Lost Wax

'Lost Wax' is a collection of work by Addison Karl over the last few years. An evolution of work focused on the foundations of drawing, drafting, and painting into sculpture. Addison Karl (b. 1982) is a visual artist, who was born in Denver and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. He has 15 years of experience in Printmaking running his own studio. Almost got his BA in Arts from the Art Institute, but continued on instead along the path of self-taught. His...
More Description

'Lost Wax' is a collection of work by Addison Karl over the last few years. An evolution of work focused on the foundations of drawing, drafting, and painting into sculpture.

Addison Karl (b. 1982) is a visual artist, who was born in Denver and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. He has 15 years of experience in Printmaking running his own studio. Almost got his BA in Arts from the Art Institute, but continued on instead along the path of self-taught. His further education is self-determined by creating artwork nationally and internationally, including throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.

He is the recipient of multiple awards for sculpture, including 2021 Southeastern Art Show and Market Chickasaw Nation 3rd Place Sculpture, 2021 Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market 1st & 2nd Place Bronze, 2020 Tony Stones Award Commended from the Society of Portrait Sculptors, 2019 Southeastern Art Show, and Market Chickasaw Nation 3rd Place Bronze. Addison is also the awardee of the 2019 Artists in Business Leadership Fellowship Grant - First Peoples Fund and 2022 Artist Residency Program at Amazon Headquarters in Seattle. Contemporary self-taught artist, Addison's work is created in the United States and Internationally. Throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. His work includes paintings, sculptures, installations, and public art, including large-scale murals.

His art-centric focus weaves through multidisciplinary materials and methods to create a visual narrative. The execution of Addison's visual library is deeply rooted in the methods of creation. Pulling references from personal interactions, nature, culture, history of humanity, altruism, color perception, and emotional states.

Initiated on blank paper, notes, and sketches, his work finds itself on canvas, sculpture, installation, and embedded in public space. He assesses these works as a pictorial narrative of altruism. The work attempts to expand the viewer's understanding of the context, structures, and surfaces it inhabits - adding life to his work & striving towards a meticulous harmony & balance between that & the pre-existing environment.

He builds from an early background in printmaking, held in a private studio for more than 15 years. Addison's ongoing determination to keep learning about both traditional Chickasaw and Choctaw methods of creating, as well as contemporary painting and sculpture techniques. Through his work, he creates a visual narrative that responds to his heritage and being a Culture Bearer.

For more information: https://www.addisonkarl.com/