BIOGRAPHY John Medwedeff has been producing site-specific public sculpture, sculptural fountains, architectural ironwork, and furniture for over 25 years. His work is represented in private and public collections including the John Deere Collection, the Metal Museum, the Illinois State Museum, the University School of Nashville, and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. In 2009 John Medwedeff: Sculptor & Metalsmith, a one-person exhibition, was held at the University Museum at SIU Carbondale. This exhibition was curated by Nate Steinbrink. Maquettes of his recent sculpture (Wellspring and Willow) are featured in the Iron 2010: A Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Blacksmithing exhibition which began at the Metal Museum in Memphis and is now travelling to several venues. Experiences and memories of landscapes and rivers from his youth in Tennessee and adult life in the Midwest influence the shape and form of John's work. Childhood travels to Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Egypt, Greece, Germany, India, and Alaska exposed him to a range of culture, geology, art, and architecture. At 19 he began a 3-year blacksmithing apprenticeship with Jim Wallace at the National Ornamental Metal Museum in Memphis, TN and afterwards earned his Master of Fine Arts degree from SIU Carbondale. Concurrent with running his studio, John has curated exhibitions, taught sculpture and blacksmithing workshops at numerous craft schools, and lectured at universities and symposia across the country. His art has been featured in Ironwork Today 2 by Jeffrey Snyder (2008); Metall Design 2006, produced by the German metal arts journal Hephaistos; Direct Metal Sculpture and Ironwork Today by Dona Meilach; and the journals Sculpture, Art & Antiques, Architectural Digest, and Metalsmith. He has also written the forward for and has work included in "From Fire to Form, Sculpture from the Modern Blacksmith and Metalsmith" published in March, 2009. WTTW Chicago and WSIU Carbondale recently  featured John in Arts Across Illinois and WSIU In Focus in-depth public television programs about his life and work. He lives with his wife and son in Southern Illinois.

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