Eduardo Gomez
Bio
Eduardo Gomez Rojas was born in Colombia and moved to the USA as a young man. Eduardo graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, with a BA in Economics where he later obtained an MSW. He later returned to art school at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock where he completed his post baccalaureate studies in sculpture. He has worked as the sculpture instructor at the Lighthouse Art Center in Tequesta for the last 13 years.
Eduardo has exhibited at various museums such as the Historic Arkansas Museum in Arkansas, The St Lucie County Historical Museum in Ft Pierce, the AE Backus Museum in Ft Pierce, the Elliot Museum in Stuart, Florida and the Vero Beach Museum of Art where he recently won 1st place in the show Treasure Coast Creates with his marble sculpture "Mountain of Grief". He has also exhibited in national juried sculpture shows such as the Loveland Sculpture Invitational in Colorado. Two of his public sculptures are at the Order of Divine Providence in Usaquen, Colombia. Locally, his sculptures “Above and Beyond” and “Unconditional” are installed at the entrance of the Distinguished Service Memorial Park in Stuart, Florida. A third, “38th Parallel” at the Veterans Memorial Park in Port Saint Lucie Florida.
Eduardo works in various mediums including cast bronze, carved stone, bonded minerals and ceramics. His sculptures range in size from small to monumental and he accepts public and private commissions.
Artist Statement
The human figure in all its aspects and conditions is my main source of inspiration. In it I see the incredible beauty and perfection of creation as well as the raw reflection of our human condition.
Individual uniqueness inspires me. Life affects all humans in a singular way. Our bodies are a journal of our life and an X-Ray of our soul. I find a raw beauty in this uniqueness and my work attempts to chronicle my own personal perception of this uniqueness. The result can be beautiful but can also be intense and even disturbing. For me form is a vehicle for expressing individual character rather than idealized perfection. Human relationships also inspire me. For this reason, I like making sculptures with multiple figures. I also find inspiration in physical movement. Its grace and its plasticity; even what it may say about our brokenness. That is why I like sculpting dancers and other athletes. I also like doing animals because as humans they have individual personalities and characters.
My work always starts in clay because it allows me to quickly develop an idea into a visual concept. I then may finish the work in clay or evolve to casting the work in bronze or other media. This may take months or even years. I work on many projects at once because they are at different stages of development. I like making portraits, full figure sculptures and reliefs. I don’t follow any particular formula and I don’t sculpt for a particular audience. I do try to be honest and express my true feelings. I leave the psychoanalysis to the psychiatrists.
