Saint Clair Cemin
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Saint Clair Cemin is a Brazilian born (1951) sculptor and painter. He lives and works in New York City. His work encompasses multiple styles, approaches, and materials, from furniture to toys in popular culture to the history of sculpture.[1]
Cemin earned his degree at École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts in Paris, France, from 1975-1978, and moved to New York shortly after, to live and work. Saint Clair Cemin currently shows with the Paul Kasmin Gallery in Chelsea. He has also published a book of his writings through Edgewise Press titled, Fragments of a Mind: Stories and Comments on Art 1987-2004.
Exhibititions
| Year | Exhibition | Venue/Represented By | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Triunfo de Razao Natural | Luciano Brito Galeria | Sao Paulo |
| 2010 | Pensamentos | Bolsa de Arte | Porto Alegre |
| 2002 | Museo de Arte Moderno | Mexico | |
| 1998 | Saint Clair Cemin: Man Woman Tree Boat House Car Golem | Galleri Lars Bohman | Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1992 | The Human Condition | Paul Kasmin Gallery | New York, New York |
Collections
His work is included in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Paris, France; Rooseum, Stockholm, Sweden; and the Eli Broad Foundation, Los Angeles, among many others. He has executed many private and public commissions, among them the Reston Town Center, Virginia; Båstads Kommun, Sweden; and Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, Illinois. He received the Biennial Award from the Ueno Royal Museum and the Hakone Open-Air Museum in Japan in 1995.
References
Richard Milazzo, Saint Clair Cemin: Sculptor from Cruz Alta. New York: Brent Sikkema Editions, October 2005.