Randy Shull (NC, b. 1962), Mixed Media Pendant Sculpture

1990, carved wood with polychrome centering a micaceous stone, the apex drilled for wall display, incised signature and date to the verso.

38 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.

Private Collection of a Lady, Raleigh, North Carolina

For over 25 years Randy Shull has been working at the intersection of architecture, landscape design, furniture design and painting. Randy’s colorful and highly textured paintings reveal countless layers of paint and an interest in the archaeology of the process of painting. His furniture bridges the gap between art and design by combining painting and furniture in one composition.

Shull received his BFA in Furniture Design from Rochester Institute of Technology in 1986. He was awarded a North Carolina Arts Council Fellowship in 1994, a NEA Southern Arts Federation grant in 1995, a residency at Penland School of Craft, and a master residency at Oregon School of Arts & Crafts. His work is included in a number of national museum collections including The Brooklyn Museum (NY), the High Museum (GA), the Renwick Museum of American Art (Washington, D.C.), the Mint Museum of Craft & Design (NC), the Racine Museum of Art (WI), the Gregg Museum of Art & Design (NC), the Museum of Art and Design (NY), Black Mountain College Museum (NC), the Asheville Art Museum (NC), the Ogden Museum of Southern Art (LA), the Mobile Museum of Art, and numerous corporate collections including Fidelity, Wells Fargo, Piedmont Natural Gas and others.

He maintains a large warehouse studio in Asheville, NC and a mid-century modern live/work space in Merida, Mexico. Shull and his partner, Hedy Fischer, are collectors of contemporary art, evident in the exhibition "Limited Visibility", featuring works from their collection, exhibited at the CAM Raleigh in 2014-2015. Shull also serves on the collections committee at The North Carolina Museum of Art.

Bio Courtesy of The Mahler Fine Art.

Good estate condition; the reverse with a few surface abrasions.