Kevin Caron

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Kevin Caron
Born
Kevin Caron

1960
Nationality American
Known for Sculpture
AwardsVisual Artist of the Year, 2018 Phoenix Mayor's Arts Awards, Best of the West Arts & Culture Award; Sculptor of the Year, ArtTrends magazine, 2012-2014
Patron(s)City of Chandler, Arizona; City of Avondale, Arizona; City of Tucson, Arizona; City of Chandler, Arizona; City of Surprise, Arizona; City of Temple, Texas; Harbourside Place, Jupiter, Florida; Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Kevin Caron (born February 2, 1960, in Stratford, Connecticut) is a sculptor from Phoenix, Arizona. He has created more than 60 private and public commissioned works which are on display across the United States. Among his works are pieces on display in Tucson, Arizona, Temple, Texas, Avondale, Arizona, Chandler, Arizona, Surprise, Arizona, Jupiter, Florida and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania as well as in Taiwan, Luxembourg and the Bahamas. He was chosen as Visual Artist of the Year in the 2018 Phoenix Mayor's Arts Awards, [1] and his public art sculpture Hands On won 17th Annual Best of the West Arts & Culture Award for 2009. [2]

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Although he began his work as an artist working in fabricated steel, Caron is also a pioneer in using 3D printing to create large scale 3D printed sculpture, [3] using an 8-foot-tall Cerberus 3D Gigante 3D printer that he had built for him. His largest 3D-printed sculpture to date is Debutante, a more than 6-foot-tall sculpture. A 5-1/2-foot-tall sculpture, Epic Swoon, was commissioned by PricewaterhouseCoopers in Columbus, Ohio.

Life and career

Caron was born on February 2, 1960. He moved to Arizona with his family in 1973. He served six years in the United States Navy, where he worked in machine shops, and aircraft maintenance yards. He was stationed in various ports of call including Diego Garcia and Misawa, Japan. He was honorably discharged in 1983.

He managed a car repair shop, and in between jobs, built his own vehicle. His career as a sculptor was inspired by his work on a privacy screen. When he had completed the screen, he visualized a fountain made from the same material. Caron became a full-time artist in 2006. [4]

As he launched his art career, he also began a YouTube channel. By July 2024, the channel had more than 800 videos, 102,000 subscribers and 28 million views. [5]

He lists M.C. Escher and Antoine Pevsner among his design inspirations. [6]

In 2012, in addition to creating metal artworks, he began working with 3D printing and now creates sculptures as tall as 6 feet using his 8-foot-tall Cerberus 3D Gigante printer.

Awards

Public and major commissions and installations

Reviews and commentary

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References

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  2. "Artprize". Archived from the original on 2019-01-10. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
  3. "3D Printing – part two". 26 March 2015.
  4. "Biography, Kevin Caron" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-05. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
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  6. "Welding Wonders - Artist Kevin Caron shares his story | Westermans Blog". 17 February 2014.