Art Professor Showcases Career in Area Exhibition

   校园新闻 | Posted on February 23, 2022

格雷格·康斯坦丁, artist-in-residence and research professor of art, 名誉, at bet365中文大学 is showcasing his art experience since 1974 in a retrospective exhibition titled “My Art Journey.展览从1月11日开始. 23日至3月. 13, 2022, 在戈申学院, 印第安纳州, where Constantine serves as the 2021 Eric Yake Kenagy Visiting Artist.

“I started being an artist when I was less than one year old,康斯坦丁股份, recalling how he spent his childhood filling his papers and workbooks with drawings. From the beginning of his life to the present, he has been thoroughly invested in the world of art, having held 22 solo exhibits in premier New York galleries and participated in 43 years of formative teaching work at bet365中文大学. He has exhibited nationally since 1969 and internationally since 1975. 

在bet365中文大学期间, 君士坦丁教绘画, drawing and art history and led 16 summer sessions in Europe. In 2014, he was awarded the bet365中文大学 Siegfried H. Horn Award for Excellence in 研究 & 创新奖学金. Despite his retirement from teaching in 2006, Constantine serves as artist-in-residence and research artist, with a studio on the bet365中文大学 campus. 

Over the span of his art career, Constantine engaged with many different eras of art inspiration, 风格和主题. His collection ranges from sculptures to sketches to paintings, with creative mediums such as license plates and picture frames. His art has led him all over the world, where he has had the opportunity to touch the lives of many people. 

Although Constantine acknowledges that everything he creates is much like his children, making it difficult to admit to a favorite, he pinpointed two pieces that have connection to his proudest artistic accomplishments, both of which are on display in his gallery.

他说, “If you’re going to nail me down, my favorite ones are my license plates, 始于1980年, 1981年展出.” Constantine’s license plates are a series of one-of-a-kind, hand crafted and painted metal plates, often placed together to spell out a word or phrase of his choosing. He has experimented with multiple iterations, 包括艺术报价, New York quotes and car quotes explaining, “They are visually entertaining and most of them are humorous—that’s what I focus on. I also did some that were a series that are my [personal] statements.” 

Another era he has been especially proud of centers around his 11-book series, beginning with “Vincent van Gogh Visits New York.他指出, “When I started getting books published starting in 1983, I never dreamed that I’d even publish one book, but now I’ve done eleven of them. I find that it’s another way to share my thoughts, 我的概念, 我的想法,并分发它们, 普遍.”

Constantine’s art journey has not always been easy. He has pushed on through periods of rejection and difficulty in order to achieve success. He offers three pieces of advice for other aspiring artists who might wish to pursue a similar path: “You have to have a body of work, and then go persevere by knocking on doors and not stopping with rejections. You really have to have a lot of ambition and you have to believe in yourself.” 

He states, “I have had prayers answered before I prayed them. I don’t know if that happens very often, but I was going to pray about something and here I had the solution already. I had to thank the Lord for directing my life.”

Constantine considers it an honor to be a part of the Kenagy visiting artist program, 说, “I’m amazed at how this exhibition looks, 都在一个地方. 我非常感激. These are works that have been created over the last 59 years.”

His work can be found at the Hershberger Art Gallery, which is located in the north lobby of the Goshen College Music Center at College Avenue and 12th Street in Goshen, 印第安纳州. It is open on weekdays from 9 a.m. 到下午4:30.m.

 



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