Bryant Holsenbeck
Environmental Artist“I make art inspired by the natural world using the cast-offs of our society that I find everywhere I look.”
Sculpture
I make the animals I see around me. They inspire me and give me hope. They are beautiful. They are survivors of our own human neglect and greed. I feel such gratitude for them.
I feel fortunate that somehow despite it all a world of wild animals lives around me. As we remove their natural habitats somehow these animals continue to live. So far, with wild life, trees and forests, rivers and lakes, we human animals, together make up the precarious web that is our life.
Gallery Representation
Public Art
As an environmental artist, I collect detritus–everyday objects which were used and thrown away, and make them into art. These works are about our environment and our culture. My installations and residencies are both meditations and questions. Where does all this “stuff” come from? Where does it go? What do we do with it? Why is it here?
Wherever I am invited to make public art, the input of the local community is paramount. From collecting materials, to installing each work, the participation of others is a large part of the process. The strength of this work comes from the working together in community.
Working With Kids
On the Horizon
Fictions of Fauna: Animals in Five Contemporary Artists’ Work
September 16 – November 1, 2023
Opening Reception September 15, 2023, 6-8 pm
Tryon Arts and Crafts School, Tryon, NC
NCAEA Art Teachers Workshop
Sculpture in Paper
June 9-14, 2024
Taught in conjunction with Nicole Uzzell
Arrowmont School of Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN