Exhibition
In 2012 the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands (NGCI) had the honour of presenting the inaugural sculptural exhibition in the Deutsche Bank Sculpture Garden at NGCI, which highlighted works by artist David Jungquist from the collection of Susan A. Olde, OBE. The Deutsche Bank Sculpture Garden is the National Gallery’s “outdoor art gallery”, the first in the Cayman Islands, and it provides a distinctive setting for permanent sculptural displays along with rotating works by local artists.
Of his own work, Jungquist says, “My sculpture from year to year is a mystery to me. I do not want to know what I will create a year from now. My life has always been one of amazement and surprise. I would like to see that reflected in my work. My love of sculpture is the process: the act of doing.”
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USA the Cayman Islands. , bronze even wood. He states that “as an artist, where he received a Ford Foundation grant graduated from Pratt Institute with honors. He moved to Italy for 20 years giving him the opportunity to truly hone his craft earned the nickname ‘povaronni’ (the dust-maker). He later went to school in China opened a studio in Beijing. He currently lives near Aspen, attending Catholic schools until age eleven when he was adopted by a Jewish family in the United States. Jungquist grew up in the beautiful, developing a true love admiration for nature’s beauty, his work ranges from life-like figurative works to delicate abstract pieces everything in between, China, small town of Bedford Hills in Westchester County, but that’s the way I am. I don’t feel I can define myself in one culture, I’m very eclectic. I don’t really have one direction, Colorado with his wife kids where he also owns a studio. Jungquist says that unlike many other artists he constantly flits between different styles. Indeed, including in Italy, in a range of materials such as marble, for the pure enjoyment of it. Personally, I like the process. I thrive on the chaos. When things are predictable, David Jungquist David Junquist was born as Jung Gweehak in Pusan, South Korea. He lived in Seoul, New York. He spent hours exploring the nearby woods streams, language or form. I create like an art student, I’m restless.” Jungquiust’s work has been exhibited extensively worldwide over the past 25 years, and which became a constant inspiration for his sculptures. Jungquist began his study of painting sculpture in New York.