{{short description|Canadian artist (born 1952)}} {{Infobox artist | name = Ken Macklin | image = | image_size = 260px | caption = "Easter Sunday", 2001-2003, by Ken Macklin | birth_name = | birth_date = 1952 | birth_place = Edmonton, Alberta | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = | field = sculptor | training = University of Alberta, Banff School of Fine Arts, Emma Lake Artists' Workshops, Saint Martin's School of Art | movement = abstract art, modernism, cubism | works = Simoon | patrons = Robert T. Webb Sculpture Garden }} '''Ken Macklin''' (born 1952)<ref>[http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM1681346&R=1681346 Three Alberta sculptors : Ken Macklin, Isla Burns, Clay Ellis]</ref> is a Canadian artist best known for his large abstract sculptures made from industrial materials.
== Biography ==
Kenneth John Macklin was born in Edmonton, Alberta.<ref name="ArtSlant">[http://www.artslant.com/global/artists/show/229156-ken-macklin ArtSlant]</ref> From 1972 - 1978, Macklin studied sculpture and ceramics at the University of Alberta. In 1979 Macklin travelled to England to study advanced sculpture at St. Martin's School of Art in London. A professional artist since 1980, Macklin has participated in a number of artists workshops including the Triangle Workshops in New York and Barcelona, and the Emma Lake Artists' Workshops in Saskatchewan. Ken Macklin's sculptures can be found in the civic art collections of St. Albert, Edmonton and Calgary; at the Catalunya Institute of Contemporary Art, Barcelona; Lehigh Valley Hospital, Pennsylvania; Lock Haven University, Pennsylvania; and the Robert T. Webb Sculpture Garden, Dalton, Georgia.<ref>[https://stalbert.ca/maps/cultural/publicart/details/lime.php City of St. Albert Art in Public Places]</ref><ref>[http://www.kenmacklin.com/curriculum_vitae.php Ken Macklin: Curriculum Vitae]{{dead link|date=May 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.probertsongallery.com/component/igallery/ken-macklin?artist=55 |title=Peter Robertson Gallery |access-date=2016-03-28 |archive-date=2016-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408155019/http://www.probertsongallery.com/component/igallery/ken-macklin?artist=55 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/kenneth-john-macklin/ The Canadian Encyclopedia]</ref>
Ken Macklin's sculptures have been praised by a number of critics. Clement Greenberg reportedly hailed his large steel sculpture "Simoon" a "masterpiece".<ref>[http://www.creativeartsguild.org/visual-arts/exhibits/robert-t.-webb-sculpture-garden Robert T. Webb Sculpture Garden]</ref> According to Terry Fenton, "Macklin's extraordinary ability to build overall configurations from side-by-side attachments may account for both his poetry and mastery of scale."<ref>[http://www.kenmacklin.com/ KenMacklin.com]{{dead link|date=May 2026}}</ref>
Ken Macklin lives and works in Gunn, Alberta.<ref name="ArtSlant" />
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