2010 Studio Visit: Christine Rojek

Continuing with studio visits of Contemporary Sculptors of Chicago..

December 6, 2010: Visited studio of sculptor Christine Rojek .

Christine Rojek is an artist and an art educator. She teaches at Columbia College Chicago. As her artist, her sculptures can be whimsical and interactive. Her work have been installed in over 25 locations throughout the United States. Rojek earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and continued her studies at the American School of Art in Fontainebleau, France where she focused on both performance and installation art. Rojek has received widespread recognition for her achievements, including several fellowship grants from the Illinois Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, and an AT&T Technology in Art Grant. She is also the co-founder of SculpTours, a touring company that promotes the appreciation and advancement of sculpture in Chicago specializes in public sculpture and uses the tenets of fine design to create interactive environments that appeal to a wide audience.

2010 Studio Visit: Christine Rojek / Working on maquette “Breeze Keeper”.

Christine was working on the maquette of “Breeze Keeper”, which I did follow up.. click here.. Breeze Keeper is a wind-activated sculpture. The inspiration comes from the vast open natural prairie landscape of the mid-west. The sculpture consists of 62 counter-balanced aluminum prairies images suspended from four frames. The wave like rising and falling structure of the sculpture not only evoke images of open prairie landform, but the 62 plant shafts also sway in the wind, mimicking the wave-like motion of native plants in the undulating terrain of prairie landscape.