GAVIN SERIES
The GAVIN series investigates the human condition through a recurring figure that moves across intimate and monumental scale. Using industrial materials and light, the work explores relationships between weight, structure, and presence in both physical and public space. Each sculpture exists as a point within an ongoing continuum—reflecting the experience of holding form within constant change.
GAVIN – Radiance BTC 2024
Carbon steel and LED lighting
Monumental
31 feet high – 5 ton – Freestanding
Gavin – Radiance BTC extends the sculptural figure into a distributed condition where material presence and immaterial systems converge. Light operates as structure rather than illumination, activating the form as both object and field. Drawing on the decentralized architecture of the Bitcoin network, the work reflects a system sustained through interdependence, continuous exchange, and collective belief. The figure shifts from a singular body to a node within a larger network—holding presence within an invisible, yet persistent, flow.
GAVIN #10 – ASPIRATION 2023
Recycled steel, engine parts, salvaged materials, Marble, and stainless steel
124 x 48 x 24 Inches – 300 lbs
Derived from what has already lived—materials shaped by use, pressure, and time. In Gavin #10 – Aspiration, the figure emerges rather than arrives, held in a fragile balance between structure and collapse. This work sits within the GAVIN series as a reflection of the human condition: a body navigating the space between resisting what is and becoming something else. Not resolved, not complete—just present, in the act of continuing.
GAVIN #11 – Emergence 2021
Stainless steel, Marble base,
144 x 51 x 24 Inches – 15 feet high with base- 400 lbs
Part of the ongoing GAVIN series, Emergence explores structure through absence. Constructed in stainless steel without an internal frame, the figure relies entirely on its interconnected lines for stability. The open form allows light and space to move through it, shifting the work from mass to presence. Within the series, this piece marks a quieter transition—where the figure begins to hold itself differently, less defined by weight and more by relationship.
GAVIN #8 – Perseverance 2020
carbon steel, Marble base,
12 feet high with base- 250 lbs
Gavin #8 – Perseverance is built entirely from steel, allowing the material to carry both structure and surface. The patina is not applied—it develops over time, recording exposure and duration. The material remains active, continuing to change.
The figure holds weight, but it doesn’t settle into it. There’s a slight step forward—a shift that suggests movement within constraint. It’s not a gesture of overcoming, but of continuing. The kind of movement that comes with carrying something, not escaping it.
I think of perseverance less as strength and more as a condition—
a quiet decision to keep moving, even when the weight remains.
