John Medwedeff Email & Phone Number

Specialties: Sculpture, Custom Architectural Metalwork, Public Art, Monumental Sculpture, Bronze Sculptural Fountains, Custom Benches, Collaborative Design of Public Spaces.

Listed skills include Art, Sculpture, Contemporary Art, Public Art, and 22 others.

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  Owner

  Medwedeff Forge & Design

  1985 - Present - Us

  My work is represented in private and public collections, including the John Deere Collection, SAS Inc, the Metal Museum, the Illinois State Museum, University School of Nashville, and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts."Rhythm, Line & Form, The Sculpture of John Medwedeff," a solo show, was held at Gallery 210, University of Missouri-St. Louis in 2013. Most recent group shows include the "Iron 2010" exhibition at the National Metal Museum in Memphis, TN, which traveled to several venues; and the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft exhibit titled "Iron: Forged, Tempered, Quenched."I receive art commissions from individual collectors, architects, interior designers, corporations, and government agencies, including Plummer Lowe Architecture and Design Studio (now merged with Centric Architecture), Nashville, TN; Jed Johnson Associates, New York, NY; H.O.K. Studio E Architects, St. Louis, MO; James Scott Weaver, AIA, New York, NY; and Robert A.M. Stern Architects, New York, NY. I would love to work with you.Concurrent with running my studio, I have curated exhibitions, taught sculpture and blacksmithing workshops at craft schools, and lectured at universities and conferences across the country. I live in beautiful Southern Illinois with my wife and son.RECENT BIBLIOGRAPHYFeatured in several films: The multimedia documentary South of 64, “A Weekend in Murphysboro”; WTTW Chicago's series "Arts Across Illinois;" and "WSIU In Focus," Carbondale, IL.Featured in many books including: Mathew Clarke’s "From Fire to Form, Sculpture from the Modern Blacksmith & Metalsmith" (wrote the forward for this book); Jeffrey B. Snyder’s Ironwork Today 2: Inside and Out; and Peter Elgass’ "Metall Design International 2006" from Germany. Featured in Sculpture, Smithsonian, Art & Antiques, This Old House, Metalsmith, and numerous exhibition catalogues.