My aesthetic and the sculpture that results from it are the fusion of my life experiences, the materials I incorporate, and the equipment I use to refine or join together those materials. In my opinion all of my work is self portraiture. The experiences of losing my limb, coping with that loss and assimilating it in my daily life, is a critical part of the sum of my experiences that create the person I am today.
Terry Karpowicz (b.1948, Cleveland, Ohio) received a BFA in fine arts from Albion College, Michigan in 1970 and his MFA in Sculpture from University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana in 1973. After working with Mark di Suvero in 1972, he pursued large-scale sculpture, establishing his studio in Chicago in 1976. Karpowicz has received a Fulbright-Hayes Fellowship, two National Endowment for the Arts awards, four grants from the Illinois Arts Council, The Newhouse Award, and numerous public and private commissions. He has exhibited throughout the United States, Mexico, Europe and the Soviet Union. His work is held in collections of the City of Chicago, Oklahoma City, and the U.S. General Services Administration.
