Artist Info
Ken Macklin
Ken Macklin is a sculptor unique in his ability to inject a fluidity and mastery of scale in his work. He can explore the same motifs in any size, from tiny ceramic table sculptures in porcelain, to enormous steel constructions. In all his sculptural works, he pursues an interest in space, gravity, and the complex clustering of shapes.
Macklin uses materials, especially steel and concrete, with plasticity. He has an ability to “fold” concrete and shape steel in organic and biomorphic ways. He also brings a markedly whimsical vocabulary to abstract sculpture, and his smaller multimedia works are striking assemblages of salvaged ceramic dishes and painted industrial steel. He includes various found materials in his work, including undulating mesh grids, giving a nod to traditional formal concerns of descriptive line and volume, while painting steel orbs and ceramic shards to introduce a playful humanistic narrative.
Macklin received a BFA with Distinction from the University of Alberta, studying sculpture and ceramics; and completed a post-graduate diploma in Advanced Sculpture at the St. Martin’s School of Art in London, England. His work can be found in the city art collections of St. Albert, Edmonton, and Calgary; at the Catalunya Institute of Contemporary Art in Barcelona, Spain and at the Robert T. Webb Sculpture Garden in Dalton, Georgia, USA.
Macklin lives and works in Gunn, Alberta.
