About Tj2 DECADES OF HIDDEN STUDIO WORKS NOW PUBLIC
Tj Aitken grew up north of Detroit and came to the city to work in the early seventies. He assembled Cadillacs and Mustangs, worked in die models and show prototypes and then went to Eastern Michigan University for a BFA in sculpture cum laude. He founded his first studio business in Colorado doing museum replicas and his own sculpture, winning shows in Vail and Denver. However life turned him back to Michigan and automotive design.
Returning to the States his studio work combined his portraiture and car sculpting interests into a single theme of work: "The Impact of the Auto on Human society". He developed Aesthetic Analysis tools for both the auto industry and for abstract sculpture, and studied creativity management, inventing new tools for business.
Through it all his first love has been sculpture. The hidden works from 2 decades are now coming out of his studio starting with the "Nikes" series, portraits of classic cars from the Boomer's experience. Now Tj is sculpting full time, casting bronzes, and producing pieces in large and small scales. |
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Hear Tj's radio interview about his works here: |