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                                                ARTIST STATEMENT

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My art is a journey through memory, myth, and transformation. Through painting and sculpture, I connect viewers to landscapes both real and imagined—blending ancient influences, ecological urgency, and deeply felt responses to place.

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In sculpture, discarded materials become a language of transformation. Salvaged plastics, hot glue, and found objects are assembled into expressive, often biomorphic forms rooted in petroglyphs, geoglyphs, mythology, and metempsychosis. Materials intended to be temporary or worthless acquire another existence. Recycling becomes not simply an environmental act, but a metaphor for transformation, mortality, and renewal.

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My paintings offer a quieter, more introspective response to the world around me. Working with alla prima, palette knife, and glazing techniques, I explore color, surface, dream fragments, and emotional landscapes. These works are less direct depictions than impressions - records of feeling and light threatened, altered, or already vanishing.

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Whether working in plastic or oil, my intention remains the same: to preserve and provoke. I am interested in the fleeting - materials, memories, and meanings - and in transforming them into forms that challenge convention while embracing vulnerability.

   

Ultimately, the work asks what we choose to preserve, what we discard, and whether anything truly disappears or simply assumes another form.


—KENNETH MILESTONE

RESUME

EDUCATION

                                                                                                                                                                                                  1992-1994 University of Georgia                                                                                                                                          1991-1992 MCC, Bradenton, Florida                                                                                                                                  1988-1991 Ringling College of Art, Sarasota, Florida                                                                                                  1977 N.E. GA. College Dahlonega, Georgia 

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EXHIBITIONS

2026 Golden Duck Gallery - No Limits 2026, Budapest, Hungary​​

"The Psychopedagogue's Fascination" Granted Digital Show Winner

2025 Kid's At Peace Inc. - Guardians of the Universe​

Community Exhibition & Childrens Award Ceremony,  Costa Rica

2022-2023 Made By Gallery Sarasota, Florida                                                                                                        2022 David Hammel Studios Sarasota, Florida                                                                                                            2015-2016 Ed Walsch Gallery Sarasota, Florida                                                                                                          2012 Children's Museum National Gallery, San Jose, Costa Rica                                                                      2008-2010 Galleria Café L' Europe, Sarasota, Florida                                                                                    2006-2007 Federal Building Sarasota County, Sarasota, Florida                                                                        2005-2007 Arts Society Sarasota, Florida                                                                                                                      2002 Galleria Makanda, Montezuma, Costa Rica                                                                                                        2001-2002 Galleria Romero, Quepos, Costa Rica                                                                                              2002 Japanese Embassy, San Jose, Costa Rica                                                                                                    2000-2001 d.o.c.s. Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana                                                                                        1995-1999 Chasen Gallery, Sarasota, Florida                                                                                                                1999 Veronese Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana                                                                                                    1995 Erotic Art Museum, BASEL Miami Beach, Florida                                                                                            1993-1994 Hope Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia                                                                                                                      1992 William Thomas Gallery, Sarasota, Florida                                                                                                         1991-1993 Florida Avenue Gallery, Sarasota, Florida                                                                                                  1991-1992 MCC Galleries, Bradenton, Florida                                                                                                              1989-1993 Hang Up Gallery, Sarasota, Florida                                                                                                        1989-1990 North Gallery, Sarasota, Florida                                                                                                                    1989 Voorhees Gallery, Sarasota, Florida​

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INITIATIVES AND FOUNDATIONS

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2024-Present

Founder,  Kid's at Peace Inc. - Guardians of the Universe

International nonprofit art and education initiative focused on recycled-materials art,

environmental stewardship, and community-based exhibitions, and workshops.

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​HONORS AND AWARDS

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2002 Juror Creative Festival/Public School System, Quepos, Costa Rica                                                        2000 Louisiana State Fine Arts Grant Recipient                                                                                                          1990 Sarasota Fine Arts Society Scholarship                                                                                                                1990 President's List, Ringling College of Art                                                                                                                1990 Selby Scholarship Recipient, Sarasota, Florida                                                                                                  1990 Honor Graduate, Ringling College of Art                                                                                                              1990 Best of Ringling, Ringling College of Art                                                                                                              1989 Best of Ringling College of Art                                                                                                                                  1989 Sarasota Fine Arts Society Scholarship                                                                                                                  1977 Governor's Honors N.E. GA College

ARTIST BIO

Kenneth Milestone is an American artist living and working in Costa Rica. Trained in painting, stone carving, and bronze casting, he studied at Ringling College of Art and Design before relocating to New Orleans in the late 1990s. There, limited studio space led him away from traditional sculptural materials and toward salvaged Mardi Gras plastics and found objects. He subsequently developed his own construction process using hot glue as both adhesive and structural material.

After moving to Costa Rica, Milestone's work increasingly explored recycling, transformation, mythology, and the natural environment. His practice now encompasses painting, recycled-material sculpture, and community arts education, including his work with Kid's At Peace Inc. - Guardians of the Universe.

 

 

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