Bret Price

American sculptor (born 1950)

Bret Price
Born	1950 (age 73–74)
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Pomona College California Institute of the Arts
Known for	Sculpture
Spouse	Rae Lynn Price
Children	2

Bret Price (born 1950^[1]) is an American sculptor known for his large-scale work with steel.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] His work has been included in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum^[1] and the Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Gardens, among others.^[6]

Early life

Price was born in Palo Alto, California. His father, Harrison “Buzz” Price, worked with Walt Disney,^[7] and encouraged him to pursue his passions.^[8]^[9]

Price attended Pomona College in Claremont, California. He initially pursued pre-med but switched majors after taking a ceramics class and graduated in 1972.^[10]^[9] He then attended the Otis Art Institute for a year and earned a master of fine arts from the California Institute of the Arts in Santa Clarita in 1975.^[10]

Career

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"Nori" (2007) at Domaine Forget in Quebec, Canada

From 1976 to 1987, Price was an assistant professor at Chapman University.^[6]

Price's early works were in ceramics,^[11] but he turned to steel beginning in 1979.^[1] His creations grew in scale over time, eventually reaching up to 35 feet (11 m) in height and weighing 7.5 short tons (6.8 t).^[6] His artistic process consists of heating pieces of steel to high temperatures using propane gas and then bending, twisting, and rolling them using a forklift, giving them a supple and flexible appearance.^[12]

Price's work has been included in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum,^[1] the Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Gardens,^[6] the Laguna Beach Museum of Art, the Long Beach Museum of Art, the Orange County Museum of Art, and the Dayton Art Institute, among others.^[6]^[13]

Personal life

Price splits his time between Orange, California, where he works at the studio Logan Creative, and New Bremen, Ohio.^[10]^[12] He made several sculptures for his backyard in Orange, including an 11-foot-long (3.4 m), 1,500-pound (680 kg) zipper.^[14]

Price is married to Rae Lynn Price (née Olson).^[15]^[7] He has a daughter, Erin, and a son, Greg, who is a glass artist.^[8]^[15]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Bret Price". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
^ McKig, Jean (June 3, 2001). "Sculptor steals scene with heated works". The Desert Sun. p. 43. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
^ "New Sculpture Garden at the Muckenthaler". Fullerton Observer. May 11, 2020. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
^ McCabe, Ginny (July 24, 2020). "Latest 12-foot sculpture comes to Pyramid Hill in Hamilton". Journal-News. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
^ Park, Jeong (May 11, 2020). "New sculpture garden offers open-air art experience at the Muckenthaler". Orange County Register. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "About". Bret Price. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Economist who put Disneyland in OC dies at 89". Daily Breeze. August 16, 2010. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Bret Price Bio". JM Art Management. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Nguyen, Vicky (May 13, 2020). "Center Opens Sculpture Garden to Create Escape During Quarantine". spectrumnews1.com. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "2022 Blaisdell Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients Announced". Pomona College. April 14, 2022. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
^ Maxwell, Corey (July 14, 2021). "Sculptures installed in village". The Evening Leader. Retrieved April 15, 2022 – via PressReader.
^ ^a ^b Dillon, Pamela (July 2, 2006). "Bend, twist & roll: A sculptor exhibiting at DAI gets big enjoyment from working with steel". Dayton Daily News. p. 58. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
^ Castenada, Vera (November 19, 2020). "Orange County artist's 'Happenstance' completes Muckenthaler sculpture garden". Daily Pilot. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
^ Vida, Herbert J. (September 21, 1986). "Mention 'Fly' and This Man of Steel Shows Off His 11-Foot-Tall, 1,500-Pound Zipper". Los Angeles Times. p. 80. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Price, Bret; Price, Rae Lynn. Bret Price | Art in the Middle. YouTube. Event occurs at 19:54. Retrieved May 11, 2022.