Carol Shireena Sakai |
| A Renaissance woman, Carol
Shireena Sakai is an ARTIST,(portraits, florals), (illustrations), (bronze), composer and poet. She was originally trained as a scientist, however in 1983 received a calling to develop her artistic self. She received her doctorate in
Medical Physiology from the U. of Maryland School of Medicine, with
postdoctoral training in Reproductive Endocrinology at the National
Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD. She has studied human anatomy many
times over, both from the medical and artistic point of view. This deep
knowledge has helped her to create many portraits (click here for
portraits) and figurative sculptures. Carol received drawing & portrait painting instruction from the Corcoran School of Art, Wash., D. C., the Art League at the Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA and bronze sculpture training at the Montpelier Art Center, Laurel, MD. She is an associate of the National Sculpture Society has had numerous art showings of her work. Her portrait commissions are in private collections nationwide. The Chicago Tribue featured her artwork on visionary artists. The McLean Gazette featured her sculpture commission for URB magazine on behalf of the Toyota company for their Scion car. Her paintings have been on the covers of Pathways Magazine and Capital Hill Rag. She recently created a sculpture for Kentucky Fried Chicken for their new "Colonel Saunders" logo. In 2005, her bronze sculptures were show in the Loveland Invitational Sculpture show in Loveland, Colorado - the largest outdoor sculpture show in the United States. In 2006, she showed bronze sculpture and relief sculptures in the International ArtExpo held in NYC. Her bronze sculptures are represented nationally by Sculpture Collector in Scotsdale Arizona, Christi Sothers in NYC, Gallery 57 in the Chicago area.. Recently, a feature article was written about her and the creation of cake topper sculptures in the Washington Post Magazine. Click HERE for the link. |
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