Blache honored by International Sculpture Center

calendar icon24 Jul 2013    

Matthew Blache, who received his Master of Fine Arts in sculpture in May, was named a 2013 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Honorable Mention from the International Sculpture Center (ISC).

More than 414 nominations were made from 159 colleges and universities worldwide.

“It was a complete surprise,” said Blache, who is originally from New Orleans, La. “It is a tremendous honor to be chosen by the ISC. While the award has my name on it, my graduate committee—Mo Neal, Santiago Cal, Aaron Holz and Marissa Vigneault—as well as my undergraduate professor Kevin Kennedy, have their fingerprints on it. Their guidance was critical to my development.”

Blache’s work will be recognized in the October issue of Sculpture magazine and on the www.sculpture.org website.

He received his B.F.A. in sculpture from Louisiana Tech University. His work has been displayed in New Orleans; Lincoln; Kansas City, Mo.; and New York, N.Y.

In his artist statement, Blache said he is a “fabricator of moments.”

“My studio practice is a convergence of my compulsion to make things and my desire to give form to my narrative, which would otherwise be verbal and temporary,” he writes. “It transforms stories into relics and allows me to relive, recreate and rebuild my past.”

He also concludes, “I love making things up.”