User:Wiki.marcsijan

--Wiki.marcsijan (talk) 04:40, 15 November 2013 (UTC)Marc Sijan (born 1946) is a Milwaukee native who has jumped to pre-eminence in a golden age of hyperrealistic sculpture. Hailed as the successor to the late Duane Hanson as master of the genre, Sijan is the only artist to have worked with Hanson and appears to be the only hyperrealist sculptor presently focused on American types. Sijan's social commentary, however, is more consistent with international trends that universalize on the human condition.

Popular acclaim alone -- as well as exhaustive media coverage -- places Sijan into a rare category, the serious artist who has surfaced from the innumerable art fairs held around the US in recent years. Of the over 500 shows he has participated in, many have won him awards -- some 250 at last count.

Starting in 1971, Sijan has had some 60 solo shows in museums around the world. His work is featured in major museums like --- and --, he has major representation, and celebrities are known to collect his work.

Though trained in the arts at the University of Wisconsin, his early work could be confused with that of Hanson and John De Andrea but it is only in the past five years that Sijan has advanced into distinction with his own clear vision of today's America.