User:Castillo1953/Vincent Villafranca

Vincent Villafranca is an American-born sculptor living in Texas. He creates bronze sculptures ranging from traditional wildlife imagery to futuristic Science Fiction-based imagery. Vincent is a past member of the Texas Society of Sculptors, based in Austin, Texas. He has worked with Texas sculptor David Iles for several years at Bolivar Bronze, outside of Denton, Texas. In 2008, Vincent was presented with a Chesley Award for Best Three-Dimensional Art for his sculpture entitled "A Conscious Entity and Its Maker." In 2009, Vincent created the physical bronze sculpture used as the Bradbury Award. This award was presented to Joss Whedon by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America during the 2009 Nebula Awards Ceremony in Los Angeles, California.

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1 http://www.tsos.org/news/2006_03.htm 2 http://www.bolivarbronze.com/MAIN/LINKS.html 3 http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Chesley2008.html 4 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradbury_Award