Steven Dolbin - Premonitions
Internationally recognized artist/educator and Shippensburg native Steven Dolbin exhibited sculptural work titled "Premonitions", is an example of his work which explores humanity's bond with the land and the spiritual dialogue humans once had with the physical landscape. His works recall ancient monuments and relics, yet they are directly tied to the technology that has changed our planet’s surface and helped to form our present culture.
Dolbin, received his MFA from Pratt Institute in NYC and has exhibited throughout the United States and Britain. His works range in scale from small indoor pieces to outdoor public art of monumental proportions. Dolbin is the recipient of numerous awards such as the prestigious Pollock-Krasner Grant. His work is included in many private and public collections and is featured in the world’s leading textbook on sculpture “Shaping Space”. Articles and images concerning his work have appeared in The New York Times. Sculpture Magazine and others. Dolbin has taught at institutions such as The University of Connecticut, The University of Massachusetts, Pratt Institute, and Amherst College. Along with his advanced degree from Pratt Institute, Professor Dolbin’s education includes independent study at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, The Art Students League of New York, and The Rhode Island School of Design.
Although American, Professor Dolbin was recently elected to the Royal Society of British Sculptors and in recent years his work has been exhibited in the Henry Moore Gallery of the Royal College of Art in London, at the Hillyer Art Space in Washington DC, The WITF TV Public Media Center, Harrisburg, Pa and The Goodyear Gallery of Dickenson College, Carlisle, Pa.
Dolbin is a full-time professor and the former Chairperson of the Department of Art & Design at his al mater Shippensburg University.
Sculptor Anthony Cervino praises Dolbin's work saying " Dolbin’s sculptures explore the complicated intersections of creativity, memory, history, technology, spirituality and the environment. The works featured in this exhibition incorporate mortal, synthetic and natural materials to arrive at an almost archaeological reflection on the temporality of the human condition."