DAVID MURANO
b. 1964
The human figure and the soul lie at the heart of David Murano’s work. He understands the human figure so well that he molds teeny clay torsos with his fingers as he teaches his sculpture class. To these "soul samples," as he calls them, he adds a lovely patina, then fires them. He creates the figure life-size in copper-wire wall sculptures he calls "Searching Souls." He also scorches nude figures into paper, using a magnifying glass and the sun’s rays. In either medium, the result is beautiful art with a lovely spiritual message.
David Murano was born in Darien, Connecticut, but since moving west in the late 1980s, he’s been an active member of the Wichita, Kansas arts scene. He’s studied and taught art and design at Wichita State University, co-founded the Acme Gallery, and served as president of the city’s Visual Arts Guild. Currently, he is Gallery Director at the Center for the Arts, where he also teaches figurative drawing and figurative sculpture.
Solo Exhibits
| 1999 | Drawing the Line, Graceland College, Lamoni, Iowa |
| 1991 | Ideas, Experience, Observers, McKnight Art Center, Wichita, Kansas |
| 1990 | State of the Art, McFarland Gallery, Wichita |
| 1989 | The Late Show, Binns Merrill Gallery, Alfred, New York |
| 1988 | BAIT, live solo performance, Bridgeport Public Access Television, Bridgeport, Connecticut |
Group Exhibits
| 1999 | Bright Stars on the Western
Horizon, The Dorothy Rogers Collection Online Faculty Exhibit, Wichita Center for the Arts Tiny Works, Project Gallery, Wichita Small Works, Acme Gallery, Wichita Art Options, Center for the Arts Black Velvet, CityArts, Wichita Recent Works, Acme Gallery, Wichita Fall Show, Acme Gallery Directors Choice, CityArts, Wichita |
| 1998 | Grand Opening, Acme Gallery Big Show, Acme Gallery Faculty Exhibit, Center for the Arts Art Options, Center for the Arts Small Works, Acme Gallery |
| 1997 | Seven, Big Sky Heights, Wichita |
| 1996 | Annual Outdoor Light Exhibit, Museum of Luminous Phenomenon, Madison, Wisconsin |
| 1995 | Annual Outdoor Light Exhibit, Museum of Luminous Phenomenon, Alfred, New York |
| 1994 | Summer Touring Caravan Show, Montana |
| 1993 | Art for the Heart,
Crestview Country Club, Wichita Annual Outdoor Light Exhibit, Alfred, New York |
| 1992 | The Great Garbage Binge Art
Show, Beall Park Art Center, Bozeman, Montana Hat Art, Leaf and Bean, Bozeman, Montana |
| 1991 | This is Still Not in Focus,
Gallery DeJour, Bozeman Lost and Foundry, McFarland Gallery, Wichita, Kansas Annual Outdoor Light Exhibit, Alfred, New York |
| 1990 | Sculpture, McKnight Art Center, Wichita, Kansas Sea Spirits, McFarland Gallery, Wichita, Kansas Glass Art Society Outdoor Light Exhibit, Corning, New York |
Artist Statement: My work is about the energy that is life. My subject matter is figurative. I am intrigued with light, physically and metaphorically, whether I incorporate the use of a shadow or employ the sun’s light to scorch a mark on paper. The energy of life is present. I seem to focus on inner light or spiritual light, "soul." A quote that I have used in conjunction with my work is "For soul is form and doth the body make." (Hymn in Honor of Beauty, Edmund Spenser, 1596.) I equate the soul to light. The soul is the light of life, and this is what I am searching to capture in my artwork.
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