Heidi Hornberger | Biography | Legacy Fine Art Publishing

THE NEWEST PIECES OF THE ARTIST:

Goddess of the Dawn – 24h x 11d x 10w – Bronze limited edition

Creation (front)

The winner of Sculptural Pursuit Magazine’s international competition creates abstracts in wood and bronze and delights in portraying faces in clay. A fifth- generation Californian, Hornberger’s interest in woodcarving and bronze casting began during the four years she majored in art at the University of California Santa Barbara. After college, she pursued a successful business career before she returned to art in 1991 as a sculptor working for a garden statuary company in San Francisco. She said, “There I learned to work in many mediums, which enabled me to create my designs in materials that were compatible with being molded and cast in concrete and resin.

From this background, it was an easy transition to fine art sculptures that could be cast in bronze.” She spent thirteen years with the company, collaborating with the owner on designs, creating the prototypes, and doing the photography for their catalogs. Her skills as a photographer enable her to photograph her own work accurately, and her background in business gives her a comfort level when working with gallery owners and professional clients.

In 1988, Hornberger visited Bali, Indonesia for the first time, and the woodcarvings captivated her. Ten years later, she returned and studied woodcarving with master carver I. B. Oka Astina. Now she makes an annual pilgrimage to Bali for inspiration and to work in Oka Astina’s studio. “Like many artists since the 1930s,” she said, “I was attracted to the island because of its strong cultural emphasis on art as a vehicle for accessing the mysteries of life and death.”

Hornberger never has a problem being motivated. Her biggest challenge is having enough time in the studio. “That is one reason I do an artist’s retreat in Bali every year,” she said, “to be free from everyday distractions and to find easy access to the unconscious, from which my sculptures emerge.”

AWARDS AND COMMISSIONS

Awards:
Second place in the 2007 International Sculpture Competition for Sculptural Pursuit Magazine. Feature article in the July/Fall issue. Click here to read the article

Current Commissions:
Bali, Indonesia: Portrait of the late King of Ubud

Shows:
Sausalito Art Festival, September 2007 and 2008
National Sculpture Society: "The Sea", 2005, New York City
California Breast Cancer Research Symposium, 2005. Commemorative poster artist

Museums:
Puri Lukisan Museum, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia Portrait of Bali’s oldest living classical dancer Opening and installation – 2008

ARTIST'S BIOGRAPHY

Background: Native of the San Francisco Bay Area, fifth generation Californian.

Institutional Art Education:
1966-70 : University of California at Santa Barbara, majoring in art with a sculpture emphasis
1969 : University of California at Berkeley
1974 to present : Continuous art courses at College of Marin and San Francisco City College in sculpture, painting, and photography

Private Art Education:
1998-present (annually): Wood sculpting with I. B. Oka Astina, internationally renowned master wood carver in Bali.
1999-2005: Figurative sculpting from nationally acclaimed sculptor Eugene Daub,
2001 : Figurative sculpting from Paul Lucchesi in Lucca, Italy

Commercial work:
1992-2005 : Exclusive sculptor for Fabbri & Nuti Garden Statuary Company, San Francisco. Over 100 original works reproduced and sold in the western United States.
1995-2007 : Garden of Dreams, Sausalito, California: Wholesale reproductions of original sculptures sold throughout the U.S.

Fine Art Galleries:
Gallery of Great Things , Kamuela, Hawaii. Wood and limited edition bronze sculptures.
Bididari Gallery, Mas, Bali, Indonesia. Wood sculptures.

Community Service in the Arts:
"The Heidi Circle" is part of a non-profit scholarship program in Bali known as YKIP, which assists impoverished children in getting an education. Heidi has enrolled donors from all over the U.S. who are currently sponsoring over 40 children. During her annual trips to Bali she spends time with the children doing art projects and taking them on field trips.

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