RUSSIA!

I had my first night in Russia. I'm in heaven. It's cold rainy and gray. My favorite!! My sponsors took me out to a Ukranian restaurant. they are bright young tech artists and we talked about art & technology & politics & the state of the world & education & health & on & on & on. I LOVE bright fun artists!!!!! I'll be working with a team of designers & engineers and we will be creating a monumental sculpture for the city of Kirov. I am the headliner (ad only artist) and they will be following me around with a team of video guys. I am beyond happy!

Nina

Art Design Consultants Exhibition!

My sculpture, "African Queen" was just accepted into an exhibition at ADC Fine Art in Cincinnati, Ohio. To find out more about the gallery and the exhibition, visit their website: http://www.adcfineart.com/

SCULPTURE OF THE WEEK

This week I wanted to share some details of my piece, "L'Embrasse" (The Embrace). Cast in bronze and patinaed with rich colors, two lovers melt into each other in this deco-style piece. I wanted to show how, in perfect relationships, two people can become one without losing themselves.
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GALACTIC SAMURAI CREATION FILM

I just completed and put up a short film on the creation and installation of my monumental sculpture, "The Galactic Samurai - Confrontation of Evil", commissioned by the Global Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of PepsiCo.

Enjoy!

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

I wanted to share a bit about Niki de Saint Phalle, the self-taught French sculptor and painter.

Niki was born outside of Paris in 1930 to a wealthy banking family. After being wiped out financially by the Great Depression, she and her family moved from France to New York City.

While in New York, Niki was enrolled at the prestigious Brearley School, but perhaps as a sign of things to come, she was dismissed for painting fig leaves red on the school's statuary.

After graduating from Oldfields School in Maryland, Niki became a fashion model, appearing on the cover of Life Magazine, and a few years later, French Vogue. 

She eloped at 18 with childhood friend and author Harry Mathews, and soon had a daughter with him. 

The young mother was on a modeling assignment in France when she met American painter, Hugh Weiss, who became her friend and mentor. 

Niki moved to Spain, where she gave birth to a son, and began to pursue her career in the field of art. 
After dabbling briefly in naive-style oil painting and collage art, she famously turned to a new medium--the rifle. Inspired by the explosive methods of her stated "go-to thinkers": de Beauvoir, Proust and Goudi- she cocked her gun, aimed and fired at giant paint loaded canvases.

In the mid 1960's, Niki began to work alongside Swiss artist Jean Tinguely, whom she would later marry. Niki moved from her "shooting paintings" to developing the voluptuous female form of the Nana, French slang for “woman" in 1965, which led to the commission of the vast sculpture, She: a Cathedral for the Modern Museet in Stockholm. As she worked on brightly painted sculptures of animals and human figures, Niki conceived the idea for her Tarot Garden, a sculpture park inspired by Gaudí’s Parc Güell.

After nearly 20 years of work, and a considerable amount of money,  the Tarot Garden, filled with Niki's monumental sculpture and whimsical architecture opened in Tuscany in 1998.

I wanted to share my love of her voluptuous and whimsical, yet important sculpture. 

SCULPTURE OF THE WEEK

This week I'll be sharing the story of my piece, "Great With Child", that was recently added to the art collection of Joseph Shabalala, singer of Ladysmith Black Mambazo. The back story begins 24 years ago when I was pregnant with my daughter. I was at a standing room only concert at the Ritz in New York City, and the room became too crowded for the safety of my unborn child. I went upstairs to the "Press Only" area and was greeted by Joseph Shabalala, founder of Ladysmith, with the words "You are great with child. Come, sit with us". Several years later, when my daughter, Hana-li, was a young child, we went to see Ladysmith Black Mambazo play again. I wanted to introduce Joseph and his group to her, the child that I had been so "great with" at their previous concert. But as much as I tried to get us backstage, security wouldn't even let us get a message to him. I finally yelled his name, with as much intention as I could muster, into the far reaches of the backstage area. A few moments later, he appeared at the entrance. I asked him if he remembered when I was "great with child" at the Ritz. He nodded and said that he did. I then gestured at Hana-li and said, "Here, this is the child." Joseph brought us backstage, and soon the whole group had surrounded her, smiling and taking in the child that had listened to their concert while still in the womb. This sculpture is dedicated to Joseph Shabalala, lead singer for Ladysmith Black Mambazo, in the memory of his kindness. It is now on it's way to his home in South Africa.

Pictures From a New Magazine Article!

Here are two new pictures of me from an editorial I'm in! The first is me with one of my newest sculptures, "Freedom Angel", the second is of me holding up an earlier article on my work in the Tampa Bay Times!

 

TV INTERVIEWS

I wanted to post a few of my TV interviews and Youtube videos on the blog to show everyone.
The first was a nationally syndicated interview on WFLA's show, "Daytime". In this interview I go over my purpose as an artist to create monumental Peace Parks, why I create uplifting sculptures, and how the process of bronze casting works.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lC9Zw5AMIQ

The second video is an interview with NBC Montana on my monumental sculpture commission, "The Galactic Samurai - Confrontation of Evil", cast in Kalispell Art Casting in Montana. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QpuEb6tzsQ

More soon to come!!

NEW ARTICLE ON ME IN THE TAMPA BAY TIMES

Here are pictures from the article that was on the front page of the "Around Pinellas" section of the Tampa Bay Times. Such a beautiful article! Thank you! To see the full article go to the link: http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/clearwater-artist-creates-sculptures-that-reflect-her-peaceful-ideals/1227332

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THE GALACTIC SAMURAI - CONFRONTATION OF EVIL

Here are some exclusive pictures of the creation and installation of my most recent monumental commission, the 7 1/2 ft. x 9 ft. "Galactic Samurai - Confrontation of Evil". The sculpture was installed at the collector's private residence in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

More pictures coming soon!

xo. Nina

THEARTLIST.COM

I am up for nomination for the featured artist on theartlist.com!

http://apps.facebook.com/contestshq/contests/203132/voteable_entries/47089864

FEATURE IN DFW'S ON MAGAZINE

I just returned from installing my monumental commission, "The Galactic Samurai - Confrontation of Evil" at the private DFW residence of the Global Chief Technology Officer and one of the Senior Vice Presidents of PepsiCo.


In addition to an interview on KDFW Fox 4 TV, I was also featured in a two page editorial with a cover mention in ON Magazine. 


Here are pictures from the spread. I will post the video footage as soon as I receive it! 

NEWEST NEWS STORY

The newest story on me in the Nashua Telegraph!
Click the link:

Nashua Telegraph Story on Nina Winters

SHOW AND MONUMENTAL INSTALLMENT

Had a fabulous show in Miami this weekend at the St. Stephen's Art Festival! Sold "A Love Poem", "Fly, Fly, Little Wing" and "Ange de Fantasie" and met some incredible people. Now I am in Texas, doing the installment of the 6ft x 9ft "Galactic Samurai - Confrontation of Evil". Life is exciting!

ARTICLE IN DAILY INTERLAKE

Please go see the newest article on my monumental 6ft x 9ft sculpture commission, published in The Daily Interlake. They wrote a beautiful news story, and I'm very grateful for the press.

http://www.dailyinterlake.com/news/local_montana/article_e4953f1e-55ef-11e1-8f00-001871e3ce6c.html

SCULPTURE OF THE WEEK 2/3/12

This week I wanted to tell you a bit about my piece "The Child King of The Known and Unknown Universes". Tiny, yet powerful, this is the maquette model of a sculpture I envision in monumental size for a Children's Peace Park. Innocence can rule with brilliance. I wanted to represent the power of children and the wisdom which we often take for granted.

ARTICLE ON MY MONUMENTAL SCULPTURE COMMISSION

I am pleased to be able to show you the first of a number of articles to be in print about my monumental sculpture commission as well as my Peace Park project.

This particular article is in the Flathead Beacon in Montana, where I worked with Kalispell Art Casting on creating "The Galactic Samurai - Confrontation of Evil" in bronze.

Here is a link to the article, and stay tuned for more as the adventure to finish this 6ft x 8ft sculpture continues:

http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/a_good_message_cast_in_bronze/25857/

Nina WInters on SculptSite.com

A news piece about my (in progress) monumental commission, "The Galactic Samurai (Confrontation of Evil) is headlining on SculptSite.com.

Here is an excerpt from the editorial on SculptSite: 

"Talented is a good word for Sculptor Nina Winters. Life is a double edge sword and Nina is fully cognoscente of that - just look at 'The Galactic Samurai - Confrontation of Evil'. Best of success to her with her Children's Sculpture Peace Parks!"

Visit http://SculptSite.com/sculpture-headlines-Nina-Winters-10-28-11.html to see the story in its entirety.