Kendall Buster

Kendall Buster will create a pier on the lake in 100 Acres: The Virgina B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park. On the southern side of the lake, a meandering deck-like path will lead through the deep brush to a platform at the lake’s edge. The design of the platform suggests a topographical map with stacked layers, behaving like a kind of "extrusion" from the shoreline. Terracing and curved edges reference erosion and layered growth. Stratum Pier reflects Buster's interest in the merging of the natural and the built environment.

Kendall Buster studied microbiology and received a degree in Medical Technology before pursuing an education in art. She earned a B.F.A. from the Corcoran College of Art and Design and a M.F.A. in Sculpture from Yale University and participated in the Whitney Museum’s Independent Study Studio Program. Buster’s large-scale “biological architecture” sculpture projects have been exhibited in numerous venues including the Hirshhorn Museum and the Kreeger Museum in Washington, DC; the Kemper Museum in Kansas City, MO.; and the Bahnhof Westend in Berlin, Germany. She is currently working on a project for architect Will Bruder’s Agave Branch Library in Phoenix, AZ. Buster lives and works in Richmond, VA, and teaches at Virginia Commonwealth University.

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Image Credits: Artist Rendering and Scale Models, Kendall Buster 2008