OLINKA BROADFOOT, Sculptor/Painter
Email: Granzstudio@earthlink.net
or www.olinkabroadfoot.com
Born Prague, Czech Republic, 1944.
Formative years: Argentina and New York.
Attended: University of Utah, Brigham Young University
and University of Oregon.
1987-1989 Sculpture Assistantship, Lane Community College
Art Dept., Eugene, Oregon.
GRANTS,
AWARDS, RESIDENCIES:
2006-Three Month Residency,
TONDACH, Prague, Czech Republic
2006- Artist Stipend, Rising Sun, Indiana
2005-Four Month Residency, TONDACH,Prague,
Czech Republic
2005-Kennedy Heights Art Center, BEST OF SHOW, Cincinnati,
Ohio, USA
2004-Vogelstein
Foundation Art Grant, NY, USA
2002-2003-William Steeple Davis Trust, Yearlong Artist-Residency Grant,
Orient, NY, USA.
2002-Three-Month Residency, TONDACH,
Prague, Czech Republic.
2000-Vogelstein
Foundation Grant, NY, USA
1987-National Juried Art Competition, CERTIFICATE OF MERIT, USA.
1983-OSU Art Competition, BEST OF SHOW, Oregon. USA.
SELECTED
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS:
2006- Outdoor Murals, Rising Sun, Indiana
2005- Cinergy Sculpture, Denver Siekman Environmental Park, Rising Sun, Indiana
2004-Christ
sculpture, Orient Congregational Church, NY, USA
2002-Saint Anthony
(Sculpture) installed in 16th Century roadside Chapel, Bechyne,
Czech Republic.
1998- STP TELECOM (five
paintings) Pardubice, Czech Republic
1997-Flame of Life
(Sculpture) Connecticut Natural Gas Corp., Corporate HQ, Hartford. USA.
1991-Madonna and
Child (Life-size Sculpture) All Saints Church, Bridgeport, West Virginia.
USA.
1989-Christ on the
Cross (Sculpture) St Francis Xavier Church, Birmingham, Alabama.USA.
1989-Saint Francis
(Sculpture) St Elizabeth Hospital, Baker, Oregon, USA
1988-Memorial (Sculpture
of) Jan Zach, Prague, Czech
Republic.
1976-New Jersey Electric & Gas Co. Newark, NJ. USA
SELECTED
PRIVATE COMMISSIONS:
2006-Bronze Memorial, Pittsburg, N.H. USA
2006-Nursery Wall Murals, Mr and Mrs Beimesche,
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
2005-Painting, plaster/wood for A. Staton, Maui, Hawaii,
USA
2005-Brick Wall Relief, Tondach, Czech Republic
2005- Portrait
Sculpture, (Herb Herrick) Rising Sun, Indiana, USA
2004-Wall Murals,
Mr. & Mrs. Beimesche, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
2003-Plaster
Relief, Laura Lagow, Orient, NY, USA
2003- William
Steeple Davis Sculpture, Orient, NY. USA
2002-Clay Relief, Ing.
Petr Dusek, Prague, Czech Rep.
2001-Bronze Urns, Mr.
and Mrs. W. Jearls, Fall Creek, Or. USA.
2001-Portrait
Sculpture, S. Weissman, Shelter Island, NY. USA
2000-Bronze Bath, Sink
Pedestal, Cast Glass Sink, Mirror and Towel Bars for S. Schumann,
Portland,
Oregon. USA.
2000-Plaster
Relief, architectural detail, residence of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Gunn,
Carlsbad, Ca. USA.
1995-Handrail (Beaten,
welded copper) residence of Judith Zach, Elmira, Oregon. USA.
1994-Room Divider
(Beaten, welded copper) Mr. and
Mrs. Jon Broome, Fall Creek, Oregon. USA.
1990-Welded Steel
Gate, Unity Farm, Fall Creek, Oregon. USA.
SELECTED
PUBLICATIONS:
2005- The
Register, Recorder and News, The Journal Press,
Indiana,
USA
2003-The Suffolk Times, Long Island, NY,
USA
2003-Dan’s Papers, S. Hampton, NY,
USA
2003-Eugene Register Guard, Oregon,
USA
2001-Art
Review, The New York Times, (March) USA
1998- Radio Interview, BBC, Prague, Czech Rep.
1998-Lidovych
Novin, Prague, Czech Republic
1995-Prague
Post, Prague, Czech Republic
1991-Hakone
Open-Air Museum Catalogue, Tokyo, Japan
1989-ARTS
EAST, Baker, Oregon, USA
GALLERIES:
Galerie
Doxa, Cesky Krumlov- Castle, Czech Republic
Kennedy Heights Art Center, Cincinnati, Ohio,
USA
Pendleton Art Center, Rising Sun, Indiana,
USA
www.art4love.com New York City, USA
SHOWS:
1979 to Present, (by request)
STUDIO:
Pendleton Art Center, 201 Main Street, Rising
Sun, Indiana 47040
OTHER:
2006- Established and opened a sculpture park at TONDACH,
zavod Jircany, Czech Republic
Eleven
Sculptures are now installed.