Personal Information

Full Name

Eike Waltz

Artist Bio

Eike Waltz has enjoyed a twofold career as ballet dancer in his native Germany and as an engineering designer and international electronics industry consultant. Between these careers, he studied fine art and industrial design in the Royal College of Art in London. In his sculpture of the last decade, he brings a designers edge to the balletic flow of the metal, resin, bronze and fiberglass: “Sculpitti is the three dimensional form of graffiti. All my sculpture is sculpitti,” says Eike.

Artist Statement

Sculpitti is the three-dimensional counterpart of Graffiti. Sculpitti is the name eike waltz gave to his sculpture made to convey a statement or message, but which may over time may be re-configured to convey a different statement or message. The Statue of Liberty became Barbie, the better understood.

History

Member for

15 years 3 months