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Jeff Hackney Artist Statement

The transition to professional sculptor was a natural progression after twenty-five years of design and construction experience, graphic design as well as a lifetime of curiosity about design, structure,  and balance.  

 

From  2007 - 2017, I entered seventeen juried opportunities comprised of over 4,900 national and international artist applicants. I was chosen as a finalist or took honors in thirteen of the seventeen, including Best in Show. My works have been collected in both private and public collections in eleven states and Brazil and are included in the permanent municipal collections of Sandy Springs, GA; Charlotte-Mecklenburg County, NC; Burlington, NC, Mebane, NC, Alamance County, NC, Wilmington, NC and King University in Bristol, Tennessee.

 

PUBLIC ART ACQUISITIONS, JURIED EXHIBITIONS AND COMPETITIONS

Knightdale investors, LLC “Henry Knight’s Vision” Knightdale, NC, installed November 2016.
awarded Knightdale’s 2016 community appearance award. 

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Alamance County Arts Council, City of Burlington, NC, 6th Biennial Sculpture Show

“Willow Walk” 2016 Purchase Award for "Flight"

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NC Botanical Gardens, “Sculpture in the Garden Invitational” Chapel Hill, NC, 2015
People’s Choice award for “Aaralyn and Sasha”

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Alamance County Arts Council, City of Burlington, NC, 6th Biennial Sculpture Show

“Willow Walk” 2014 Purchase Award for "Ziggy"

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King University permanent collection, Bristol Tennessee “Dogwood - Cornus Florida” installed 2014

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City of Wilmington, Pedestrian Art Selected Artist and Purchase Award for "Light Before Time" 2013

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NC Botanical Gardens, “Sculpture in the Garden Invitational,” Chapel Hill, NC, 2014, 2013, 2012


Alamance County Arts Council, City of Burlington, NC, 6th Biennial Sculpture Show

“Willow Walk” 2012 Purchase Award for "Chasing the Wind"

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Playable Art Park, Sandy Springs, Ga, Commissioned Artist, 2012, “The Big Imagine” chosen as one of seven commissions from a field of 125 international artists. Installed 2014.

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NC Botanical Gardens, “Sculpture in the Garden Invitational,” Chapel Hill, NC, 2011

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“Art in the Garden” Invitational, Pinehurst, NC, 2011, Second Place

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Alamance County Arts Council, City of Burlington, NC, 6th Biennial Sculpture Show

“Willow Walk” 2010 Purchase Award for "Light Before Time"

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Moses Cone Regional Cancer Center, Roof Garden Sculpture National Call to Artists, Design Finalist

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Optix Eye Care, Erwin Road, Durham, NC. “OP” Commissioned and installed 2010

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Scrapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. Selected Artist, 2010

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Caldwell Arts Council and Tri-state Sculptors, “25th Anniversary Sculpture Celebrations”, Lenoir, NC; Norma Suddreth Award, 2010

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Alamance County Arts Council, City of Burlington, NC,  5th Biennial Sculpture Show
“Willow Walk”  2010 Purchase Award for Strangely Familiar

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Public Art Chattanooga “4th Biennial Sculpture Show,“ Chattanooga, TN.
2010-2011 Selected Artist for “Need Bigger Hammer”

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Arts and Science Council-Charlotte-Mecklenburg, Public Art Project -Rozzelles Ferry Streetscape Project, Charlotte, NC. Commissioned Artist. Final Design approval 9/2009. Installation March 2010.

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Discovery Place, Charlotte, NC.  2009, Interior/exterior Call to Artists,  Design finalist

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Caldwell Arts Council and Tri-State Sculptors, “Sculpture Celebrations” Lenoir, NC, First Place, 2008

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Optix Eye Care, Erwin Road, Durham, NC. “Spectacle” Commissioned and installed 2008

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NC Botanical Gardens, “Sculpture in the Garden” 2007 Chapel Hill, NC, “Remember” best in show

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Wake County Hospice “Gateway Sculpture Project,” Raleigh, NC, Design finalist, 2007

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H.S. Brown and Associates, Sullivan’s Island, SC. Commissioned and installed 2007

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