About me
Jerry Cox is a St. Louis Missouri native, Graduating from Lindberg High in 1974. Received a BFA from Westminster/William Woods in Fulton MO in 1978, with concentrations in Sculpture, Watercolor, Photography and Drawing. I won 1st in the Columns Bluejay Annual Photography Competition in 1976.<br> Soon after Graduation I found himself working with a local collector/restorer of slot machines and Jukeboxes. I carved “One Arm Bandits”; life size figures with a slot machine for a torso. I also remade parts, re-cast lost and broken aluminum parts.<br>In 1981 I started cabinetmaking, furniture reproductions and antique restoration for Floyd Cook Restorations. There I discovered an area within the furniture making realm called, “Furniture as art”. This is defined as furniture more as a functional sculpture, built to the best quality standards. Through the 35 years in my main profession, I have been pursuing the craft of Furniture as Art along with Wood sculptures using furniture making techniques.
Through the ‘80’s and early into the ‘90’s I focused on landscape watercolors. Starting in the mid ‘80’s with the purchase of a medium format Pentax 67 Camera, I Focused (excuse the pun) in photography over the watercolors. Around the year 2000 I decided to focus on sculpture and the area called Craft Wood, wood turnings or derived from turnings.
Artist Statement
I let classic iconic concepts evolve into stylized designs that give a narrative. In my Sculpture I usually invoke some Sci-fi theme, or narratives about my Christian walk, sometimes subtlety and sometimes blatant. I work mostly in wood, combining turning, carving, construction, and assemblies. My work is highly refined and finished to the best of my woodworking abilities. I choose subjects for their challenges to learn some new technique
Publications:
Feb 2002 Fine Woodworking Gallery listing
Aug 2008 Featured Artist; St. Louis Homes
Feb 2019 Ladue News Featured Artist
Wood Symphony Masters of Woodworking Vol 1
Affiliations past and present
St. Louis Artist Guild
Creative Artisans Guild
Best of Missouri Hands
Show Me Woodturners
American Association of Woodturners
World of Woodturners
Galleries, Museums and ongoing exhibit spaces where I have participated:
Del Mono LA CA
Wood Symphony Galleries CA
Silver Sycamore St. Genevieve MO
Idea Museum AZ
Gateway House of Prayer. St. louis Mo
Soulard Art Gallery MO
Maya Galleries, Santa Fe NM
Links:
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https://www.facebook.com/jerry.cox.127
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jmcox2012@yahoo.com
Jerry Cox