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An interview with artist cole sternberg
Cole Sternberg is an American visual artist. Sternberg’s works are chiefly in the medium of painting, but also photography, sculpture, room installations and film. His work initially came to public view with the release of Cole Sternberg Paintings, a publication chronicling six years of his painting, (many made during university, and the majority of which had never before been seen by the public). Since then, he has been featured extensively in exhibitions in the United States and Europe.
Contents
- An interview with artist cole sternberg
- Cole sternberg introduces himself and the public energy art kit
- Early life
- Career
- 2013
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010
- 2009
- 2008
- Publications
- Interviews and other media
- References
Cole sternberg introduces himself and the public energy art kit
Early life
Sternberg was born in Richmond, VA and grew up in Saratoga, CA. He spent his early life drawing endlessly, but hated the concept of being told how to perceive art, hence his educational pursuits which led to degrees at Villanova University in business, honors fine arts and sciences, and a Juris Doctorate from American University. While at American, Sternberg received the university's Highest Award for Scholarship at the Graduate Level. He hung oil paintings in a bar in his spare time as a student at American.
Career
Sternberg is an anomaly, working as an artist in a range of formats from that of painting, installation, video, poetry, political activism and legal scholasticism. Series’ of Sternberg’s works have focused on a variety of social issues, from current human rights activism and its relationship to the law, to the environment, to the media and concepts of content overload. The works tend to be subtle or subversive in nature, driven by elegant visual concepts and poetry versus overt political statements.
Sternberg has exhibited both nationally and internationally, including exhibitions at The American University Museum (Washington, DC), Hochhaus Hansa (a Ruhr.2010 Museum, Dortmund, Germany), Primary Projects (Miami, FL), David B. Smith Gallery (Denver, CO), Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND, Los Angeles, CA) and Kinsey DesForges (Culver City, CA).
In 2013 Sternberg's projects included exhibitions with e105 Gallery (Berlin, Germany), ARTed House (Wainscott, NY) and David B. Smith Gallery. His works can be found in major collections and publications throughout the world and have been published in two monographs.
Sternberg has been featured in publications such as, Whitewall Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, the Huffington Post, Juxtapoz, Autre Magazine and Suspend. In 2014, Sternberg worked on a variety of exhibitions and publications, including a poetry book with Primary Projects, a replica of the Sistine Chapel ceiling for a shipping container, and a recreation of artist, Ray Johnson’s last moments.