Since childhood Bonnie has expressed her interest in drawing, painting and sculpture. Growing up in New York, her innate talent was enhanced by having access to the worlds most prominent museums and public art statues. Later, her travels to Italy, France, London, Australia, Greece and Africa continued to ignite her knowledge and passion for creating sculpture.
Bonnie's artwork is in numerous private collections which include many commissions. She is the recipient of several distinguished honors including a monetary award for "Born Free" at the Monmouth Museum. This exhibition was juried by Marion Grzesiak, Executive Director of the Visual Art Center of NJ. She received an Honorable Mention for "Born Free" at Exhibitions Without Walls. She was also in the final round with "Immersed in Nature." She has won two top awards for "Her Story" from Manhattan Arts International. One was for The Featured Artist Art Award. The other was also from Manhattan Arts International for Special Recognition Art Award from Karen Gutfreund, an artist and curator. Gutfreund stated, "Bonnie Kamhi's work is visually arresting, it stopped me in my tracks to delve and explore further. The work is gorgeous and lush, but now knowing her process I am even more intrigued and mesmerized. She is truly unique in her practice." on the website, The Healing Power of Art & Artists, Bonnie won the Award for Excellence. Bonnie also won an award for Artistic Innovation for "Reflecting" from The Guild of Creative Art.
In an article written by Renee Phillips, Director, of Manhattan Arts International, she wrote, "Bonnie Kamhi has the ability to create a compelling symbiotic relationship between human figures and nature that celebrate and transcend their physical forms and enter the narrative realm of poetic splendor."
Bonnie has taught classes in figurative clay. She is a member of the National Sculpture Society, Allied Artists of America, Inc and The Guild of Creative Art, Atlanta Photography Group, Manhattan Arts International.
Statement
I tell stories through a three part process. This involves first creating sculptures, then photographing and transforming them into digital images. The focus of my work involves marrying various aspects of the female form with the grace, beauty and lushness of leaves, flowers and nature. In this way, I am able to evoke and express emotions within me that I need to share. The resulting black and white photographic composites retain the dimensional quality of my sculptures with an added sensuality and ethereal presence. The special hands-on relationship I have with physically forming each sculpture gives me the freedom to materialize in three dimensions whatever I visualize in my mind. The fact that I actually touch and feel the softness and flow evolve as I manipulate the clay. It allows me to nuance my work with an intimacy and closeness that I cannot achieve in any other way.
My work is printed on archival paper "Entrada Rag Natural." High quality archival inks are used in the workmanship of the production. All works get a certificate.
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