Blake

Blake was born in the Canadian arctic in 1956. He received a Honors BFA at the University of Alberta and studied figurative sculpture in Paris. His work has been exhibited internationally and is included in numerous public and private collections worldwide. For the last seventeen years, he has lived and worked in Monte Carlo. Blake always goes by his first name only and requests that all publication and promotion of his work please use only his first name. 


Blake Artist Statement:


Through my sculpture, I celebrate life and strive to capture the beauty within humanity. My art is uniquely figurative as I find my inspiration is within people. 
I believe that the figure carries significant meaning in and of itself as it provides resemblance, recognition, and association. I use this familiar and emotive image to recount stories and to convey issues of social significance.

My work communicates a perception of humanity on an emotional level. It is here that the sculptures find a voice and become an investigation into our society or our history or express a socio-political commentary that I feel is relevant to our world today.

I believe that within the human form our history is alive with either some vision of beauty or an opposite form of menacing historical truth. 
My desire is to translate my art into a statement both humanistic and representational in an attempt to promote an insight into human values and touch upon our personal and spiritual condition.