BROCK DEBOER (b. 1985 USA)
Brock DeBoer’s artistic process as a ceramic sculptor utilizes porcelain, historical motifs, and surface treatments to re-contextualize detritus, outdated objects, and objects of popular culture.
For DeBoer, the source of the objects he recreates come from childhood and popular culture such as sneakers, Nintendo, and payphones. Many are highly nostalgic to his generation and beyond touching on many facets of everyday life. DeBoer sees these collections and still lifes as self-portraits and tangible memories of another time and place.
DeBoer draws influence from his midwestern upbringing combined with the ever-changing and vastly diverse landscape of Los Angeles.
Using his extensive knowledge of ceramic materials and processes, DeBoer brings his sculptures a new life becoming heirlooms of the 21st century. With the use of classical blue and white motifs of cobalt patterns with luscious gold accents, DeBoer’s casts become suspended somewhere in the past and present. He allows the viewer to become lost in memory, as well as the extreme craft and finishes of his precise reproductions.
Brock DeBoer was born in South Dakota in 1985 and currently lives and works in Los Angeles and Joshua Tree, CA.
Brock DeBoer was born in South Dakota in 1985 and currently lives and works in Los Angeles and Joshua Tree, CA.
Recent exhibitions include:
- “Gossamer”, a limited collection of sculptures with Guy Hepner Editions in New York, New York.
- "what we’ve got here is a failure to communicate”, with Torrance Art Museum in Torrance, CA.
- “Archival Nostalgia”, with Haw Contemporary in Kansas City, MO.
- “Gossamer”, a limited collection of sculptures with Guy Hepner Editions in New York, New York.
- "what we’ve got here is a failure to communicate”, with Torrance Art Museum in Torrance, CA.
- “Archival Nostalgia”, with Haw Contemporary in Kansas City, MO.
DEBOER'S CV
Education
2003-2007 Kansas City Art Institute, Bachelor of Fine Arts-Ceramics
Solo Exhibitions
2021 “Unique Porcelain Sculptures” Guy Hepner Editions x The Tax Collection, Digital Exhibition
2021 “Gossamer” Guy Hepner Editions x The Tax Collection, Digital Exhibition
2018 “sifting through the detritus” Haw Contemporary Crossroads, Kansas City, Missouri
2017 “Archival Nostalgia” Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, Missouri
Group Exhibitions
2018-19 Pocket Object Traveling Exhibition, Curated by Noél Morical
2018-19 “The Fool's Journey” Traveling Exhibition, Curated by BBQLA AFA
2018 “what we’ve got here is a failure to communicate” Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, California, Curated by BBQLA
2016 “Weed-Craft”, Fahrenheit Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, Curated by Dean Roper
2015 Belger Crane Yard Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
2014 “Merge” Belger Crane Yard Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
2014 “Hot Shop” Sherry Leedy Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
2013 The Guild, Kansas City, Missouri, Curated by Skyler Bieberly
2013 “OBJET boutique” Paragraph Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, Curated by Dean Roper
2010 “ART-TEST” Greenlease Art Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, Curated by Sean Kelly
Commissions
2019 “Brock DeBoer for Bleacher Report NBA Awards” Custom Gold Porcelain Sneaker Trophy awarded to PJ Tucker, Los Angeles, CA
2019 “Brock DeBoer for John Geiger” Limited Edition of 24 Porcelain Sneakers, Los Angeles, CA
2018 “Victor Solomon x Brock DeBoer” Moonshot VS.004 Kintsugi Porcelain Basketball Edition of 33, Los Angeles, CA
2018 “Victor Solomon x Brock DeBoer” John Elliott Co. x LeBron James at NikeLab, Shanghai, China
2018 “Victor Solomon x Brock DeBoer” Boston Celtics Permanent Instillation at Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
2017 “Victor Solomon X Brock DeBoer” The Players Tribune, New York, New York
2017 “Megaphone” Tech Week, Kansas City, Missouri
2017 “Valentino” Mahari Yarid Designs for If You Know Concepts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2014 “Bento Box Dinnerware” Kauffman Performing Arts Center, Kansas City, Missouri
Publications
2021 Create! "Grittiness and Gold" by Alicia Puig, Create! Magazine
2021 Fete Chinoise "Brock DeBoer Interview", Fete Chinoise Magazine
2019 JOIA “For Brock DeBoer, everything can be a ceramic sculpture” by Adriana Conde, JOIA Magazine
2018 Mind “All in the Details | An Interview with Brock DeBoer” by Sarah Elaine Rossi, MiND Magazine
2018 Esquire “You Didn’t Know You Needed Baller Basketball Art-Until Now” by Nate Erickson, Hearst Communications
2018 Art Zealous “11 Ceramic Artist to Follow on Instagram” by Art Zealous
2018 Highsnobiety “This Reconstructed Ceramic Basketball is Luxe AF” by Renz Ofiaza, Titel Media
Education
2003-2007 Kansas City Art Institute, Bachelor of Fine Arts-Ceramics
Solo Exhibitions
2021 “Unique Porcelain Sculptures” Guy Hepner Editions x The Tax Collection, Digital Exhibition
2021 “Gossamer” Guy Hepner Editions x The Tax Collection, Digital Exhibition
2018 “sifting through the detritus” Haw Contemporary Crossroads, Kansas City, Missouri
2017 “Archival Nostalgia” Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, Missouri
Group Exhibitions
2018-19 Pocket Object Traveling Exhibition, Curated by Noél Morical
2018-19 “The Fool's Journey” Traveling Exhibition, Curated by BBQLA AFA
2018 “what we’ve got here is a failure to communicate” Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, California, Curated by BBQLA
2016 “Weed-Craft”, Fahrenheit Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, Curated by Dean Roper
2015 Belger Crane Yard Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
2014 “Merge” Belger Crane Yard Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
2014 “Hot Shop” Sherry Leedy Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
2013 The Guild, Kansas City, Missouri, Curated by Skyler Bieberly
2013 “OBJET boutique” Paragraph Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, Curated by Dean Roper
2010 “ART-TEST” Greenlease Art Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, Curated by Sean Kelly
Commissions
2019 “Brock DeBoer for Bleacher Report NBA Awards” Custom Gold Porcelain Sneaker Trophy awarded to PJ Tucker, Los Angeles, CA
2019 “Brock DeBoer for John Geiger” Limited Edition of 24 Porcelain Sneakers, Los Angeles, CA
2018 “Victor Solomon x Brock DeBoer” Moonshot VS.004 Kintsugi Porcelain Basketball Edition of 33, Los Angeles, CA
2018 “Victor Solomon x Brock DeBoer” John Elliott Co. x LeBron James at NikeLab, Shanghai, China
2018 “Victor Solomon x Brock DeBoer” Boston Celtics Permanent Instillation at Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
2017 “Victor Solomon X Brock DeBoer” The Players Tribune, New York, New York
2017 “Megaphone” Tech Week, Kansas City, Missouri
2017 “Valentino” Mahari Yarid Designs for If You Know Concepts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2014 “Bento Box Dinnerware” Kauffman Performing Arts Center, Kansas City, Missouri
Publications
2021 Create! "Grittiness and Gold" by Alicia Puig, Create! Magazine
2021 Fete Chinoise "Brock DeBoer Interview", Fete Chinoise Magazine
2019 JOIA “For Brock DeBoer, everything can be a ceramic sculpture” by Adriana Conde, JOIA Magazine
2018 Mind “All in the Details | An Interview with Brock DeBoer” by Sarah Elaine Rossi, MiND Magazine
2018 Esquire “You Didn’t Know You Needed Baller Basketball Art-Until Now” by Nate Erickson, Hearst Communications
2018 Art Zealous “11 Ceramic Artist to Follow on Instagram” by Art Zealous
2018 Highsnobiety “This Reconstructed Ceramic Basketball is Luxe AF” by Renz Ofiaza, Titel Media