Vivian Visser Gallery Vivian Visser Artist Statement Vivian Visser Exhibits Vivian Visser Public Art Vivian Visser Contact Information
      Statement

If we wrap our naked souls in the raw and mysterious power of Nature, we would leave personal artifacts, vessels with the voice of nature.

I see the shelter form as embodying the soul's desire to retreat into a comforting and protective environment. The human experience is explored through natural materials which bring the viewer away from the controlled, man-made world and into the raw and mysterious realm of Nature where I believe we are vulnerable and the most real.
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Education: 
1992  Center for Creative Studies – College of Art and Design. Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Sculpture.
Awards and Honors: 
2006 Jurors Award. Will's Creek Survey 2006 Exhibition Allegany Arts Council, Cumberland, MD. Juried by John W. Smith, Director of Archives of Art of the Smithsonian Institution.
  Chicago Artist Assistance Program Grant. Chicago,IL.
  Special Recognition. All Media VIII Upstream Peoples Gallery, On line Exhibit Omaha, NE.
1994 Jurors Award. The Artel: On A Flat Rock! Artist Cooperative Gallery. North Platte, NE.
  Jurors Award. Transforming Visions - An International Exhibit. Swords Into Plowshares Peace Center Gallery. Detroit, MI.
1991 Art Historical Documentation Scholarship. Center for Creative Studies. Detroit, MI.
Exhibitions: 
2008 Sculpted Green
Bellevue Sculpture Exhibition in Bellevue City Hall, Bellevue, WA. 
Cool Globes Encore
"Tidal Power" globe returns to the Field Museum for an encore appearance.
2007 Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet
"Wave Power" globe installed in front of the Field Museum. Sponsored by Walgreen's.
Chicago, IL.
  National Art Premiere 2007 Exhibition
Elmhurst Artist Guild at the Elmhurst Art Museum. Juror Rob Bondgren of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Elmhurst, IL.
2006 Niemi Sculpture Gallery  Niemi Sculpture Garden and Gallery, Kenosha, WI.
2005 About-For-From Nature  Yatoo, the Korean Nature Art Association Traveling Exhibition, to become part of the permanent collection of the Nature Museum, Gongju, Korea (catalog).
  Niemi Sculpture Gallery – Sculpture 2005  Uihlein Peters Gallery, Milwaukee, WI.
  Landscapes & Mindscapes  The Art House, Oak Park, IL.
  Niemi Sculpture Garden and Gallery 8th Anniversary  Niemi Sculpture Gallery, Kenosha, WI.
2004 Bruce Niemi & Friends  Christopher Art Gallery, Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL.
2003 Niemi Sculpture Garden and Gallery  Niemi Sculpture Garden and Gallery, Kenosha, WI.
1994 59th Annual National Exhibit  Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY.
  15th Michigan Artist Competition  Art Center of Battle Creek, Battle Creek, MI.