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Nicole Beck

Visual Arts: Mosaics, Sculpture

Nicole Beck is a professional working artist in Chicago who fabricates sculpture in her studio, has worked for many years with young apprentice artists on collaborative public art projects as a Lead Artist, and has an extensive show record. Beck has installed site-specific public art commissions that are the result of intensive research and collaborative input from invested stakeholders. She has won numerous grants, awards and has attended many artists residencies, creating a web of support nationwide. Her work has evolved over the years to incorporate the concepts and applications of physics and the natural sciences. Botanical sciences, optics and astronomy are frequent themes. Nicole’s work has evolved to include iconic and unique large-scale public sculptures that incorporate a variety of materials, deftly moving across mediums to apply whatever best materializes the concept. Her works are installed nationwide.

Ed Carpenter

Visual Arts: Sculpture

I work from the general to the specific, using methods that are generally deductive rather than inductive. I respond initially to the physical characteristics of a site—its scale, surroundings, materials, and patterns of use. I try to discover “where is this space asking for special expression?” and, if so, should it be large or small, foreground or background, colorful or subdued, soft or hard, transparent or opaque, quiet or boisterous, etc. While wrestling with these dualities, I consider how my work might convey meaning in relation to the users of the space, their history, and their cultural context. The emergence of metaphor occurs toward the end of my process, at which point I massage my materials and details to emphasize abstractly the themes that have presented themselves during my explorations. When I have the luxury of public engagement meetings, I embrace what I can learn from local citizens, and I enjoy hearing their responses to my initial ideas.

Jim Collins

Visual Arts: Sculpture

Primarily a Public Art sculptor working in a figurative manner, best exemplified by his long running series the WATCHER. His sculpture style has been characterized by the use of silhouettes of people and animals constructed of stainless steel, aluminum and other metals. Degrees from Marshall University in West Virginia, the University of Michigan, and a M.F.A. degree in sculpture from Ohio University. There is more information at the website www.collins3D.com. and https://www.wescover.com/creator/jim-collins-sculpture. His work can be found in many collections in the United States and Ireland with the majority located in the Southeastern United States. Colorful silhouettes of figures and animals can be seen from the Emerald Isle to Plano, TX with the selected additions in Balbriggan County Dublin Ireland and St. Joseph, MO. A commission for Sienna Plantation, Missouri, TX. The recent placement Public Sculpture to Splinter Creek, MS., Hickory, NC. and Sandy Springs, GA.

Denise C. Moore for Hans Van de Bovenkamp

Visual Arts: Sculpture

Hans Vande Bovenkamp, a renowned sculptor is best known for his monumental sculptures, calls for aesthetic that traverses the boundaries of artistic categories, primarily outdoors. His art calls for elements that create warm, welcoming landmarks which is a transformative experience that encourages patrons to leave their busy stressful lives and transition to focus on their happiness and health. For me making sculpture is both a spiritual and artistic.” With good leadership, there is a great future opened to humanity.” His connection with nature and the narratives we create, are reaching a pinnacle. New technologies are becoming increasingly embedded in our biology to give unprecedented abilities. This transition is also driving us to tap into new ways of being creative and what it means to take care of our environment, to be at peace, happy and free.”I work creatively and offer techniques in my work that brings history into our current life. When you look at my work you see my heart”.

Dennis A. Dezmain

Visual Arts: New Media / Technology, Sculpture

I was born in Oakland, California, raised in New York and currently living in Florida. I have been paralleling my art career with architecture and engineering for over forty years. Currently, I am very concerned with the geometrics of sculpture. The relationship of shapes and their space placement to create an overall form has captured my artistic direction.

Christopher Georgesco

Visual Arts: Sculpture

Christopher Georgesco is an American sculptor. He began his career in Venice, California in 1968, where he worked until 1980. His first Show was at Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles, where he was primarily represented for more than 35 years along with exhibiting at Jan Turner Gallery in West Hollywood and Fred Hoffman Gallery in Santa Monica. He now lives on the outskirts of Palm Springs, where he maintains a Studio. His first solo show was deemed an overnight success by William Wilson, critic for The Los Angeles Times, and was picked up by L.A.’s top collectors. Wilson also cited Christopher Georgesco as “pushing the art world’s masterpiece button”. His first solo show was followed by an exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art titled L.A.8. In an article in Art News, Richard Armstrong, the former curator of the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, CA, cited Christopher Georgesco as being one of the most interesting sculptors in Los Angeles

Gus & Lina Art

Visual Arts: Sculpture

We are a husband and wife team. Throughout the years we have worked in various media: steel, stainless steel, aluminum, cold cast… We have also incorporated LED lights into our pieces. Exploring all these different types of media has given us the opportunity to express ourselves in multiple ways through our art, from tabletop size sculptures to 20 ft height sculptures that have been bought by different Cities and Private entities . Although we are always adding different textures, colors and accents to our artworks these unique features allow us to give our pieces a signature look. We have 42 permanent Public Art projects commissioned by different cities and private collectors throughout the states: Chicago IL, Las Vegas NV, Atlanta GA , Miami FL, Augusta GA, Clearwater FL, Greeley CO, Hilton Head Island SC etc. and have shown more than 70 monumental sculptures in juried Public Art exhibitions throughout USA.

Blessing Hancock

Visual Arts: Sculpture

I am inspired to create artwork with an emphasis on innovation and new experience. Each piece in my portfolio is an original, site-specific work that speaks of its surroundings. My portfolio demonstrates my exploration of light, shadow, and color as ever-changing components of the public art experience. I view each sculpture as an opportunity to improve the public’s experience of a place and transform a site. I am continuously looking for inspiration in the unexpected, and a diversity of site conditions have influenced me over the years. From the values of a small mining town, the life of a river, unusual weather patterns, life saving missions, or window-shopping displays, I find my inspiration in surprising places. My value as an artist lies in how these inspirations are combined into an elegant and inspiring work of art. I have completed monumental sculpture projects throughout the world and have extensive experience working with city agencies, project teams and community groups.

Brad Howe

Visual Arts: Sculpture

“If we are to engage in the project of self-edification, the evolution of self, the enterprise is tied to our imagination. As Richard Rorty indicates, imagination is bound by our vocabulary, and it is in the growth of vocabulary we should focus. Vocabulary is tied to experience, and it is in energized moments of exposure to strangeness that our vocabulary expands. Encountering strangeness stretches and expands our self-image and seeds the rich potential for our collective conversations.” Brad Howe began his career in Brazil after studying history at the University of Sao Paulo. His work presents the influence of inquiry into the aesthetics of various cultures and distinct movements in the continuum of art history. Howe’s work continues to connect with international communities, exhibiting and completing numerous site-specific commissions both in the United States and abroad.

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 University of Illinois/ Urbana-Champaign and a BA in Applied Arts from Iowa State University. During the past 25+ years, he has completed over 25 public art projects throughout the country, including activated structures for the CTA Brown Line Chicago station, an interactive artwork at the University of Florida, and a commission for the Oklahoma City Municipal Courthouse. Most recently, he has completed an activated plaza for the Municipal Courts Building in Oklahoma City and has received a commission with the Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum in Springfield, IL. BJ’s work has been honored/ published in many design annuals, including the American Center for Design100 Show, American Institute of Graphic Arts, Society for Environmental Graphic Design, ID and Graphis, and included in the inaugural National Design Triennial at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum/ New York. A feature article about his work appeared in Graphis 310/ Zurich. His work has received an NEA Federal Design Achievement Award and the Art Directors Club of New York Gold Medal as well as numerous SEGD honor/ merit awards, Illinois Arts Council fellowships, and grants from the Chicago and Los Angeles cultural affairs departments.

John Melvin

Architectural; Visual Arts: Sculpture, Site-specific

John Kenneth Melvin (MFA-SFAI), is a multi-disciplinary Eco-Artist inspiring cultural exchange via commissions and exhibitions internationally. A born & raised Bay Area native, he divides his off-project time between the USA and France, where he holds an ‘artist visa’ granted by the French government. He taught graduate level Art for 5 years and worked 10 years in the corporate world. He achieved over 20 funded ‘artist in residencies’ at institutions internationally from Cambodia to Colorado, 15 years of consecutive professional exhibitions including over 22 solo exhibitions and collaborates with both non-profits and ultra-luxury hotels, from Missouri to Maldives.

MIDABI MIDABI

Visual Arts: Mixed Media, Murals, Sculpture, Site-specific

Early in my life I established a deep commitment to divergent acts in hopes of attaining uncommon insight into the nature of reality. I utilize the power of text and compose my findings into an artistic practice as a means of sharing information; philosophical public intervention. I come from blue and white collar artists, salesmen, engineers, veterans, and progressive cultural pioneers. I began making art and seeking knowledge at the age of 15, from which my current work is a direct extension. I do not have a formal education in art, I have a bachelor’s in media & cultural studies, and a master’s in international counseling psychology. My influences include one grandmother who was a painter of female nudes in NYC, another who founded an art school in Los Angeles and retired to Palm Springs in the 1950’s, continuing art education out of her house, and my living 90 year old godfather who founded the world’s first LGBTQ fine art museum in NYC.

Joseph O'Connell

Architectural; Visual Arts: Kinetic, New Media / Technology, Sculpture

I am the founder of Creative Machines and its artistic director. Over 27 years I have developed a staff of 30 carefully chosen artists, engineers, architects, fabricators, designers and project managers – all united by a shared vision of creativity, enthusiasm and respect. We own an amazing 8-acre facility rooted in a unique community and we create permanent art that is loved all over the world. We have created about 50 public art projects and many of these have won “Best Of…” designations.

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 devoted to meeting the requirements of the space, the schedule and the budget. Our hope is that the work will engage the mind and lift the spirit. The changing patterns produced by slight currents of air are what we count on to repeatedly draw the eye of the viewer to the work. Works are made of elements linked by a wire web engineered to allow them to move individually and in concert. The action of the air moving over the individual elements causes the whole linked mass to move and change shape. We take it as an article of faith that the air around us moves in ways that are organic, whimsical, and unpredictable. We therefore assume that if we were to abdicate the design to the wind, the work would take on these same qualities.

Sutton Betti Sculptures

Visual Arts: Sculpture

I am a bronze sculptor living and working in Northern Colorado. My outdoor sculptures honor members of the military, historical figures and athletes. My goal as an artist is to make a subject or theme come alive and connect with the viewer In my opinion, bronze sculptures will outlive all other means of documenting history and will be an important source of historical information unchanged from time due to its permanence of materials. I create each sculpture with this belief in mind.

Julian Voss-Andreae

Architectural; Visual Arts: Fountains, New Media / Technology, Sculpture

I draw cutting-edge approaches from diverse fields to re-imagine the ancient art of sculpture. My goal is to convey elements of our spiritual essence and open our eyes to the miraculous nature of the underlying nature of reality. My work is a reminder of our fundamental connectedness, giving tangible expression to the vital paradigm shift from Newtonian separation to a renewed connection with Nature.

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