Kevin Edwin Pettelle and Soul in Bronze Sculpture Studio
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    • Public Commissions >
      • 'The Tip' 2014
      • 'Fisherman's Tribute' 2011
      • 'Lacey Hawk' 2010
      • 'Moon Waves' 2012
      • 'Ped' 2009
      • 'Late for the Interurban' 2008 >
        • Media Coverage
        • Turntable
      • 'Simple Song' 2008
      • 'Pathfinder' 2006
      • 'The Ready Crew' 1998
      • 'The Future Dreaming' 2000 >
        • Maquette
        • Bas Relief
        • Installation
      • 'Top of the World' 2004
      • 'Guppo the Clown' 2003
      • 'Pioneer Family' 2003
      • 'Good Dog Carl' 2002
      • 'Hayes Holman' 1993
    • Private Commissions >
      • Carmina Baruna
      • Fisherman's Tribute maquette
      • Associated Memorial Collection >
        • Angels Embrace
        • Sheltered Nest, Swan
        • Quail Couple
        • Oceans Journey, Bronze Humpback
        • Breaking Bounds, Orca
        • Gone Fishing, Bronze Creel
        • Peaceful Garden
        • Pheasants Flight
        • Sun Down, Bronze Cowboy Boots
      • The Aviation Achievement of Excellence 2000
      • 'Repose', digital to bronze version
  • Sculpture Gallery
    • Near Life and Larger >
      • Crouching Man
      • Salutation
      • Temple
      • Neck Fragment
      • Back Fragment
      • Lip Fragment
      • Greetings
      • Exhale
    • 1/4 to 1/2 Life >
      • Single Point
      • Duo 1
      • Centering
      • Stance
      • Crouching Man 1/2 Life
    • Maquette Studies >
      • Handstand Series
      • Handstand 1
      • Handstand 2
      • Handstand 3
      • Salutation Concept Maquette
      • Temple Concept Maquette
      • Dancer Maquette
      • Scorpion Maquette
      • Crouching Man Maquette
      • Three Peaks
      • Bridge
      • Pregnant Figure
      • Crowning
      • Exhale Maquette
      • Duo 2 Maquette
      • Salutation Maquette Study 2
      • Neck Fragment Maquette
    • Fragments >
      • Wind Dance
      • Seated Figure Female
      • Seated Figure Male
      • Frontal Fragment
      • Evolution in Three Acts
      • Stretch Wall
      • Neck Fragment maquette
      • Little Dance Reliefs
    • Hands and Feet >
      • Fist 1/2 Life Maquette
      • Repose 1/2 Life Maquette
      • Reach 1/2 Life Maquette
      • Salute 1/2 Life Maquette
      • Lotus 1/2 Life Maquette
      • Tango 1/2 Life Maquette
      • Release 1/2 Life Maquettee
      • Ped 1/2 Life Maquette
  • Process
    • Making of 'Late for the Interurban'
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Kevin Pettelle
P.O. Box 777, Sultan, WA. 98294
360 -793- 0783
kpettelle@skyvalley.net
www.soulinbronze.com


Education and Training


Self Taught:             Anatomy and Sculpture, mentor Edwin Pettelle (father)
1976- 1980               Engraving on fossil ivory
1981- 1982               Apprenticed Raging River Foundry, Fall City, WA
1982- 1986               Apprenticed Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
1987- 2004               N. W. Artworks Bronze Casting Service, Sultan, WA
2005- 2011               Additive Workshop, Wood Village, OR.

Work Related Experience

1976- 1977               Alaska Silver and Ivory, Bellingham, WA (commercial scrimshaw on fossil ivory)
1977- 1980               Freelance Artists, Bellingham, WA (fine art scrimshaw on fossil ivory)
1987- 2004               N. W. Artworks Bronze Casting Service, Sultan, WA, (co-founder and foundry director)
1980- 2012               Soul in Bronze Studio (full time sculptor)

Selected Public Commissions


2012                          Moon Waves, City of Oak Harbor, WA; Commissioned by The City of Oak Harbor;
                                Project partners Everett Sound Machine, Industrial Fabrication

2011                          Fisherman's Tribute, Port of Everett, Everett, WA; Commissioned by
                                The Fisherman’s Tribute Committee; Project partners Port of Everett, City of                                         Everett, Additive Workshop, Soderberg Bronze

2011                          Battle Ground Memorial, US Parks Dept, Big Hole National Monument, Idaho;
                                        Project partners Turner Exhibits, Rainbow Metals, Soderberg Bronze

2010                          Red Tail Hawk, Hawk’s Prairie Roundabout, Lacey, WA; Commissioned by The City of
                                Lacey; Project partners Rienmuth Foundry, Industrial Fabrication0

2009                          Ped, Wenatchee, WA; Commissioned by Art on the Avenues; Project partners
                                        Bronze Works Foundry, Industrial Fabrication

2008                          Late for the Interurban, Fremont District Seattle, WA; Commissioned by JP Patches Sculpture Fund
and Urban Sparks; Project partners Additive Workshop, Cascade Foundry, Rainbow                                 Metals

2007                          Pathfinder, Renton Airport, Renton, WA; Commissioned by The Museum of Flight;                                     Project partners Bill Jepson, Whidbey Bronze, Turner Exhibits, Pentz Foundry

2006                          Simple Song, Performance Art Center, Everett, WA; Commissioned by Friends of                                     Mike Jordan; Project partners Everett Parks and Recreation, Whidbey Bronze

2004                          Guppo the Clown, YMCA, Wenatchee, WA; Commissioned by Friends of Paul Pugh;                                 Project partners NW Artworks Foundry

2003                          Pioneer Family, Pioneer Park, Monroe, WA; Commissioned by Tualco Grange #284,                                 Monroe Historical Society; NW Artworks Foundry

2002                          Top of the World, Providence Hospital, Everett, WA; Commissioned by The                                             Children’s Foundation; Project partners NW Artworks Foundry

2001                          Good Dog Carl, Meridian Park, Seattle, WA; Commissioned by Friend of Meridian                                      Park; Project partners Alexandra Day, NW Artworks Foundry

2000                          The Future Dreaming, Sultan Community Center, Sultan, WA; Commissioned by The
                                City of Sultan,; Project partners NW Artworks Foundry

1997                          Coast Guard Memorial; Coast Guard Base, La Push, WA; Commissioned by The
                                        United States Coast Guard; Project partners NW Artworks Foundry;                                                                                                
1990                          Hayes Holman; Green River Community College, Green River, WA, Commissioned by
                                Green River Community College; Project Partners NW Artworks Foundry

Selected Collections

City of Puyallup ( 2 sculptures)
City of Wenatchee (4 sculptures)
City of Everett (3 sculptures)
Boeing
Washington Mutual Bank
ADP

Clorox Corporation
Fireborne
Pilgrim Glass
Volvo
Weyerhaeuser Corporation

Solo and
Featured Artist Exhibitions


2012                          Artist of the Year, Schack Arts Center, Everett, WA
2010                          Matzke Fine Art, Camano Island, WA
2007                          Waterworks Gallery, Friday Harbor, WA
2005                          Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2003                          Waterworks Gallery, Friday Harbor, WA
2002                          772 Cameo, Columbus, OH
2002                          Waterworks Gallery, Friday Harbor, WA
2001                          On Bronze, Kirkland, WA
1998                          772 Cameo, Columbus, OH
1997                          Sultan Arts Council, Sultan, WA
1997                          Gunnar Nordstrom Gallery; Kirkland, WA
1996                          Maritz Gallery, Camano Island, WA
1996                          Side Street Gallery, Lopez Island, WA
1996                          Langley Gallery, Langley, WA 
1995                          Sticks and Stones Gallery, Seattle, WA
1995                          Alder Gallery, Eugene, OR
1996                          Sticks and Stones Gallery, Seattle, WA
1990                          Twin Cranes Gallery, Seattle, WA
1986                          Gallery DeGrasia, LaConner, WA
1985                          Golden Gallery, Snohomish, WA

Group
Exhibitions:

Matzke Fine Art and sculpture park; Camino Island, WA 1996- 2012
Gallery Mack; Seattle, WA 1996- 2012
Gunnar Nordstrom Gallery, Bellevue, WA 2009– 2012
San Francisco Arts Exchange, San Francisco, CA  2000 - 2011
Westcot Bay Reserve, San Juan Island, WA 2002 - 2007
Gallery St. George, Scottsdale, AZ  2002
Celebration of the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ  2002
772 Cameo, Columbus, OH  2000 - 2008
Waterworks gallery, Friday Harbor, WA 2000 -2010
Washington Convention Center, Seattle, WA  2000
Redmond Park,  Redmond, WA  2001, 2000
Lois Neiter Fine Arts, Los Angeles and Malibu, CA 2000 – 2009
Flower and Garden Show, Seattle, WA  2005, 2000, 1998, 1997, 1996
Gallery Mack’s Art Connection, Palm Desert, CA   2004, 2003, 1999, 1998
On Bronze, Kirkland, WA  2002, 2001, 2000, 1999
History of the World Part IV, Camino Island, WA  2007  - 1996
Art of the Garden, Arts Council of Snohomish County,  Everett, WA  2000
Collector’s Showcase, Snohomish, WA  2007 -1984
Art on the Avenues, Wenatchee, WA  1995 - 2008
Touch of Class, Sultan, 2000, 1999, 1994
Peace Arch Park; Blaine, WA  2000
Monarch Sculpture Center , Tenino, WA  2002, 2000
Metal Urge/Art Stop, Tacoma, WA  2000
Arts Downtown, Puyallup, WA  1997 - 2007
Bassetti Crocked Arbor Gardens, Woodinville, WA  2003, 2002, 1999
Sculpture “98”, Seattle, WA  1998
Street of Dreams, Tacoma, WA  1998
Alder Gallery, Eugene, OR  1997, 1996
Parallex Gallery, Startup, WA  1997, 1996, 1995
Sunburst Gallery, Lake Chelan, WA  1997, 1996, 1995
A.I.A. Show, Seattle, WA 1997
Gunnar Nordstrom Gallery, Kirkland, WA  2003, 1996, 1994, 1993
Terra Gallery, Olympia, WA  1997
Cranbrook Gallery, Seattle, WA  1997
Kirkland Library, Kirkland, WA  1997
Mercer Island Indoor Outdoor Gallery, Mercer Island, WA 1996, 1995 Bill Reese Gallery, Wenatchee, WA  1996,
Sticks and Stones Gallery, Solo exhibition, Seattle, WA 1996, 1995
Art in the Park, Loveland, CO 1994, 1990

Museum Exhibitions

2003                          A.R. Mitchell Museum, Trinidad, CO
1986                          Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
1986                          Whatcom Art Museum Show, Bellingham, WA

Awards

2012
                        Snohomish County Artist of the Year, Schack Center, Everett , WA_
Artist
Residencies and
Workshops:

1990, Canyon Creek Elementary School,  Monroe  WA
        3 classes, 70 students

1995, Edmonds Community Collage, Edmonds WA
        2 workshops, 30 students

1996, Edmonds High School, Edmonds WA
         3 classes, 75 students

1997 to 1999, Northwest Artworks Foundry, Sultan WA, 
        10 students average, Adult 5 day sculpture intensives

2000, Redmond Elementary School, Redmond WA
        Entire school

2000, Inglemoor High School, Kenmore WA
        10 students, Student forum to design sculpture for the school

1998, Camp Brotherhood, Mount  Vernon, WA
        1 workshop, 8 students

1999 to 2004, Sultan Elementary School, Sultan WA
        2 classes, 60 students

2005,  Sultan Middle School, Sultan, WA
         1 class, 28 students

2006 Sultan Elementary School, Sultan WA
       5 groups, 50 students

2004 to 2006, Westcott Bay Institute, San Juan Island, WA
       Middle and high school, 76 students

2004 to 2009, Columbia Elementary School,  Wenatchee, WA
      all 5th grade classes, 75 students per year

2005-2009  Abraham Lincoln Elementary School, Wenatchee, WA
      all 5th grade classes, 68 students per year

2005-2009  Lewis & Clark Elementary School, Wenatchee, WA
      all 5th grade classes, 68 students per year

2005-2008  Mission View Elementary School, Wenatchee, WA
      all 5th grade classes, 65 students per year

  2006-2009  Washington Elementary School, Wenatchee, WA
      all 5th grade classes, 68 students per year

2006-2009  Sunny Side Elementary School, Wenatchee, WA
      all 5th grade classes, 58 students per year

2008  WAEA Conference Tacoma, WA


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