Michael Boroniec


Michael Boroniec is an American sculptor who resides and works in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

Education and occupation

BFA in Ceramics from the Rhode Island School of Design, 2006.

Work

Boroniec' primary medium is ceramic; other media include painting, printmaking, experimental, and time based art. His work is a journalistic approach, a photograph or chronograph of time, primarily focusing on materials and the direct relationship to the viewer, location, and society. During the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Boroniec created a collection of pieces titled "Crude Awakening" that includes terra cotta sculptures of birds covered in oil and a silk screened American flag portrayed by motor oil on canvas.

Spatial Spirals

What began with teapots and a single spiral, has evolved into a series of vases that vary in form, degree of expansion, and number of coils. Each vessel is wheel thrown then deconstructed. This process reveals aspects of the vase that most rarely encounter. Within the walls, maker’s marks become evident and contribute to the texture. The resultant ribbon effect, reminiscent of a wheel trimming, lends fragility, elegance, and motion to a medium generally perceived as hard and heavy. This emphasizes a resistance of gravity, allowing negative space to unravel and become part of the form. The result is a body of sculptural objects, resembling and born of functional vessels.

Exhibitions

Boroniec' work has been selected and shown nationally and internationally.
Berkshire Now; Michael Boroniec
Berkshire Museum
Lauren Clark Fine Art;
May Bouquet
Eutectic Gallery; Slip Slab Coil Pinch Press Throw
Michael Boroniec; Spatial Spirals
Lauren Clark Fine Art
Mary Child Gallery
Works from De Barro
Select shows from Ferrin Gallery:
Other: