculpture Show, Flux Gallery, San Diego, CA
2000 “San Diego Salon 2000” Arts College Int’l, San Diego, CA
2000 “Art in Flux” Open Studios 2000, Flux Gallery, San Diego, CA
1999 “Milange 2000” Museum, CA Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA
1999 “The Art of Healing” Carlsbad Sculpture Garden, Carlsbad, CA
1998 Galerie Demenga, Basel, Switzerland (+1994, 1991, 1990)
1997 Susan Street Fine Art, Solana Beach, CA
1996 Boritzer Grey-Hamano, Los Angeles, CA
1995 SOMA Gallery, San Diego, CA
1995 P.C.G., Santa Monica, CA
1993 “Men of Steel” SOMA Gallery, San Diego, CA
1993 Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1992 “Pacific Rim 1” Andrew-Shire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1992 CA State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA
1990 “California Now” Andrew-Shire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1986 Lizardi/Harp Gallery, Pasadena, CA
1985 “Art Is” Arts Complex, San Diego, CA
1984 A.R.T. Beasley Gallery, San Diego, CA
1982 Baker Gallery, San Diego, CA
1980 Saddleback College, Orange, CA
1975 La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
Public Collections
“Sun Fish”—30’ kinetic sculpture—Pacific Center, San Diego, CA
“Archimage”— 34’ kinetic sculpture—Torrey Reserve, San Diego (Orchid Award 1999)
Port of San Diego—2 commissions at San Diego International Airport (w/Deanne Sabeck) (part of group Orchid Award 1998)
Wolfstein Sculpture Park—3 large outdoor sculptures to inaugurate the sculpture park at Scripps
Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, CA
Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
“Running Man” -The Woodlands, Texas
“ Ohio Bird”, Beachwood Shopping Center, Beachwood, OH
St. Mary’s Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI—kinetic sculpture
Gani Art Garden, San Diego, CA
American Airlines, Los Angeles, CA
Best Best and Krieger, San Diego, CA
U.C. Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA
Laguna Beach Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
Saddleback College, Orange, CA
Grossmont College, San Diego, CA
Vela Luka, Croatia
