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Lynn Basa

Visual Arts: Mosaics, Other, Sculpture

With public art, the people, history, and purpose of a place become my materials. Every public art commission starts with the aspirations of its community, whether it’s about commemoration or commerce; reparation or reclamation, it all forms the...

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Diane Bush

Visual Arts: New Media / Technology, Other, Sculpture

I enjoy using a wide variety of materials to bring my vision to light. Inventiveness, color, and humor are just some of my tools.

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John Christensen

Visual Arts: Other, Sculpture; theatre, design

John Christensen is an artist working in Austin, Texas. Before 1990, he sited ephemeral works in rural landscapes of New York, Georgia and Texas. Since 1990, he has focused that sensibility on projects for theatre and for more permanent...

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Bill FitzGibbons

Visual Arts: Other, Sculpture

My work is based on the philosophy that public art should complement and enhance the surrounding environment by creating engaging, yet practical, creative elements. As detailed in my resume, my projects have elevated this approach to evoke “place...

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David Griggs

Architectural; Visual Arts: Other, Sculpture

I am a Public Artist based in Denver, and I’ve completed over 65 commissioned works of art throughout the U.S. My work is site-integrated, an approach that utilizes the ability of a site to compliment a work of art both in meaning and in impact. I...

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John Himmelfarb

Architectural; Visual Arts: Kinetic, Murals, Other, Sculpture; Architectural Scale Paintings; Self Propelled Sculpture; Music Generative Sculpture

John Himmelfarb is an American artist working in studios in Spring Green, Wisconsin and Chicago, Illinois. He has been exhibiting nationally since 1968. His work is in the permanent collections of numerous museums both here and abroad. Public works...

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Gordon Huether

Architectural; Visual Arts: Fountains, Other, Sculpture; Suspended Work

I founded my studio in 1987 and have created an outstanding team that supports my work and enables me to successfully complete complex and substantial commissions on time and on budget. I have completed award-winning projects for throughout the...

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Jeni Bate - Skyscapes For The Soul

Visual Arts: Murals, Other

“I paint the skies with peace and passion, because that’s the way they paint me.” My aim with my work is to provide an uplifting yet peaceful feeling for a space, to counteract the busy lives we tend to lead. I create realistic and impressionistic...

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BJ Krivanek

Visual Arts: Media & Visual Communications, Mixed Media, Other, Sculpture, Site-specific; public art, inscription

BJ Krivanek is a professor emeritus of visual communication at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, principal of Krivanek+Breaux/ Art+Design, and founding artistic director of Community Architexts. He has an MFA in Art+Design from the...

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Autumn Martino

Visual Arts: Fine Art, Graphic Design, Illustration, Impressionism, Mixed Media, Murals, Other, Painting, Watercolor; Caricatures, Face Painting

Autumn Martino is a talented local artist, born and raised in the picturesque Coachella Valley. Her artistic passion was evident from a young age, and she has been cultivating her creative spark ever since. She attributes her love for art to her...

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Daniel Moore

Visual Arts: Other, Sculpture

A good public art story considers all the significant elements and weaves them together into artistic form. Public art creates a more humane environment; one of distinction, enjoyment, and pride for all citizens. My work comes from a deep and broad...

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Lori Nozick

Architectural; Visual Arts: Installation, Murals, Other, Sculpture; Patinaed Metal Panels

Concurrent with my voyage through time and geography, my work explores time through unexpected passages. The forms and reference of my work are of architectural structures and organic materials with primal approaches, an intuitive dynamic informed...

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Prentice Colbert, Inc

Visual Arts: Kinetic, Other, Sculpture

With a background in architecture, I have been involved with public art as a kinetic sculptor for over forty years both in this country and abroad. Since 2012 I have been in partnership with David Colbert as Prentice Colbert, Inc. My career has been...

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Joey Sarno

Visual Arts: Installation, Kinetic, Mixed Media, Other, Sculpture, Site-specific, Textiles; Large Scale Macrame

JOEY SARNO IS A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CONTEMPORARY MACRAME ARTIST WHO EXPLORES THE MEDIUM THROUGH THE USE OF UNCONVENTIONAL FOUND OBJECTS, MATERIALS, AND TEXTILES WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP OF SCALE IN THE ART FORM

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Po Shu Wang

Visual Arts: Other, Site-specific; Public Art

ARTIST BACKGROUND My interest in site-inspired art started in the Rome Academy of Fine Arts, Italy. After graduation, I spent 15 years in Europe working my art and teaching into adulthood. The most lasting influence from those years is the...

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Ann Tarantino

Architectural; Visual Arts: Installation, Mosaics, Murals, Other; Low-Relief Wall Mounted Collage

I create drawings and paintings, collages and installations, and public art projects, including murals. My work explores human experiences of place and landscape—including the colors, patterns, light, shapes, and shadows found across the natural...

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Mike Tauber

Architectural; Furniture; Visual Arts: Fountains, Mosaics, Murals, Other, Woodcraft

A professional artist, Mike Tauber earned his bachelor’s degree in art at San Diego State, and completed indoor and outdoor murals internationally. Tile commissions are at City of Tustin, Crab Cooker Newport Beach, and Taco Stand Laguna Beach....

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Tom White, Monumental Bronze Sculptor

Visual Arts: Bas-relief, Fountains, Other, Sculpture; Monumental

I believe the character of a person’s heart is written in the lines of their face. In the sculptures I create, I seek to capture the subject and the emotions that were, or are, the driving force behind their actions and deeds. I also try to embody...

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Markus Tracy

Visual Arts: Abstract, Fine Art, Installation, Murals, Other, Painting, Site-specific

Markus Tracy was born in Tokyo, Japan, and raised in Germany, Holland, and the United States. After completing his BFA from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque and his MFA from Otis College of Design in Los Angeles, Markus emerged as an...

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Ravi Wilkie

Visual Arts: Fine Art, Illustration, Mixed Media, Murals, Other, Painting, Wall Treatments, Watercolor; Art Restoration

Growing up in an unstable household I began to use art as my own form of meditation at a really young age. When I was 13 I got my first job in Boulder Colorado, as an artist’s assistant, and have been working as a professional artist ever since....

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