Artwork by Alice Kiderman
As a sculptor, Alice Kiderman resonates with stone, her preferred material for shaping her abstract visions. For Kiderman, stone is representational of nature and the Earth; it serves as a bridge between what came before us and what will come after. Stone has a permanence and longevity that informs Kiderman’s approach to the natural material. Stone “leaves a speckle of what we are doing,” says the artist, as Kiderman speaks to how sculpture has been a way of documenting humankind’s course through history since the age of antiquity. Her work illustrates the harmony of opposites: the yin and yang; impression and expression; and the feminine and masculine.
Kiderman holds honors and awards from many exhibitions and shows including top recognition from Art Expo New York, the Sculpture Center in Cleveland, the Portage Park Foundation, and many others. The Canton Art Museum, the Putnam Sculpture Endowment Collection in Cleveland, Akron Children’s Hospital have acquired Kiderman’s sculpture and exhibit her public commissions. Her work is avidly collected in the United States and part of international collections. Kiderman lives in Florida.
Awards
“Stone Words,” Windjammer Adventure Publishing, September 2018
She Inspires, BE Gallery, Chagrin Falls, OH, 2017
Portage Park Foundation, Kent, OH, 2016, 2017
Women’s Work, Curated by Sylvia Rombis, Malton Gallery. Cincinnati, OH, 2014
TRIFECTA, Beachwood Arts Center, Curated by Mary Urbas, Beachwood, OH, 2014
Art Expo, New York, NY, 2013, 2014
Art Cares Benefit, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 2013
Green, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, 2012
On the Wall, Off the Wall, O Gallery, Cleveland, OH, 2011
Tied, O Gallery, La Place, Cleveland, OH, 2010
Reflections of the Mind, 1Point 618 Gallery, Cleveland, OH, 2009
American Diabetes Association, Cleveland, OH, 2008, 2009
All Women, All Art, Opus Gallery, July 2007
Atmosphere Gallery Sculpture Garden, Tremont, OH, 2007
Dichotomy, Metropolitan Galleries, Cleveland, OH, 2007
Two-Person Show, Aaron Gallery, Washington, DC, 2006
Valley Center for the Arts, Chagrin Falls, OH, 2005, 2006
All Women – All Art, Opus Gallery, Cleveland, OH, 2005, 2006
The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH, 2005
The Fine Arts Association, Willoughby, OH, 2005
Sculpture Garden Exhibition, Atmosphere Gallery, Tremont, OH, 2005
Earthworks Gallery, Cleveland, OH, 2000 (Award Winner), 2001, 2002
Art Walks, Little Italy, Cleveland, OH, 2000, 2001, 2002
Lawrence Fundraiser, 2002
Fairmount Arts Center, Russell, OH, 2000 (Award Winner), 2002 (Award Winner)
Videos
Exbibitions
Featured Artist/Solo Exhibition/Invitational
Memory in Transition, American Greetings HQ, Gallery W, Westlake, OH, 2019
Journey in Stone and Print, Beachwood Art Center, Beachwood, OH, 2018
Sculpture Invitational, Malton Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 2017
She Inspires, BE Gallery, Chagrin Falls, OH, 2017 (Award Winner)
In the gARTen of Good and Evil, Canton Art Museum, Canton, OH, 2015
Women’s Work, Curated by Sylvia Rombis, Malton Gallery. Cincinnati, OH, 2014
TRIFECTA, Beachwood Arts Center, Curated by Mary Urbas, Beachwood, OH, 2014 (Award Winner)
Hudson Fine Art Company, Hudson, OH (2013)
Jasper Center for the Arts Exhibition, Curated by K. Miracle, Jasper, IN, 2013
Green, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, 2012 (Award Winner)
Made in Stone, Canton Art Museum Exhibition, Curated by L. Arrasmith, Canton, OH, 2012
Christine Frechard Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, 2011
On the Wall, Off the Wall, O Gallery, Cleveland, OH, 2011 (Award Winner)
Reflections of the Mind, 1Point 618 Gallery, Cleveland, OH, 2009 (Award Winner)
Pursuit of Happiness, Malton Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 2008
Dichotomy, Metropolitan Galleries, Cleveland, OH, 2007 (Award Winner)
Two-Person Show, Aaron Gallery, Washington, DC, 2006 (Award Winner) 2007, 2008
All Women – All Art, Opus Gallery, Cleveland, OH, 2005 (Award Winner), 2006 (Award Winner)
Juried Exhibitions
New Masters, Wasmer Gallery, Curated by Alenka Banko and Mary Gray, Ursuline College, Cleveland, OH, 2018
People, Valley Center for the Arts, Curated by Judith Carducci, Chagrin Falls, OH, 2018
Portage Park Foundation, Kent, OH, 2016 (Award Winner), 2017 (Award Winner)
HWD, Sculpture Invitational, Curated by Virginia Kistler, Kettering, OH, 2017
Nurture, private collection, McLean, VA (2009)
Serenity, private collection, NC (2008)
Ascending II, private collection, McLean, VA
Struggle and Joy, private collection, Lake View, Cleveland, OH, 2007
Dreams and Visions, Lakeland College, Cleveland, OH, 2016
69th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Zanesville Museum of Art, OH, 2013
Seeing Green, Archived Artists of Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH, 2011
Spiritual Exhibit, Wasmer Gallery,Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, OH, 2011
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH. 2009
Valley Center for the Arts, Chagrin Falls, OH, 2005 (Award Winner), 2006
The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH, 2005 (Award Winner)
The Fine Arts Association, Willoughby, OH, 2005 (Award Winner)
Thrive Gallery, Cleveland, OH, 2004
Fairmount Arts Center, Russell, OH, 2000 (Award Winner), 2002 (Award Winner)
Group Exhibitions
Contemporary Art Gallery, Chautauqua, NY, 2019
Ballet in Art, Opus Gallery, Cleveland, OH, 2018
Homeland and the Promised Land, Alumni JCC, Beachwood, OH, 2016
No Art Left Behind, ARWR, Cleveland, OH, 2016
Slavery and Freedom, JCC Beachwood, OH, 2015
Akron Art Prize, Akron, OH, 2014
Art Expo, Miami, FL, 2013
Spectrum International Art Fair, New York, NY, 2013
Gallery Rochester, Rochester, NY, 2013
Saratoga Springs, NY, 2013
Parallax Art Fair, Curated by Dr. C. Barlow, London, UK, 2013
Art Expo, New York, NY, 2013 (Award Winner), 2014
Retr-O-Spective, O Gallery, Cleveland, OH, 2013
Art Cares Benefit, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 2013 (Award Winner)
Cleveland Artists Foundation, Cleveland Creates, Lakewood, OH, 2011
Art Cares Benefit, MOCA Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, 2011, 2012
Members Show, Archived Artists of Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH, December 2010
Tied, O Gallery, La Place, Cleveland, OH, 2010 (Award Winner)
From Women II, Lakeland College, Mentor, OH, March 2009
American Diabetes Association, Cleveland, OH, 2008, 2009 (Award Winner)
Invitational, Larchmere Gallery, Cleveland, OH, 2007
All Women, All Art, Opus Gallery, July 2007 (Award Winner)
Art Collinwood, 2007, 2008
Atmosphere Gallery Sculpture Garden, Tremont, OH, 2007 (Award Winner), 2008
Valley Center for the Arts, Invitational, Chagrin Falls, OH, 2007
JAR Show, The Galleria, Cleveland, OH, June 2006
Women as Objects of Art, Studio 324, Cleveland, OH, Spring 2006
Sculpture Garden Exhibition, Atmosphere Gallery, Tremont, OH, 2005 (Award Winner)
Cleveland Bar Association Show, Spring 2005, Fall 2005
Earthworks Gallery, Cleveland, OH, 2000 (Award Winner), 2001 (Award Winner), 2002 (Award Winner)
Art Walks, Little Italy, Cleveland, OH, 2000 (Award Winner), 2001 (Award Winner), 2002 (Award Winner), 2006-08
Lawrence Fundraiser, 2002 (Award Winner)
Acquisitions/Public Commissions
Portage Park Foundation, Ravenna, OH, 2016
Canton Art Museum, “Torso Trying to Escape,” OH, 2015
Akron Children’s Hospital, Akron, OH, 2015
Trophy, Stoneworks, LLC (pro bono), Cleveland, OH, 2015
OZ ART Center, Nashville, TN, 2013
Five Grapes, LLC, McLean, VA, 2010, 2011
Vacuum Systems International, Inc., Cleveland, OH, 2008
The Putnam Sculpture Endowment Collection, Cleveland, OH, 2005
Private Commissions
ALOE’S, Nashville, TN, 2013
Organica, Nashville, TN, 2011
Family Portrait in Stone, Cleveland, OH, 2014
Nurture, private collection, McLean, VA, 2009
Serenity, private collection, North Carolina, 2008
Ascending II, private collection, McLean, VA, 2008
Struggle and Joy, Lake View, Cleveland, OH, 2007
Description
Artist’s Statement
Mountains, rocks, and stone have always fascinated me, since they are some of the few authentic relics we can touch and embrace, that are the “messengers” of the history of our planet. Similarly, craftsmanship in stone, a natural material which is an indispensable part of Earth, is something I’ve been passionate about preserving in this era of fast-moving and fast-created objects of art. We don’t seem to have the time it takes. The process of creating art forms in stone is one of the most ancient ways of “preserving” history of our planet and the process hasn’t changed much. It is and has been ecologically responsible and environmentally safe—using what Earth offers us—stone, with the help of some of the most ancient tools—hammer and chisels.
My work is about translating the human emotions into a three-dimensional visual sculpture. The focus is on the beauty and complexity of humankind, rather than the ugliness and misery. The goal is to “touch” the viewer, to connect through sculpture with his/her inner feelings, memories and send him/her on one’s own path of exploring one’s own emotions.
The works represent the feminine and the masculine, the yin and yang, the moon and the sun, which could produce either dichotomy or harmony. The deciphering is for the viewer to undertake.
My life is a direct reflection of the roller-coaster of events of life – both tragic and happy. The impacts of these emotions, dormant or suppressed for years, are the images and shapes seen in my work. They reflect the gradual awakening of the spirit, which becomes an entity of its own. My work is a blend of the realistic and the abstract in shape, though I believe that the abstract is just an extension of the world around us. It is my hope that my sculpture evokes emotions and projects the victory of the spirit — untamed.
— Alice Kiderman
Events
September 15, 2021 –10am to 5pm
Journey Through Time Exhibition
The joy and vivacity of the female spirit is expressed in a rich range of media in the new Journey through Time exhibition at Emillions Art. The show celebrates women in different passages of life with artwork spanning a century. The new curated exhibition features 45 works of art by 15 prominent national artists and is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and by appointment, June 22-September 15.
September 14, 2021 –10am to 5pm
Journey Through Time Exhibition
The joy and vivacity of the female spirit is expressed in a rich range of media in the new Journey through Time exhibition at Emillions Art. The show celebrates women in different passages of life with artwork spanning a century. The new curated exhibition features 45 works of art by 15 prominent national artists and is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and by appointment, June 22-September 15.
September 11, 2021 –10am to 5pm
Journey Through Time Exhibition
The joy and vivacity of the female spirit is expressed in a rich range of media in the new Journey through Time exhibition at Emillions Art. The show celebrates women in different passages of life with artwork spanning a century. The new curated exhibition features 45 works of art by 15 prominent national artists and is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and by appointment, June 22-September 15.
September 10, 2021 –10am to 5pm
Journey Through Time Exhibition
The joy and vivacity of the female spirit is expressed in a rich range of media in the new Journey through Time exhibition at Emillions Art. The show celebrates women in different passages of life with artwork spanning a century. The new curated exhibition features 45 works of art by 15 prominent national artists and is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and by appointment, June 22-September 15.
September 09, 2021 –10am to 5pm
Journey Through Time Exhibition
The joy and vivacity of the female spirit is expressed in a rich range of media in the new Journey through Time exhibition at Emillions Art. The show celebrates women in different passages of life with artwork spanning a century. The new curated exhibition features 45 works of art by 15 prominent national artists and is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and by appointment, June 22-September 15.
September 08, 2021 –10am to 5pm
Journey Through Time Exhibition
The joy and vivacity of the female spirit is expressed in a rich range of media in the new Journey through Time exhibition at Emillions Art. The show celebrates women in different passages of life with artwork spanning a century. The new curated exhibition features 45 works of art by 15 prominent national artists and is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and by appointment, June 22-September 15.
September 07, 2021 –10am to 5pm
Journey Through Time Exhibition
The joy and vivacity of the female spirit is expressed in a rich range of media in the new Journey through Time exhibition at Emillions Art. The show celebrates women in different passages of life with artwork spanning a century. The new curated exhibition features 45 works of art by 15 prominent national artists and is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and by appointment, June 22-September 15.
September 04, 2021 –10am to 5pm
Journey Through Time Exhibition
The joy and vivacity of the female spirit is expressed in a rich range of media in the new Journey through Time exhibition at Emillions Art. The show celebrates women in different passages of life with artwork spanning a century. The new curated exhibition features 45 works of art by 15 prominent national artists and is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and by appointment, June 22-September 15.
September 03, 2021 –10am to 5pm
Journey Through Time Exhibition
The joy and vivacity of the female spirit is expressed in a rich range of media in the new Journey through Time exhibition at Emillions Art. The show celebrates women in different passages of life with artwork spanning a century. The new curated exhibition features 45 works of art by 15 prominent national artists and is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and by appointment, June 22-September 15.
September 02, 2021 –10am to 5pm
Journey Through Time Exhibition
The joy and vivacity of the female spirit is expressed in a rich range of media in the new Journey through Time exhibition at Emillions Art. The show celebrates women in different passages of life with artwork spanning a century. The new curated exhibition features 45 works of art by 15 prominent national artists and is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and by appointment, June 22-September 15.
September 01, 2021 –10am to 5pm
Journey Through Time Exhibition
The joy and vivacity of the female spirit is expressed in a rich range of media in the new Journey through Time exhibition at Emillions Art. The show celebrates women in different passages of life with artwork spanning a century. The new curated exhibition features 45 works of art by 15 prominent national artists and is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and by appointment, June 22-September 15.
August 31, 2021 –10am to 5pm
Journey Through Time Exhibition
The joy and vivacity of the female spirit is expressed in a rich range of media in the new Journey through Time exhibition at Emillions Art. The show celebrates women in different passages of life with artwork spanning a century. The new curated exhibition features 45 works of art by 15 prominent national artists and is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and by appointment, June 22-September 15.
August 28, 2021 –10am to 5pm
Journey Through Time Exhibition
The joy and vivacity of the female spirit is expressed in a rich range of media in the new Journey through Time exhibition at Emillions Art. The show celebrates women in different passages of life with artwork spanning a century. The new curated exhibition features 45 works of art by 15 prominent national artists and is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and by appointment, June 22-September 15.
August 27, 2021 –10am to 5pm
Journey Through Time Exhibition
The joy and vivacity of the female spirit is expressed in a rich range of media in the new Journey through Time exhibition at Emillions Art. The show celebrates women in different passages of life with artwork spanning a century. The new curated exhibition features 45 works of art by 15 prominent national artists and is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and by appointment, June 22-September 15.
August 26, 2021 –10am to 5pm
Journey Through Time Exhibition
The joy and vivacity of the female spirit is expressed in a rich range of media in the new Journey through Time exhibition at Emillions Art. The show celebrates women in different passages of life with artwork spanning a century. The new curated exhibition features 45 works of art by 15 prominent national artists and is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and by appointment, June 22-September 15.
August 25, 2021 –10am to 5pm
Journey Through Time Exhibition
The joy and vivacity of the female spirit is expressed in a rich range of media in the new Journey through Time exhibition at Emillions Art. The show celebrates women in different passages of life with artwork spanning a century. The new curated exhibition features 45 works of art by 15 prominent national artists and is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and by appointment, June 22-September 15.
August 24, 2021 –10am to 5pm
Journey Through Time Exhibition
The joy and vivacity of the female spirit is expressed in a rich range of media in the new Journey through Time exhibition at Emillions Art. The show celebrates women in different passages of life with artwork spanning a century. The new curated exhibition features 45 works of art by 15 prominent national artists and is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and by appointment, June 22-September 15.
August 21, 2021 –10am to 5pm
Journey Through Time Exhibition
The joy and vivacity of the female spirit is expressed in a rich range of media in the new Journey through Time exhibition at Emillions Art. The show celebrates women in different passages of life with artwork spanning a century. The new curated exhibition features 45 works of art by 15 prominent national artists and is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and by appointment, June 22-September 15.
August 20, 2021 –10am to 5pm
Journey Through Time Exhibition
The joy and vivacity of the female spirit is expressed in a rich range of media in the new Journey through Time exhibition at Emillions Art. The show celebrates women in different passages of life with artwork spanning a century. The new curated exhibition features 45 works of art by 15 prominent national artists and is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and by appointment, June 22-September 15.
August 19, 2021 –10am to 5pm
Journey Through Time Exhibition
The joy and vivacity of the female spirit is expressed in a rich range of media in the new Journey through Time exhibition at Emillions Art. The show celebrates women in different passages of life with artwork spanning a century. The new curated exhibition features 45 works of art by 15 prominent national artists and is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and by appointment, June 22-September 15.
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Artwork by Alice Kiderman