Bret Price
Born1950 (age 73–74)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materPomona College
California Institute of the Arts
Known forSculpture
SpouseRae Lynn Price
Children2

Bret Price (born 1950[1]) is an American sculptor known for his large-scale work with steel.[2][3][4][5] His work has been included in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum[1] and the Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Gardens, among others.[6]

Early life

Price was born in Palo Alto, California. His father, Harrison “Buzz” Price, worked with Walt Disney,[7] and encouraged him to pursue his passions.[8][9]

Price attended Pomona College in Claremont, California. He initially pursued pre-med but switched majors after taking a ceramics class and graduated in 1972.[10][9] He then attended the Otis Art Institute for a year and earned a master of fine arts from the California Institute of the Arts in Santa Clarita in 1975.[10]

Career

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image icon "Nori" (2007) at Domaine Forget in Quebec, Canada

From 1976 to 1987, Price was an assistant professor at Chapman University.[6]

Price's early works were in ceramics,[11] but he turned to steel beginning in 1979.[1] His creations grew in scale over time, eventually reaching up to 35 feet (11 m) in height and weighing 7.5 short tons (6.8 t).[6] His artistic process consists of heating pieces of steel to high temperatures using propane gas and then bending, twisting, and rolling them using a forklift, giving them a supple and flexible appearance.[12]

Price's work has been included in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[1] the Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Gardens,[6] the Laguna Beach Museum of Art, the Long Beach Museum of Art, the Orange County Museum of Art, and the Dayton Art Institute, among others.[6][13]

Personal life

Price splits his time between Orange, California, where he works at the studio Logan Creative, and New Bremen, Ohio.[10][12] He made several sculptures for his backyard in Orange, including an 11-foot-long (3.4 m), 1,500-pound (680 kg) zipper.[14]

Price is married to Rae Lynn Price (née Olson).[15][7] He has a daughter, Erin, and a son, Greg, who is a glass artist.[8][15]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Bret Price". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  2. ^ McKig, Jean (June 3, 2001). "Sculptor steals scene with heated works". The Desert Sun. p. 43. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  3. ^ "New Sculpture Garden at the Muckenthaler". Fullerton Observer. May 11, 2020. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  4. ^ McCabe, Ginny (July 24, 2020). "Latest 12-foot sculpture comes to Pyramid Hill in Hamilton". Journal-News. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  5. ^ Park, Jeong (May 11, 2020). "New sculpture garden offers open-air art experience at the Muckenthaler". Orange County Register. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d e "About". Bret Price. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Economist who put Disneyland in OC dies at 89". Daily Breeze. August 16, 2010. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Bret Price Bio". JM Art Management. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
  9. ^ a b Nguyen, Vicky (May 13, 2020). "Center Opens Sculpture Garden to Create Escape During Quarantine". spectrumnews1.com. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  10. ^ a b c "2022 Blaisdell Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients Announced". Pomona College. April 14, 2022. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
  11. ^ Maxwell, Corey (July 14, 2021). "Sculptures installed in village". The Evening Leader. Retrieved April 15, 2022 – via PressReader.
  12. ^ a b Dillon, Pamela (July 2, 2006). "Bend, twist & roll: A sculptor exhibiting at DAI gets big enjoyment from working with steel". Dayton Daily News. p. 58. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  13. ^ Castenada, Vera (November 19, 2020). "Orange County artist's 'Happenstance' completes Muckenthaler sculpture garden". Daily Pilot. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  14. ^ Vida, Herbert J. (September 21, 1986). "Mention 'Fly' and This Man of Steel Shows Off His 11-Foot-Tall, 1,500-Pound Zipper". Los Angeles Times. p. 80. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  15. ^ a b Price, Bret; Price, Rae Lynn. Bret Price | Art in the Middle. YouTube. Event occurs at 19:54. Retrieved May 11, 2022.

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