Gallery closed July 20 - August 12
 Hermes28 x 10 x 10 in, twisted steel wire and airbrush finish |  Roughneck 15 II 3021.5 x 15 x 1.5 in, welded steel and wire, rustic finish, acrylic paint |  Gaia16 x 10 x 9 in, 80 feet of steel wire, wood base, deep rustic finish |  Euros23.5 x 17 x 1.5 in, welded steel, powder coat fine finish |
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 Zeus, 2-Piece14.5 x 11 x 7 in, welded steel with airbrush finish on pedestal |  The Mysterious Venus7 x 29 in ( 7 x 7 in connected square links x 5), welded steel, paint finish, clear coat |  Ares9.5 x 11 x 3 in, welded steel with powder coat and acrylic accents |
Jeff Bush
b. 1968
Jeff Bush is a Texas-born sculptor working in wire, welded steel, and found objects.
He started making wire sculpture in 2008 in a small San Francisco apartment - self-taught, a few hand tools, figuring it out as he went. He learned to weld in 2010 and spent several years on art crews for the Burning Man festival, eventually serving as lead artist on a large-scale installation in 2014 that took six months to build and still returns to the Nevada desert every year.
Back in Texas since 2018, Bush works from his studio workshop in Austin. He collects things - a pry bar, a horseshoe, a bolt - picked up from travels and everyday life, each one catching his eye for reasons he doesn't always explain. He sees the piece before it exists, has the vision, and goes for it. No series, no overarching concept, no overthinking. Individual pieces, each one its own thing.
His welded steel and playful sculptures balance industrial strength with a sense of spontaneity - echoing the joy and boldness of Calder's work in a grounded, structural way. "It has no meaning," he says. "It just looks cool." But looking at what he picks up and where it comes from - the meaning is there. He just doesn't make a fuss about it.
He has shown with Unchained.Art Contemporary Gallery in Austin, including "Breaking the Mold: Beyond 2D" (2025), at Espace 22 in Monaco in the international group exhibition "Où est Vénus?" (2025) and "Favorite Pieces: The Artist Edit" (2026).
Based in Austin, Texas.