PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
City of Palm Desert, CA – El Paseo crosswalk designs. Design Team: Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc.
City of Palm Springs, CA - East Palm Canyon Drive Bridge Railing. Design Team: Dokken Engineering
Balboa Park Committee of 100 San Diego, CA - Palisades Fountain Design Project
SELECTED PUBLIC ART PROJECTS BY CHRONOLOGY
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
City of Palm Desert, CA – 2024, Palm Desert Aquatics Center bench project
City of Palm Desert, CA - 2020, San Pablo Avenue Corridor Improvement Project, crosswalks and bike racks. Design Team: Dokken Engineering, ADL Planning Associates. Awards: American Public Works Association Merit Awards in the categories of Mobility and Revitalization
San Diego International Airport – 2016, Light Sculpture Terminal 2 ceiling node
San Diego Association of Governments – 2015, Hillary Drive Direct Access Ramp. Design Team: Estrada Land Planning
City of Carlsbad, CA - 2014, swim and dive entry panels, mosaic pool towel bench and seat wall inlays for Alga Norte Community Park. Design Team: Wimmer Yamada and Caughey Landscape Architects, Architects Hanna Gabriel Wells, Aquatics Design Inc. Award: 2014 Project of the Year Award, American Public Works Association San Diego and Imperial Counties Chapter
City of Escondido, CA - 2012, terrazzo tables, trellis furniture and mosaic fountain seat wall for Maple Street Pedestrian Plaza. Design Team: Schmidt Design Group, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Lumm-Bohne Civil Construction, Aquatics Design Inc. Award: 2013 Project of the Year Award, American Public Works Association San Diego and Imperial Counties Chapter
City of Palm Desert, CA - 2011, stained and sealed depictions of swim strokes and dive techniques are sandblasted into the pool decks at the Palm Desert Aquatics Center. Design Team: Gould Evans Architects
Groundworks San Diego – 2011, Chollas Creek Trail railing enhancement
Marriott San Diego Hotel and Marina - 2011, holographic finishes on aluminum, polycarbonate and programmable LED entry wall sculpture. Design Team: Martinez Cutri Architects, Randall Lamb Engineers
Sempra LNG, Ensenada, Mexico – 2009, glass tile mural for Casa Azul. Wimmer Yamada and Caughey, Landscape Architects and Sempra Energy
San Diego Association of Governments – 2009, Interstate 15 Bus Rapid Transit Stations Design Team Member: KTU+A Landscape Architects, Manuel Oncina, Architects. Awards: 2009 Project of the Year Award, American Society of Civil Engineers, San Diego Section, 2010 Project of the Year Award, American Public Works Association, San Diego and Imperial Counties Chapter
City of Encinitas, CA – Courtyard Gate – 2008, Encinitas Community Library, City of Encinitas Commission for the Arts. Painted galvanized steel
City of National City, CA – “Portals in Time” – 2007, National City Boulevard Streetscape and Fountain Plaza Promenade Improvement Project. Design Team: Project Design Consultants
City of Ventura, CA - Avenue Water Treatment Plant – 2007, Main gate and service gate. Design Team: AY’s Designs in Iron, Kennedy Jenks Consultants. Award: 2008 Top Job Award, National Ornamental and Miscellaneous Metals Association
City of San Diego, CA - El Cajon Boulevard Transit Plaza - 2006, El Cajon Boulevard at Interstate 15, San Diego, CA. Team: KTU+A Landscape Architects
City of San Diego, CA - “Fire Hose Frieze”- Fire Station Number 31 - 2005, Camino Rico and College Avenue, San Diego, CA. Design Team: Platt/Whitelaw Architects. Awards: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2005 Award of Merit, 2006 Honor Award, American Public Works Association, San Diego and Imperial Counties Chapter
City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department - 2004, All Right Storage Building; 6900 Van Nuys Blvd, Van Nuys, CA Design Team: Graham Downes, Architect
City of San Diego Water Department - 2004, Canyonside Community Park – Design Team: Pountney Consulting Group
Price Charities San Diego Revitalization Corporation - 2003, City Heights Urban Village; Design Team: Martinez Cutri Architects and Planners, E-Scape Design, Landscape Architects
City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department - 2003, Metrolink grade separation, Van Nuys, CA. Design Team: Department of Transportation, Bureau of Engineering
City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department - 2002, Alex Baum Bike Bridge. Los Feliz Boulevard at the Los Angeles River, Los Angeles, CA. Design Team: Bureau of Engineering
San Diego Metropolitan Wastewater Department - 2001, South Bay Water Reclamation Plant, San Diego, CA. Design Team: Parsons Engineering Science, Platt/Whitelaw Architects and Garbini and Garbini Landscape Architects
City of Imperial Beach - 2001, Highway median glass mosaic wave sculpture. Design Team: Wimmer Yamada and Caughey Landscape Architects
San Diego Power and Cooling Company - 2000, Kettner Avenue and Broadway, downtown San Diego, CA. Private development
City of San Diego Park and Recreation Department - 1999, Carmel Valley Community Park, San Diego, CA. Design Team: KTU+A Landscape Architects and Platt/Whitelaw Architects. Award: California Park and Recreation Society, 1999 Award for Excellence for Facility Design in a Community
City of San Diego Water Department - 1999, 65th and Herrick Water Pump Station. Precast concrete art panel. Design Team: Platt/Whitelaw Architects
City of Coronado - 1999, Silver Strand Beautification Project; State Highway 75, Coronado, CA. Design Team: Schmidt Design Group, Inc., Tierra Environmental Services Awards: 1999 Honor Award - American Society of Landscape Architects, San Diego Chapter. 2000 Orchid Award for Landscape Architecture / Environmental Solutions
City of Carlsbad Arts Office - 1998, Leo Carrillo Ranch/Park Master Plan. Design Team: KTU+A Landscape Architects, Milford Wayne Donaldson, Architect. Awards: California Preservation Foundation Design Award for Leo Carrillo Ranch Master Plan, 1998. American Society of Landscape Architects, San Diego Chapter, Merit Award, 1999
City of San Diego Water Utilities Department - 1997, Pump Station 77. Design Team: Spurlock Porier Landscape Architects and Planners and Manuel Oncina, Architect Awards: American Society of Civil Engineers, Outreach Award, 1998, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Liquid Art Award for “Viewage”, Pump Station 77, City of San Diego, Water/Utilities Department, 2001
San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board - 1996, Old Town Transit Station, San Diego, CA. Design Team: KTU+A Landscape Architects. Award: Orchid Award for Fine Art, 1997
Children’s Museum of San Diego - 1994, "Incunabula" Toddler’s Exhibit Award: Orchid Award for Interiors for the Children’s Museum of San Diego, 1994
City of San Diego Waste Management Department – 1991, Miramar Landfill Master Plan. Design Team: Martinez Cutri Architects, Delorenzo Assoc., Burkett & Wong
City of San Diego Waste Management Department – 1991, Materials Recovery Facility, Miramar Landfill. Design Team: Wimmer Yamada Landscape Architects
City of San Diego Department of Engineering - 1990, vapor extraction unit, Central Police Station maintenance garage.
City of Newport Beach, CA - 1988, Inspiration Point, Beach Access, Newport Beach, CA. Design Team: Cunningham Design Landscape Architects, Helen and Newton Harrison, Artists and Marcello Petrocelli, Artist
SELECTED TO DEVELOP DESIGN PROPOSALS (PARTIAL LIST)
Purple Line Art-in-Transit Program – 2017, Finalist, Silver Spring Maryland Library
Palm Beach County Art in Public Places Program – 2016, Finalist, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Evidence and Impound Facility Perimeter Barrier
Grand Junction, CO – 2015, Business Improvement District, Finalist, Horizon Drive Corridor Improvements Project Bridge Railing Enhancement
City of Escondido, CA - 2014, Finalist, Grape Day Park Project, design Team: Estrada Land Planning, Nasland Engineering
Town of Cary, NC -2013, Finalist, Fire Station #2, 2013, Park, Recreation and Cultural Recourses Department
City of La Mesa, CA – 2011, Finalist, Centennial Legacy Project
Port of San Diego - 2011 – Finalist, America’s Cup Harbor Parking Facility Public Art Project
Town of Cary, NC - 2009, Finalist, Walker Street Extension, Park, Recreation and Cultural Recourses Department
San Diego County Regional Airport Authority – 2009, Finalist, Performing Arts Venue, Design Team: Jean Isaacs, Choreographer, Steve Baker, Musician
City of San Diego Engineering and Capital Projects Department – 2009, Finalist, 25th Street Renaissance Project, Design Team: Estrada Land Planning, Nasland Engineering.
San Diego County Regional Airport Authority – 2009, Finalist, Commuter Terminal Elevator Lobby
City of Los Angeles Bridge Improvement Program – 2008, Finalist, San Fernando Road Bike Path Over Tujunga Wash
City of Madison, WI – 2008, Finalist, Goodman Pool Public Art Project
City of Scottsdale, AZ – 2007, Finalist, Pima Road and Pinnacle Peak Improvement Project, Scottsdale Cultural Council
City of Compton, CA – Finalist, Del Amo Metro Station, 2007 – Finalist, Metrolink Blue Line
City of Burbank, CA – 1999, “Scudding Clouds” sculpture design for plant entrance.
City of Escondido, CA – 1996, Finalists, pocket park design for the Grand Avenue Art Corridor. Design Team: Schmidt Design, Platt Whitelaw Architects
City of Indian Wells, CA – 1994, Finalists, date tree design for the entrance to the City.
County of Santa Barbara, CA – 1987, Theoretical design proposals for three locations in Santa Barbara County. Artist Design Team: Helen and Newton Harrison, Richard Albers, Marcello Petroccelli, Manuel Unzueta
GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
Juried Biennial - 2021, William D. Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad, CA.
Minis Show - 2021, Sparks Gallery, San Diego, CA.
IYASI 癒し / Healing: What did you create in the Time of Coronavirus?! - 2021, Inamori Pavilion, Japanese Friendship Garden, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA
Small Images Show - 2020, San Dieguito Art Guild
Small Sculpture Show - 2020, Sparks Gallery, San Diego, CA
Still Life Exhibition - 2020, Sparks Gallery, San Diego, CA
Gallery Selections - 2018, Sparks Gallery, San Diego, CA
Minis Show - 2017, Sparks Gallery, San Diego, CA
TECHNICAL CONSULTANT for BAUHAUS ARTIST herbert bayer 1985 - Ongoing
I continue to provide curatorial consultation for Bauhaus Master hebert bayer’s estate and posthumous installations of his artwork.
Aspen Institute, Aspen, CO - Recreation of herbert bayer’s “Four Gates” sculpture. Design Team: A.Y.’s Designs in Iron, TIS Construction Services
Contributing commentator in the production of “A Sense of Place: Santa Barbara’s Public Art Legacy”, June 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT6EU0gx1ww
Featured in “geometry of an illusionist” the anthology paintings of herbert bayer 1976 – 1983 exhibition catalogue, Aspen Institute, Aspen, CO, Summer 2009
Honored Guest, Americans For the Arts Convention, 2009 - Earthwork Tour, herbert bayer’s Mill Creek Canyon Earthwork, City of Kent, WA
Historical assistance to Bernard Jazzar, Curator, “metamorphosis – transformation in herbert bayer’s imagery”, 1928 – 1940
Historical assistance to University of Washington project, Channeling herbert bayer, 2007 – 2008
Ongoing technical assistance to the herbert bayer Archive, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Consultant/Technical Coordinator including museum and gallery exhibitions, painting and sculpture restoration for the herbert bayer archive, 1985 – 1988
“Chromatic Gate”, 1987, 25’ high painted aluminum sculpture, Santa Barbara, CA Community presentations, technical coordination, supervision of fabrication and installation of a herbert bayer sculpture
Curatorial assistance and execution of a ten foot sculpture for the exhibition of "herbert bayer: A Decade in Santa Barbara" at the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, 1986
herbert bayer, the complete work, 1984, curatorial assistance on a book by Arthur A. Cohen, published by MIT Press
STUDIO ASSISTANT to BAUHAUS MASTER herbert bayer 1976 to 1985
I performed a full range of studio management tasks for artist herbert bayer including: execution of paintings, sculpture, murals, tapestries, tile design, graphic design and environmental artwork. I also performed many public art related duties while serving as artistic supervisor for numerous Bayer projects including:
"Articulated Wall", 1985, 85' high concrete sculpture, Denver, CO. Execution of drawings and models, fabrication and installation oversight
“Maler, Designer, Architekt”, 1985, technical advisor in the production of a film on herbert bayer for German Public Television
“Tubular Mural”, 1984, painted aluminum, ARCO Dallas. Execution of model and full-size mockup
“Mill Creek Canyon Earthworks”, 1982, five-acre park and flood control, Kent, WA. Execution of drawings and models, fabrication and installation oversight
“Walk in Space Painting”, 1981, concrete sculpture faced with glazed brick; Arco Executive Training Center, Montecito, CA
“Wall Relief”, 1979, painted aluminum sculpture, Arco Building, Dallas, TX
“Gate in Four Parts”, 1979, painted aluminum gate sculpture, Arco, Dallas, TX
Atrium Floor Ceramic Tile inlays – 1978, ARCO Chemical and Polymer, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania