From the depths of rural Pennsylvania, Shippensburg University professor, Steve Dolbin, was recently elected to the Royal British Society of Sculptors (RBS).
Dolbin has been sculpting for more than 30 years. As a member (M) of the RBS, he is now able to add the MRBS-title, after his name. Doblin can also create an online profile at the RBS website to promote his exhibitions and events. RBS is one of the oldest and largest organizations dedicated to sculptures in the United Kingdom. According to RBS, they are committed to the pursuit of excellence in the art form. They aim to inspire, inform and engage people with sculpture and three-dimension art.
At SU, Dolbin is most known for his art and design classes, as well as his giant scissor sculpture in front of the Grace B. Luhrs Elementary School.
“I was an athlete as a young person, so sculpting for me combines the intellectual with the physical, which I find very satisfying,” Dolbin said.
Dolbin tends to create artwork that shows the spiritual dialogue humans have with the physical landscape. One such example is his “Seep: Place of Water” sculpture, which shows a single water droplet, frozen in time and is currently on display at the Susquehanna Art Museum.
“Through my work of the past two decades, I have tried to reveal some of the more enigmatic properties that exist in our kinship with our environment,” Dolbin said.
His artwork has been recognized nationwide as well as in Britain. In December, Dolbin displayed artwork at the Royal College of Art in London for a Contemporary FLUX exhibit. Dolbin’s work is also featured in the sculpture textbook “Shaping Space” by Paul Zelanski and Mary Pat Fisher.
While Dolbin is chasing after his passion in sculpting and design, he advises current SU students to do the same.
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