Abstract and Contemporary Sculpture in Metal and Stone by Pamela Soldwedel

Exhibitions & Awards | Abstract & Contemporary Sculpture in Metal and Stone by Pamela Soldwedel

abstract sculpture by Pamela Soldwedel

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Pamela Soldwedel has a spiritual connection with stone. She is inspired by its ancient life history. It was once very much alive, and the artist's goal is to revitalize its massive strength in her abstract sculpture, through transforming the seemingly immutable material into soft forms with supple movements.

Soldwedel abstract metal and bronze sculpture captures the movement of the waters in her flowing forms. Sleekly patinated or mirror finishes, intensified by the rough contrast of her carefully tooled striations, express wind-ruffled ocean surfaces, churning ocean depths, and foam flecked waves.

Pamela Soldwedel's sculptures have evolved into fresh new dimensions with her mixed media abstractions...joinings of layered stone and metal, plastics, glass and wood bring a multitude of expressions to her creations.

Exhibitions & Awards of Pamela Soldwedel

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
  • 2008 Law offices of Covington & Burling, 1201 Pennsylvania Avene, NW, Washington, DC.
  • 2008 Sculpture Atrium in The Corporate Office Center at 1800 Tysons II, McLean, VA
  • 2007 Atrium Lobbies in The Corporate Office Centre at 1650 and 1750 Tysons II, McLean, VA
  • 2007 Sculpture Atrium in The Corporate Office Centre at 1600 Tysons II, McLean, VA
  • 2006 Sculpture Court at The Corporate Office Centre at Tysons II, McLean, VA
  • 2006 Corporate Center at Tysons II, McLean VA
  • 2005 Sculpture Court at The Corporate Office Centre at Tysons II, McLean, VA
  • 2005 The Parker Gallery, 629 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
  • 2005 International Gateway, 8100 Boone Boulevard, Vienna, VA
  • 2003 Sculpture Court at The Corporate Office Centre at Tysons II, McLean, VA
  • 2003 The Atrium, 2100 M Street, N.W., Washington, DC
  • 2002 Sculpture Court at The Corporate Office Centre at Tysons II, McLean, VA
    (March and again in September)
  • 2001-2 The Atrium, 2100 M Street, N.W., Washington, DC
  • 2000-1 Sculpture Court at The Corporate Office Centre at Tysons II, McLean, VA
  • 2000 The Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA
  • 1998 Sculpture Court at the Corporate Office Centre at Tysons II, McLean, VA
  • 1997 White Flint Ltd., Bethesda, MD
  • 1994-6 Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD
  • 1994-5 American Center for Physics, College Park, MD
  • 1994 Gilpin Gallery, Alexandria, VA
  • 1992-4 National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
  • 1993 U.S. Embassy, Brussels, Belgium
  • 1988 Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
  • 1987 Andreas Gallery, Washington, DC
  • 1987 Mount Vernon College, Washington, DC
  • 1986 Covington & Burling, Washington, DC
  • 1982 First American Bank, Washington, DC
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    SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • Washington Sculptors Group, Washington, DC (2008)
  • The Art League, Alexandria, VA (2007)
  • Washington Sculptors Group, Washington, DC (2007)
  • Washington Sculptors Group, Washington, DC (2006)
  • VisArts, Rockville, MD (2006)
  • Washington Square Invitational Exhibition, Washington, DC (2005)
  • Sculpture Court at The Corporate Office Centre at Tysons II, McLean, VA (2004)
  • Washington Sculptors Group, Washington, DC (2003)
  • The Parker Gallery at Mickelson's, Washington, DC (2002-2003)
  • National Museum for Women in the Arts, Washington, DC (2000-2001)
  • Washington Sculptors Group, 505 Gallery, Washington, DC (1999)
  • WSH Square Limited Partnership, Washington, DC (1997-1998)
  • The law offices of Tucker, Flyer and Lewis, P.C., Washington, DC
  • The John A. Wilson Center Washington DC and the Japan Information & Culture Center, Washington, DC.(1996)
  • The Embassy of France, Washington DC
  • The Corcoran Hemicycle Gallery, Washington, DC
  • The John A. Center, Washington, DC (1995)
  • The WSG Washington Square Park Exhibitions (1997, 1995, 1993)
  • The Franklin Square Exhibition Space and the Washington, DC Artists Equity/Awards Exhibition Show, Annandale, VA (1993)
  • The Fairfax, VA Council of the Arts
  • The Montgomery County, MD Arts Council Exhibition Carspecken-Scott Gallery, Wilmington, DE (1992)
  • The National Academy of Sciences (1993-1992)
  • The Govinda Gallery and the Gilpin Gallery (1992)
  • The Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC (1990)
  • The Old State House in Hartford, CT (1987)
  • Audubon Society
  • The DC Slide Registry of artists
  • The Artists Equity/Washington Sculptors Show (1985)
  • The d'Amecourt Art Gallery
  • First American Bank, N.A., Washington, DC
  • The Main Street Gallery, Nantucket, Massachusetts (1982)
  • The Meridian House International, Washington, DC
  • The Parrish Art Museum of Southhampton, NY (1981)
  • The Arts Club of Washington, DC (1980,1994,1996)
  • The Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC (1979)
  • The Art Barn of Washington, DC (1978, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1993).
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    SELECTED PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
  • Tudor Place, Washington, DC
  • Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA
  • DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
  • National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD
  • North Carolina Granite Company, Mount Airy, NC
  • Robert H. Kellen Company, Atlanta, GA
  • U.S. Consulate, Hong Kong
  • J.P. Morgan Chase, New York, NY
  • Collection of Carl Djerassi, San Francisco, CA
  • American Center for Physics, College Park, MD
  • U.S. Embassy, Brussels, Belgium
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    SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATIONS
  • 1998 Triplex Direct Marketing, Novato, CA
  • 1990 Gosnell Properties, Vienna, VA
  • 1988 Westminster Investing Corporation, Washington, DC
  • 1987 Signet Bank, Washington, DC
  • 1984 Oliver Carr Company, Washington, DC
  • 1983 Houbigant, Inc., New York, NY
  • 1982, 1983 Huntington T. Block Insurance, Washington, DC
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    AWARDS

  • 2007 Prize, Art League of Washington, Washington Square sculpture show
  • 2005 Grant from the E.D. Foundation, NY
  • 1995 Merry Slocum Bean Award, Artists Equity, Washington, DC
  • 1993 R.G.C. Merit Award, Artists Equity, Washington, DC
  • 1982 Martha von Hirsch Award, Corcoron School of Art
  • 1982 Mary Lay Thom Award, Corcoran School of Art
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    Pamela Soldwedel Art Gallery of
    Abstract Stone Sculptures

    Pamela Soldwedel has a spiritual connection with stone. She is inspired by its ancient life history. It was once very much alive, and the artist's goal is to revitalize its massive strength in her abstract sculpture, through transforming the seemingly immutable material into soft forms with supple movements.

    She is fascinated by the way in which she can express her feelings working with the stones' color, texture and grain to create her abstract stone sculptures.

    She labors, lovingly, her chisel biting into the rocky earth-flesh, to transmit her messages, enthralled by the ever-changing sight, sound, touch and smell of stone.

    Ishtar III

    abstract stone sculpture

    Click above photo
    to see how Ishtar
    came to be

    Pamela Soldwedel's sculptures have evolved into fresh new dimensions with her mixed media abstractions...joinings of layered stone and metal, plastics, glass and wood bring a multitude of expressions to her creations.

    For the viewer, something different and fascinating is presented from every angle and every change of light, especially so due to the sculptor's intriguing use of sinuous shapes in her abstract sculptures.

    These mixed media sculpture abstractions capture adventurous essences of nature. Lyrical in movement, they are well composed and as beautifully finished as fine jewelry. Each piece gives delight to the eye and touch, and seems imbued with a life of its own. Delicately poised on a minute footprint, there is a sense of tension...there's mystery...there's surprise.