“A visual idea arises in pure thought; in the sketchbook; in dialogue with the medium. Sometimes the idea is like a personality, sometimes a map, sometimes it mirrors themes in nature. The first glimpse of a visual idea is almost a symbol, but elusive and alive. There is the sense of something universal to be discovered.”
Kimmerjae Macarus is a Colorado-based sculptor.
Her work in stone, steel and wood explores the vitality of space, spirit and place as elucidated by form.
Stone is emblematic of all that appears solid. When we look closely, science shows us that even stone is mostly infinite space, fluid and alive. Within this space, the ground of being, something mysterious arises. Listening for the breath of that presence, the act of sculpting becomes a spiritual practice. The raw material is approached with a sense of discovery, and the finished work seems to hold something of the very character of space itself.
Kimmerjae lives and works in Lafayette, Colorado. She considers commissions from the Colorado area as well as from afar. Kimmerjae works with clients to create both free-standing pieces, and pieces that integrate into a specific environment (garden, home, public space).
For purchase information or to commission an original sculpture, email kimmerjae@gmail.com.
PRESS and AWARDS
May 27, 2022 First Place, 2021-22 Rosemary Beach Sculpture Exhibition, Rosemary Beach, FL: Holds Water: Kneeling Rock for Standing Rock
January 27, 2019 Lafayette Art Hero Award, Arts Lafayette, Lafayette, Colorado
September 2018 Boulder Magazine Fall Issue, Boulder, Colorado: Featured in Destination Lafayette, article by Lisa Truesdale
March 2018 Featured as Stone Artist of the Month, online Facebook group Custom Creative Stonework
January 2018 Boulder Weekly, Boulder, Colorado Featured in Arts and Culture: How to start; Kimmerjae Macarus and the art of sitting with stone; article by Sarah Haas
Select Exhibitions and Installations
September 2021 Public Art: Holds Water: Kneeling Rock for Standing Rock, gneiss sculpture installed for Rosemary Beach Sculpture Exhibition, Rosemary Beach, FL; to be purchased for permanent collection
June -Jun 2019/21 Public Art: Holds Water: Kneeling Rock for Standing Rock, gneiss sculpture installed for Berthoud Arts and Humanities Alliance, Berthoud, Colorado
March -March 2019/20 Public Art: ‘Frontier:Catch’, 8’x5’x6’ welded steel sculpture installed for Art on Loan Project, Broomfield, Colorado
Fall 2018-April 2019 Collaboration with Ars Nova Singers, Shared Visions Concert: Holds Water: Kneeling Rock for Standing Rock, gneiss sculpture inspired poem by Christine Weeber, set to music by Thomas Edward Morgan
Nov5 -Dec16,'18 Elemental Journeys: 3-person show at The Collective, Lafayette, Colorado; I will show the works from 12 Stones, 12 Weeks, a solo challenge/retreat I set for myself and completed in the Fall of 2017
June -Jun 2018/19 Public Art: Holds Water: Kneeling Rock for Standing Rock, gneiss sculpture installed for Art on the Move, Longmont, Colorado
Feb -Mar 2018 Mask of the Breath: Fearless Mind, calcite 24”x24 x24”, included in Women’s Art, A Persistent Path to Identity, The Collective, Lafayette, CO
June 2017 Public Art: The Boat of the Universe, 4’x6’x5’ Colorado glacier granite sculpture, Purchase award, City of Lafayette permanent collection; *installed at Festival Plaza July 18, 2018
July -Jun 2017/18 Public Art: Holds Water: Kneeling Rock for Standing Rock, gneiss sculpture installed for The Art Advocacy Project, Loveland, Colorado
2015 Group Exhibition: Fearless Mind: 19" x 22" x 22" illuminated calcite triptych, Lafayette, Colorado
2013 –2016 Public Art: Frontier: Cowboy, 8’ x 5’ x 5’ welded steel sculpture selected for Art around Town, Lafayette, Colorado
2013 –2014 Public Art: The Boat of the Universe, 4’ x 6’ x 5’ Colorado glacier granite sculpture installed for Art on the Street, Lafayette, Colorado
2014 –2015 Public Art: Flower of Life: This Dream, 6’ x 3’ x 2’ Colorado Yule marble installed for Art on the Street, Lafayette, Colorado; Jean
Melblom People's Choice Award; Purchase award, City of Lafayette permanent collection
2012 Bike Art at the Dairy: US Cycling Monument Maquette and presentation, The Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, Colorado
2002 Two-Person Exhibition: 18 Sculptures, Lincoln Gallery, Naropa University, Boulder, Colorado
2001 Solo Exhibition: 20 Sculptures, Artwalk, Boulder, Colorado
Select Commissions
2014 Friends of Geoff Belter, 'The Explorer' memorial, orange calcite with composite, 9" x 16" x 7"
2011 Private client, Niwot Colorado, 'The Windhorse,' basalt, 9’ x 5’ x 4’
2009 Private client, Boulder, Colorado, Untitled aluminum sculpture integrated with existing steel fence on property, 5.5’ x 38’ x 6”
2001 Friends of Chris Berntsen, Memorial Bench, carved natural sandstone with integrated bronze plaques, 30” x 72” x 28”, installed at National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado
2000 Private client, Boulder, Colorado, Sculptural Teahouse Garden Folly, steel with fabric cover, raised river boulder plinth, imprinted concrete floor, plantings, 12’ x 19’ x 19’
1997 Private Client, Boulder, Colorado, 'Petal Basin' sculptural water feature cast colored cement, 10"x 26” x 26”
1992 Private Client, Seattle, Washington, 'Iris Fountain,' wall-mounted bronze fountains, each 25” x 25” x 8”
1981 George Williams College, Williams Bay, Wisconsin, and YMCA national offices in Chicago, Illinois, 2 busts of founder Sir George Williams, bronze