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Sapience  September 24 - November 13. 2010

Kim Radatz

Kim Radatz
Wishful Thinking, 2010
8” x 42” x 92” (HWL)
Metal, tissue paper, vinyl, origami game pieces, salt.

Artist Statement

For many years I have used the house form as a metaphor for people.  That concept has evolved to include clothing as an actual house for our bodies and with Wishful Thinking, has further evolved into a vessel to contain the body and its experiences.  It is the salt from shedded tears, both happy and sad, that keep the vessel buoyant for the journey ahead.

Bio
Kim Radatz holds a master’s Degree in Fine Arts from the University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, where she specialized in sculpture.  After graduation, she taught at both the University of Miami and Florida International University before moving to the Tampa Bay area in 1998.  Since then she has been a full-time studio artist.

Radatz is a founding member of BRAVA, a Tampa Bay area artists’ collective, has served on the Board of Gala Corina, is currently chair of The Artist Advisory Committee, and serving on the Board of the Arts Council of Hillsborough County.  In 2006, Radatz was awarded Best of Show in the prestigious Raymond James Gasparilla Festival of the Arts.

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