Samuel Ekwurtzel

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Samuel Ekwurtzel completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2006 at Hartford Art School, University of Hartford. In 2005–06 as a visiting student he attended Goldsmiths College in London UK. In 2007 he took part in the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Residency program and the International Sculpture Center Swiss Residency program.

Ekwurtzel is a recipient of the Estelle Hartman Sculpture Prize, the International Sculpture Center’s award for Outstanding Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture, and a Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism Grant.

I attempt to process my everyday explorations and translate them into interactive sculpture and installation. Objects and interventions are often passive, camouflaged, so that they can be stumbled over/upon/into. In this way the participant can make a deep personal connection with the work. Viewing an artwork as a fatalistic encounter.