Roger Junk / Sculptor

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My work revolves around everything in our world. The idea for an image can begin with a suggestion from a client, a billboard on the way to the studio or a block of stone with an interesting shape. My best images will outgrow this meager beginning as I become obsessed.

I use the human figure almost exclusively in my sculpture. It is the best dialect in the language of art to talk about people things. I admit that slightly deranged birds and abstract architectural elements have been invading my visual vocabulary lately, but I’m pretty sure it’s not my fault.

SELECTED EXHIITIONS

2005

• MCA BIENNIAL, Laura Miles Gallery, Wayzata, MN Invitational
• INTERNATIONAL FIGURE EXHIBIT, Red Dot Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
• 2ND ANNUAL N.E. INVITATIONAL SCULPTURE SHOW,
  Northrup King Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

2004

• UPPER MIDWEST SCULPTURE, Laura Miles Gallery, Wayzata, MN
  Juried regional exhibit

2001

• CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURE AT CHESTERWOOD
  Juried national exhibit
• SOLO EXHIBIT, United Methodist Church Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
• FOR ADULTS ONLY, Juried national exhibit
  East Ashland Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
• LOOK OF LOVE, Juried national exhibit
  John Nichols Gallery, Santa Paula, California

2000

• STATE FIGURE EXHIBIT, Juried state exhibit,
  3rd place
  Peggy Kelly Gallery, Wayzata, Minnesota
• STATE SCULPTURE EXHIBIT, Juried state exhibit,
  1st place, People’s choice
  Bemidji Art Center, Bemidji, Minnesota

1999

• THE SPIRIT OF DANCE, Juried national exhibit
  Fanny Mae Gallery, Washington D.C.
• SMALL WORKS SHOW, Juried national exhibit
  Norwich Gallery, Norwich, Connecticut
• ART OF THE SPIRIT, Juried national exhibit
  Forest Hills Cemetery 150th Anniversary, Buffalo, New York

1998

• SHARED SPACE, Juried regional exhibit
  Peggy Kelly Gallery, Wayzata, Minnesota
• ART OF THE SPIRIT, Juried national exhibit
  Forest Hills 150th Anniversary Exhibit, Boston, Massachusetts

1997

• CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURE AT CHESTERWOOD,
  Juried national exhibit, 3rd Place
  Chesterwood Museum, Stockbridge, Massachusetts
• PERSONAL JOURNEYS, Juried regional exhibit
  Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson Wisconsin
• ROGER JUNK SCULPTURE, Solo exhibit
  Unity Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota
  

COLLECTIONS AND COMMISSIONS

2006 “THE GIFT” Vinod Gupta Memorial Park, Minnetonka, MN

2005 “TWO PROPHETS” Nativity Of Our Lord Catholic Church, St. Paul, MN

2003 “JACOB’S LADDER” Seven Bridges Park, Greenwich, Connecticut

2002 “ONE IS THREE” Koch Garden, Phoenix Arizona.

2001 “MADONNA” Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Rochester, Minnesota.

2000 “4 TYMPANUM” Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church, Minneapolis.

1999 “MEMORIAL FOR SERGEI GRENKOV” Children’s Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.

1998 “DANCER” Round Lake Dental, Andover, Minnesota.

1997 “GARGOYLES” Three Penny Electronics, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

1996 “KID’S BENCH” Deephaven Elementary, Deephaven, Minnesota.

1995 “SEED” Sterling Group, Golden Valley, Minnesota.

1994 “MEMORIAL” American Medical Systems, Minnetonka, Minnesota.

1993 “BRONZE BAT” Minnesota Twins, Hall of Famer Dave Winfield, 3000th hit.

1993 “TREE OF LIFE” Unitarian First Universalist Church, Minneapolis, MN.

1992 “RISEN CHRIST” Church of Immaculate Conception, Becker, Minnesota.

1990 “BIG SISTER” Bell Chiropractors, Plymouth, Minnesota.

1989 “COUPLE #3” & “SPLIT TORSO” Laukka Development Company, Edina, Minnesota.

1988 “FIGURE” & “TORSO” Trammell Crow Company, Bloomington, Minnesota.

1987 “GRAND TORSO” & “LITTLE BROTHER” Trammell Crow Company, Bloomington, Minnesota.