Florida Artists Group

Alice's Bio:

Initially trained as a linguist and educator, I gradually changed my career path and followed my passion for sculpture and stone carving. The process wasn’t very smooth or pre-planned, actually it was torpedoed by a tragedy that needed an output. What a better choice of medium than stone, with the help of a hammer and chisels!

In 2012 I had a successful exhibit “Made in Stone: Human Journey Through Time” at the Canton Art Museum in Canton, Ohio. As a result, I was featured in Akron Beacon Journal (“Canton Museum of Art Offering Exhibits That Push Boundaries”, Dorothy Shinn, art critic), Art Watch (“When Stone Speaks”, “Remembered in Stone”, Tom Wachunas).

Other publications included most recently “American Art Collector” (Feb.2017, through my affiliation with Reinert Fine Art, Charleston, SC), “Art in America” (through my affiliation with Aaron Gallery in Washington, D.C)., “Studio Visit” magazine (Cover, Volume 28), as well as “Sun Courier”, “Art of the Day”, “The Jewish News”, “ART” (Art Review Today).

“Stone Words” – Sculpture by Alice Kiderman, Poems by Shira Atik; Windjammer Adventure Publishing; 2018.

My sculptures have been acquired and/or commissioned by Akron Children’s Hospital, (Akron, Ohio), Stoneworks, (Cleveland, Ohio), OZ Art (Nashville, TN), Five Grapes, LLC. (Virginia), The Putnam Sculpture Collection, CWRU (Cleveland, Ohio), Vacuum Systems International, LLC (Cleveland, Ohio) and numerous private collections in the US and Europe. My sculptures have been exhibited in New York, Miami and London, UK, among others.

In April 2017 I received one month HOF Art Residency in Bangkok, Thailand, which culminated with a multimedia exhibit “Thailand Through My Lenses”. Also in 2016 I was invited to participate in the Mid-West Art and Culture Retreat in Kansas City, Missouri.

In summers of 2015, 2016 I conducted stone carving workshops for inner city teenagers (Cleveland, Ohio), which was most rewarding experience. In 2014-15 I was a Fellow of JACL (Jewish Arts and Culture Lab), Cleveland, Ohio and later in 2016 was invited to participate in JACL alumni shows “Slavery and Freedom”, “Crossing Threshold”.

I am an alumna of Vermont Sculpture Symposium (2009).

Artist Statement:

Mountains, rocks and stone have always fascinated me as a visible connection to the past, a remnant from the history of our planet. As a sculptor I take unyielding materials and work to release the universal stories of humanity contained – stories of tragedy, loss, triumph and gain –stories as old as time. Armed with my own life experiences, my own stories as guiding tools, I take hammer and chisel to stone to reveal three-dimensional visual expressions of human emotion. My figurative-abstract sculptures presented here for consideration explore all facets of life – relationships with each other, with earth, with universe; concepts of feminine and masculine, family and individual; experiences of joy, pain, conflict, peace, devastation, rebirth. Just as stone is ages old, these experiences are as well: the journey of the stone parallels the journey of humanity. Through my process, I uncover the timelessness of both material and what I see captured there.

Featured Artist/Solo Exhibition/Invitational:

“Memory in Transition “– American Greetings HQ, Gallery W, (2019)
“Journey in Stone and Print” – Beachwood Art Center, Beachwood, OH (2018)
Sculpture Invitational. Malton Gallery. Cincinnati, OH (2017)  
“She Inspires”, BE Gallery. Chagrin Falls, OH (2017**)
“In the gARTen of Good and Evil” Canton Art Museum, Canton, OH (2015)
“Women’s Work”. Curated by Sylvia Rombis. Malton Gallery. Cincinnati, OH (2014**)
“TRIFECTA”, Beachwood Arts Center. Curated by Mary Urbas. Beachwood, OH (2014**)
Hudson Fine Art Company, Hudson, OH (2013)
Jasper Center for the Arts Exhibition. Curated by K. Miracle; Jasper, IN (May 2013)
Katie Gingrass Gallery,” Green”, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (2012**)
Canton Art Museum Exhibition “Made in Stone”. Curated by L. Arrasmith; Canton, OH (2012)
Christine Frechard Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA (2011)
O Gallery, “On the Wall, Off the Wall”, Cleveland, OH (2011**)
1Point 618 Gallery, “Reflections of the Mind,” Cleveland, OH (2009**)
Malton Gallery, “Pursuit of Happiness,” Cincinnati, OH (2008)
Metropolitan Galleries, “Dichotomy,” Cleveland, OH (2007**)
Aaron Gallery, Two-Person Show, Washington, DC (2006**, 2007, 2008)
Opus Gallery, “All Women - All Art,” Cleveland, OH (2005**, 2006**)

Juried Exhibitions:

“New Masters”, Wasmer Gallery. Curated by Alenka Banko and
Mary Gray. Ursuline College, Cleveland, OH (2018)
“People”, Valley Center for the Arts. Curated by Judith Carducci. Chagrin Falls, OH (2018)
Portage Park Foundation. Kent, OH (2016**, 2017**)
“HWD”. Sculpture Invitational. Curated by Virginia Kistler;      Kettering, OH (2017)
Nurture - private collection, McLean, VA (2009) Serenity - private collection, NC (2008)
 Ascending II - private collection, McLean, VA  
Struggle and Joy - private collection, Lake View, Cleveland, OH (2007)
“Dreams and Visions”, Lakeland College, Cleveland, OH (2016)
Zanesville Museum of Art,” 69th Annual Juried Art Exhibition”, OH (2013)
 Archived Artists of Western Reserve, “Seeing Green”,Cleveland, OH (2011)
Wasmer Gallery “Spiritual Exhibit”,Ursuline College,Pepper Pike, OH (2011)
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH (2009)
Valley Center for the Arts, Chagrin Falls, OH (2005*, 2006)
The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH (2005**)
The Fine Arts Association, Willoughby, OH (2005**)
Thrive Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio (2004)
Fairmount Arts Center, Russell, OH (2000*, 2002*)

*award winner

Group Exhibitions:  

Contemporary Art Gallery, Chautauqua, NY (2019)
“Ballet in Art” – Opus Gallery, Cleveland, OH (2018)
“Homeland and the Promised Land” – Alumni-JCC, Beachwood, OH (2016)
“No Art Left Behind” – ARWR, Cleveland, OH (2016)
“Slavery and Freedom” –JCC Beachwood, OH (2015)
Akron Art Prize, Akron, OH (2014)
Art Expo, Miami, Fla (2013)
Spectrum International Art Fair, New York, NY (2013)
Gallery Rochester, Rochester, NY (2013)
Saratoga Springs, NY (2013)
Parallax Art Fair, Curated by Dr. C. Barlow; London, UK (2013)
Art Expo, New York, NY (2013**, 2014)
O Gallery, “Retr-O-Spective”, Cleveland, OH (2013)
Cleveland Museum of Art, “Art Cares” Benefit Cleveland, OH (2013**)
Cleveland Artists Foundation, Cleveland Creates, Lakewood, OH (2011)
Art Cares” Benefit, MOCA Cleveland, OH (April 2011, 2012)
Archived Artists of Western Reserve, Members Show,
Cleveland, OH (December 2010)
O Gallery, “Tied,” La Place, Cleveland, OH (April 2010**)
Lakeland College, “From Women II,” Mentor, OH (March 2009)
American Diabetes Association, Cleveland, OH (April 2008, 2009**)
Larchmere Gallery (Invitational), Cleveland, OH (2007)
Opus Gallery, “All Women, All Art” (July 2007**)
Art Collinwood (2007, 2008)
Atmosphere Gallery Sculpture Garden, Tremont, OH (2007**, 2008)
Valley Center for the Arts, Invitational, Chagrin Falls, OH (2007)
The Galleria, “JAR Show,” Cleveland, OH (June 2006)
Studio 324, “Women as Objects of Art,” Cleveland, OH (Spring 2006)
Sculpture Garden Exhibition – Atmosphere Gallery, Tremont, OH (2005**)
Cleveland Bar Association Show (Spring 2005, Fall 2005)
Earthworks Gallery, Cleveland, OH (2000**, 2001**, 2002**)
Art Walks, Little Italy, Cleveland, OH (2000**, 2001**, 2002*, 2006-08)
Lawrence Fundraiser (2002) **

Acquisitions/Public Commissions:

Portage Park Foundation – Ravenna, OH (2016)
 Canton Art Museum – “Torso Trying to Escape”, OH (2015)
Akron Children’s Hospital – Akron, OH (2015)
 Trophy –Stoneworks, LLC (pro bono), Cleveland, OH (2015)                                                           
OZ ART Center - Nashville, TN (2013)                                                                                       
Five Grapes, LLC, McLean, VA (2010, 2011)
Vacuum Systems International, Inc. – Cleveland, OH (2008)
The Putnam Sculpture Endowment Collection, Cleveland, OH (2005)
                                        
Private Commissions:

ALOE’S – Nashville, Tenn. (2013)
Organica – Nashville, Tenn. (2011)
Family Portrait in Stone – Cleveland, OH (2014)
Nurture - private collection, McLean, VA (2009)
Serenity - private collection, North Carolina (2008)
Ascending II - private collection, McLean, VA (2008)
Struggle and Joy - Lake View, Cleveland, OH (2007)

Private Collections:

California, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Wyoming, Arizona; Portugal.

Publications: 

Stone Words” – Windjammer Adventure Publishing, September 2018

Press Materials:

American Art Collector. (February 2017)
Studio Visit. Volume 28. (2014)
“Remembered in Stone”Art Watch, Canton, OH (2014)
“Akron Beacon Journal”, Akron, OH (September 2012)
“When Stone Speaks” Art Watch, Canton, OH (September 2012)
CoolCleveland.com – YouTube, (September 2012)

Other:                         

HOF Art Residency, Bangkok, Thailand (2017)
Midwest JACL Conference, Kansas City, MO (2016)
JACL Fellowship (2014-2015)
Teaching stone carving workshop. Adventures in Stone Carving (2014-2015)
John and Mildred Putnam Sculpture Collection Catalog (2012)
Selected to participate in Florence Biennale (2011)
Sculpture Symposium, Rutland, VT (2009)
‘Sun Courier’ (March 2008)
A line of unique functional objects of art and small sculptures at Cleveland Museum of Art (Ongoing)

Education:   
Master of Arts                                                 Moscow State University
TRI –C College                                                       Sculpture I, II, III
Stone Apprenticeship                                     Lothar Jobcek, German Master Stone Carver
Stone Apprenticeship                                     Nicholas Fairplay, Master Stone Carver