Kai Wolter is an object maker and artist of Kaiwerx Studio. Born in Aspen, CO. in 1972 he established Soulmetal Jewelry in Chicago in 1994. Attended the University of The Arts in Philadelphia in 1997, studied metalsmithing and sculpture. Attended Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2004-06 for a Masters in Metalsmithing. Established Kaiwerx Studio in 2008, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Kai has shown in exhibitions around the world including Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Maryland, Michigan, Japan, Finland, and Germany. Kai is included in the permanent collections of the Cranbrook Museum Of Art; Jeff Koons, Sculpture for C.A.A. Creative Patronage Award; Robert Pfannebecker, Art Collector. Kai currently lives and works at Kaiwerx Studio in Santa Fe, New Mexico. With over 30 years of experience in creating jewelry, sculpture and functional objects Kai is still inspired by the immense beauty of the natural world.
Kaiwerx Studio was established in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 2008 for the creation of my hammered biomorphic sculpture. I have been learning and creating in metals for over 25 years. Over these years of study and making my work has been exhibited internationally and I have taught metalsmithing and sculpture.
From an empirical analysis of the natural world and a reverence for the beauty of nature, with explorations in the morphology of biological form and an immense passion for making with my hands, I set out to create objects that exemplify the human connection to nature and the expressive spirit.From an empirical analysis of the natural world and a reverence for the beauty of nature, with explorations in the morphology of biological form and an immense passion for making with my hands, I set out to create objects that exemplify the human connection to nature and the expressive spirit.
My passion for making evolved from the creative process and the creative problem-solving that comes with making unique objects. The desire to make, is to experience the growth and transformation of material into form. The metamorphosis of raw material into creations that appear to come alive is when the making of objects is the most exhilarating.
