Nationality American Website www.stevensvaughn.com | Occupation Artist, water painter | |
Known for "Calligraphy of water" and "Water is a color" Parent(s) Vince Vaughn and Joyce Andreson | ||
Stevens vaughn at maam museum rome by gianfranco valleriani
Stevens Vaughn is a ritualistic water painter who uses pigments to document the language of water. His exhibitions Calligraphy of water and Water is a color are influenced by his study and training in the philosophy of the how important imperfection is to the state of perfection in Japan and China.
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Stevens vaughn s exhibition at the nothing gallery
Early life and education
Stevens Vaughn was born in Minnesota, United States, to Vince Vaughn and Joyce Andresen; farmers and cattle ranchers. Due to a rare form of autism resulting in a lack of the concept of time and direction, his early life was based on seasons and events. After many unsuccessful attempts at university in 1976 in South Dakota State University, he became one of the youngest peace corps volunteer at the age of 19, where he later worked in the field of tropical agriculture and community development on the island of Bohol, Philippines in 1978-79. Upon returning to the US, he learned about his autism and was mentored by Howard Meilke Macalister College in 1981. Stevens did his field work in anthropology as a country western singer in a Soviet block hotel in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia in1982.
Career
In 1984, Vaughn set up a glass sculpture and blowing studio in Hsinchu, Taiwan and designed media for US retailers including Neimen Marcus, Bloomingdales and Gumps during which he designed products in Limoges, France and glass on the island of Murano, Italy.
In 1988, he was hired as Vice President of Fitz and Floyd and was sent to Japan to learn sculpture and painting. It was here that he began training on how "imperfection is essential to creating a state of perfection". During this time he developed ceramic and porcelain studios in Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, China and in 1991 he spent one year in Cuernevaca, Mexico, developing a porcelain studio based on what he learned in Asia. In 1992, he returned and moved to Sri Lanka and China, in addition to residences in Japan. In 1996, he moved to the island of Xiamen, China where he played a major role in the development of porcelain art in the cities of Chaozhou and Dehua, where he was given an honorary professorship in the Ceramic Institute in addition to lecturing in the Central Academy of Art Beijing.
During this time he became more involved in the development of contemporary art sculpture in crystal and porcelain, collaborating with artist Bjorn Norgaard (Denmark) as a technical adviser for the crystal sarcophagus of Her Majesty the Queen of Denmark and his Royal Highness The Prince Consort.
His methods of painting have been reported to use ritual "dripping" techniques that don't pull out the color randomly, rather distribute pigments dropwise. The technique uses instability of the fluid to create figures and the splash of the droplets to further enhance the painting.