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EYFELLS Eyfells, revolutionary sculptor, art professor at the University of Central Florida for over 30 years, one-time architect and son of an Icelandic landscape painter, is known to many in Central Florida as the Grandfather of Sculpture. Born in 1923 in Reykjavik, Iceland, he studied at several universities earning a bachelor's degree in architecture in 1953 and later a master's degree in fine art in 1964. In 1949, Eyfells married Kristin Halldorsdottir, former Icelandic model and dress designer, who made her own career side by side with her husband mastering in fine art, sculpture and photography. Eyfells began producing abstract
sculptures in the 60's based on his experiments in chemistry and physics,
utilizing the various transformational properties of metals, especially
aluminum, iron and copper. He calls his work "receptual" based on his
concept of receptualism, a theory he developed to explain the essence of his
work. He has received much recognition throughout his career including an
invitation from the government of Iceland to represent his homeland at the
45th Venice Biennale and inclusions in the 9-museum traveling exhibition
"What Nature Provides" and the United Nations' "World Artists at the
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