Candelabra (Command the Room), 2023, porcelain over stoneware and found ceramic tchotchkes, glaze, 12 x 10 x 6 in. (30.5 x 25.4 x 15.2 cm)
Born in 1986 in Graham, TX, Anthony Sonnenberg earned a BA with an emphasis in Italian and Art History in 2009 and an MFA in Sculpture from the University of Washington, Seattle in 2012. Anthony Sonnenberg works reside in the permanent collections of the Crystal Bridges Museum of Art, Bentonville, AR and the Archie Bray Permanent Collection, Helena, MT. Recent solo exhibitions include GAVLAK, Los Angeles, CA (2023); Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX (2022); Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL (2021); Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, TX (2019); The Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA (2019); Craft Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA (2018); the Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX (2018); The Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX (2015); and The Old Jail Art Center, Albany, TX. His work was featured in recent group exhibitions including the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH (2020); Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR (2020); the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX (2019); the Institute of Contemporary Art at MeCA, Portland, ME (2017); and the Texas Biennial, Austin, TX (2011).