Kiki Brodkin, sculptor, printmaker, digital artist and encaustic painter has exhibited in solos at the Pleiades Gallery in Chelsea, major shows at Wm. Paterson University as well as in Philadelphia, Washington DC, Munich and Gelnhausen in Germany and in Gwangju, South Korea.

She is a graduate of the Cooper Union and received a B.A. and an M.A. from William Paterson University. She also studied at the marble workshops in Pietresanta, Italy.

Ms. Brodkin was recently honored by the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey for a commissioned sculpture, now permanently on view at the University. In recent works, Ms. Brodkin explores the translucent, tactile and rich hues of encaustic materials.

In these mainly abstract works, we see luminous colors layered with scratched and scored surfaces, radiant stains and washes and occasional impastoes, all filtered through the unique qualities of encaustics. She has said, ”How wonderful it is to always reach into the unknown to call up the poetic power of magical, visual imagery.”