Anna Koh and Jeffrey Hanson Varilla
“We’ve lived in North Park since 1989 and are proud to have located our new studio building there. We’ve been working with community leaders to create a North Park Art Center that encourages and recognizes creativity, adding to the neighborhood’s strengths. We are dedicated to making the center a reality.”
Bronze, terra cotta, resin for figurative, public sculpture
Works of the Old Masters and forms from nature
Artful Network: The North Park community
Jeffrey Hanson Varilla & Anna Koh Varilla are a husband and wife sculptor team specializing in “Classic Realism” and have been collaborating on commissioned works of sculpture since 1986 when they created the Koh-Varilla Guild. Their works include bronze public sculpture monuments such as the Soldier Field Monument in Chicago, the Dr. King Monument in Austin, Texas, and the golfer Jack Nicklaus Monument in Dublin, Ohio. They’ve also created sacred sculptures for churches in many parts of the country. Jeff and Anne are both graduates of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and are fellow members of the National Sculpture Society of New York.
Anna and Jeff’s work is realistic, employing a natural, practical artistic vocabulary informed by centuries of Western art. They find classic realism to be their preferred vehicle for the exploration of human psychological intent, allowing them to communicate directly as well as enabling them to make a statement relevant to the contemporary human condition.
