Steve Bickley | Sculpture

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STEVE BICKLEY SCULPTURE

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STEVE BICKLEY

Artist Statement

My recent works return to familiar metaphors of natural symbols that have been the focal point of my sculpture for over 25 years. This symbolic visual language provides an opportunity to synthesize diverse ideas, histories, theories, emotions and opinions into a creative unity. These abstract landscape compositions of natural forces such as earth, water, wind, and air provide the viewer both complicated and minimal interpretations.

The cloud shape is an important element in this visual and metaphorical vocabulary often presented in its minimal and most recognizable form. The use of stainless steel and its unique characteristics of light reflection and collection add additional environmental depth to a work. When the cloud is in its steel form it becomes more defined and is often the connecting point to the ground plane.

These works also reinforce and refresh the history of metal sculpture. Bridging the gap of the past and present, the works integrate the tradition of drawing with the latest of digital technology. The textures and color of the works create an additional visual depth for the viewer with a natural surface that is often in contrast to the mechanical formalism of their construction.

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Phiox (Detail), 2022

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Croaker, 2024

Brushed aluminum

72 x 72 inches

$20,000

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STEVE BICKLEY

Brushed aluminum

72 x 72 inches

$20,000

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Silver Prince, 2024

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72 x 72 inches

$20,000

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Croaker II, 2024 Painted aluminum

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Blue Bonnet, 2024

Painted aluminum

72 x 72 inches

$20,000

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48 x 48 x 1 inches

$12,000

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Blue Swann, 2024 Brushed aluminum

STEVE BICKLEY

48 x 48 x 1 inches

$12,000

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Aromella, 2024 Brushed aluminum

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Silver Beauty, 2024

Brushed aluminum

50 x 51 inches

$12,000

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72 x 72 inches

$20,000

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Rust Palm, 2024 Corten Steel

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Cloudscape (Model), 2022

Enamel on HDF (high density foam)

20 x 26 x 9 inches

$9,500

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Cloudscape (Detail), 2022

Enamel on HDF (high density foam)

20 x 26 x 9 inches

$9,500

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Beech-Nut, 2023

36 x 36 inches

$7,500

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Painted Aluminum

STEVE BICKLEY

72 x 72 inches

$20,000

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Silver Palm, 2023 Brushed Aluminum

STEVE BICKLEY

Teal Skycloud (Model), 2023

Enamel on HDF (high density foam)

19 x 20 x 14 inches

$9,500

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Teal Skycloud (Detail), 2023

Enamel on HDF (high density foam)

19 x 20 x 14 inches

$9,500

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STEVE BICKLEY

Painted Aluminum

72 x 72 inches

$20,000

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Phiox, 2022

STEVE BICKLEY

Phiox (Detail), 2022

Painted Aluminum

72 x 72 inches

$20,000

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Spring Beauty, 2022

51 x 48 inches

$12,000

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Painted Aluminum

STEVE BICKLEY

Spring Beauty (Detail), 2022

Painted Aluminum

51 x 48 inches

$12,000

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Black Eyed Susan, 2022

48 x 51 inches

$12,000

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Painted Aluminum

STEVE BICKLEY

Black Eyed Susan (Detail), 2022

Painted Aluminum

51 x 48 inches

$12,000

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Phiox, 2022

Painted Aluminum

72 x 72 inches

$20,000

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STEVE BICKLEY

Phiox (Detail), 2022

Painted Aluminum

72 x 72 inches

$20,000

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18H x 22L x 10W inches

$9,500

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FOGO, 2016 Stainless steel

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Alto, 2018

Cor-Ten Steel

60 x 55 x 22 inches

$58,000

*Similar available by commission

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WANCHESE, 2013

Cor-ten Steel

8H x 40L x 10D inches

$75,000

*Similar available by commission

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Skycloud, 2022 (Clemson, SC)

Stainless Steel

126H x 120L x 60W inches

$ 95,000

*Similar available by commission

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Steve Bickley

Abbreviated CV

Lives and works in Blacksburg, VA

EDUCATION

1978 MFA University of Georgia

1974 BFA East Carolina University

SELECT COLLECTIONS

VCU Children’s Hospital

Capital One Financial Corporation, Taubman Museum of Art

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Behnish and Partners Architects of Stuttgart Germany The Smithsonian Institution University of South Carolina

Mary Washington College

Virginia Tech

Markel

Sydney and Francis Lewis Collection

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