Artists'
Bio |
" It’s the inherent beauty within each piece of wood that I try to bring to it’s own fruition."
Jeffrey Seaton has become known nationally for his devotion to quality combined with imagination that is reflected in his one-of-a-kind containers.
Born in Buffalo, New York in 1947, and from the age of five lived in Santa Barbara, Ca. He and his wife Katrina now live in Ojai, CA.
Although he had always been involved in
some form of artistic expression, it was in 1973 that he found his calling
in rare and exotic woods.
Jeffrey’s commitment to perfection is a refreshing contrast in this world of mass production.
MUSEUM COLLECTION ACQUISITION
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY 1986
PUBLICATIONS
New Masters of the Wooden Box, Oscar Fitzgerald – Fox Chapel publishing 2010
Celebrating Boxes, Peter Lloyd and Andrew Crawford 2002
Award Winning Boxes, Tony Lydgate 1995
Craft In America, Phyllis George 1993
Best of Wood Boxes – Popular wood magazine 1998
Woodwork Magazine –authored, feature article 1992
Fine Woodworking Design, Book 5 1990
Southern California Home & Garden - Collaborative Artists 1990
Matter magazine - Wood as Design Medium 1990
Fine Woodworking Magazine - authored article - "Diamonds in the Rough" 1987
JURIED SHOWS (Partial list)
American Craft Council Shows, Baltimore, San Francisco 1980-2009
Philadelphia Craft Show 1986,’92,’95
American Craft Exposition 1988,’94,’96
Smithsonian Craft Show 1987
Ann Arbor Street Art Fair 1996-2003
Sausalito Art Festival – 1997,1998, 1987- 2010
-Award recipient 2006, 2007, 2009
The Artwalk, The Santa Barbara Museum – award recipient 1993, 2002
Ojai Studio Artists Tour 1996-2009
Affaire in The Gardens, Beverly Hills, CA – award recipient 1987-2004
Sun Valley Art Show -award recipient 2001- 2002, 2004
Contemporary Crafts Market 1989 - 2009
Cherry Creek Art Festival 2009
Crested Butte Art Festival, Colorado 2010