email: bat_art@yahoo.com Bruce Taylor, Redmond, Oregon
Public Art Projects
- "Jules Verne Earth Starship" 2020 People's Choice Purchase Award for City of Redmond & the Redmond Commission for Art in Public Places. 6'-6" x 33" x 33". Recycled materials, steel and reclaimed glass, concrete, solar lighting.
- "North Gateway Highway 97 " Art in Public Places project for the City of Redmond, OR. located at Negus Overpass Installation date: 2018. 12' x 14' x 2'. Aluminum, stainless steel, 3 color LED computer control variable programing lighting system.
- “The North Texas Land/Water Sustainability Forum's LID Design Competition”, Artist member of design team, reached finalist stage 2012. I worked with other team members to devise the overall concept and as the artist member of the team I developed designs for a sculptural gateway element, signage, benches, paving treatments, and bus shelters. These elements all heavily incorporated recycled/reclaimed materials fitting into the base concept of the entire project. Design team consisted of team members from Walter P. Moore Engineering, VRX Engineering, StudioOutside Landscape Architecture and myself.
- “Reclaimed Crossing” Bataan Trainway Improvement Project City of El Paso, TX. 2013 100’ x 6’-6” x 3” ( 50’ each side of street) Artwork addressing railing/fencing along overpass of railroad tracks. The work relies heavily on reclaimed, recycled & found object stainless steel elements as an integral part of the design. Worked with contractors, city engineers, city officials & Union Pacific Railroad.
- “FireStation #39” City of Dallas, TX 2012. Small Stainless Steel sculpture over entryway of Station.
- “Farmers Market Bench Project” City of Dallas, TX 2009 Two cast concrete with polished granite and Stainless Steel benches. Seat backs of stainless steel convey plant and tree branching.
- “FireStation #42” Dallas Texas , art in public places project 2009. Linear Stainless Steel “Frieze” 55’ x 55”x 6” . Artwork depicts abstracted views of elements of the firefighting process.
- "Cañon de Los Amigos" at Pikes Peak Community College in Colorado Springs, CO. 1998, is a water feature project which involved the design and fabrication of a stainless steel, cast granite, fiberoptic and water sculpture. Inflation adjusted project costs 2023 is $221k
- "Maxey Park Lake Kinetic Wind Sculpture" This public art project in Lubbock, TX was placed 75' out in Maxey Park lake. The wind driven sculpture is made of aluminum, steel, concrete, paint and lights. Inflation adjusted project costs 2023 is $187k
- "Vandeventer Overpass" For the St. Louis Bi-State Development District's Art in Transit Program. 1991. This project included the design, fabrication, and installation of an eighty-eight foot reflected light sculpture along a freeway overpass. It signaled the arrival of rapid transit to the St. Louis region.
- The "Massachusetts Ave. Station" art in public places project for the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority in Boston was placed in the glass vaulted transit station as part of the new Orange Line.
- "Boettcher Concert Hall Lobby" the large suspended sculpture is located at the concert hall in the Denver Center for the Performing Arts complex. The award winning permanent installation utilizes reflected light and color to bring vibrancy to the building.
- “Milestone Building” Denver Tech Center. Aluminum, cable, paint. 14’ x 4’ x 10’.
Temporary Art Installations:
· “Reflective Lament” 2018 Auburn Art on Main Temporary Installation. Aluminum, wood, LED lighting, reflected color. Auburn, WA. 17' x 3' x 9'
· “Art Moves” 1995. Aluminum, wood, paint. 6’-6” x 360’ x 12”. New Forms Grant Project. Reflected light and color. Colored light seen by the observer is only reflected light bounced off of a pigmented surface hidden to the viewer. What is seen is light and not pigmented paint. Work meant to convey that art moves intellectually, emotionally and even physically.
· “Rainbow Bridge #2” S. E. Utah. Wood, canvas, paint. 11’ x 14’ x 16’. 2yr. Installation.
· “Clara Hatton Gallery” Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado. Wood, paint, lights. 11’ x26’ x 37’.Temporary installation
· “10 on 16th” Denver Mayor's Commission for the Arts. Exterior Temporary installation. Aluminum and paint.
Fellowships / Grants / Awards
· 2020 People's Choice Purchase Award, Redmond Commission for Art in Public Places
· 1998 Grant to Artists and Organizations through the Colorado Council on the Arts
· 1998 Open Studio Program recipient (funded by the Benton Foundation & Colorado Arts Council)
· 1998 Matching grant from the Western States Arts Federation
· 1997 First recipient of an Anderson Ranch Art Center (Aspen/Snowmass) visiting artist project grant
· 1996 CoVisions grant through the Colorado Council on the Arts.
· 1995 New Forms Regional Initiative Grant (funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Andy
· 1998 Open Studio Program recipient (funded by the Benton Foundation & Colorado Arts Council)
· 1998 Matching grant from the Western States Arts Federation
· 1997 First recipient of an Anderson Ranch Art Center (Aspen/Snowmass) visiting artist project grant
· 1996 CoVisions grant through the Colorado Council on the Arts.
· 1995 New Forms Regional Initiative Grant (funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Andy
Warhol Foundation)
· 1995 Hewlett-Packard Company Award of Merit for Computer Generated 3-d Graphic Images.
· 1995 Hewlett-Packard Company Recipient of an HP Unix Workstation Computer (gifted) A collaborative relationship with HP to create public art projects using computer based design.
· 1992 Creative Arts Fellowship recognizing excellence in the visual arts from the Colorado Council on the Arts and Humanities.
· 1992 grant from the Connemara Conservancy Foundation in the Dallas, Texas area.
· The only non-architect award recipient for the annual Downtown Denver Incorporated Award of Merit For the Boettcher Concert Hall sculpture.
· 1992 NICAF publication (book) for the International Contemporary Art Fair in Yokohama, Japan.
· 1995 Hewlett-Packard Company Award of Merit for Computer Generated 3-d Graphic Images.
· 1995 Hewlett-Packard Company Recipient of an HP Unix Workstation Computer (gifted) A collaborative relationship with HP to create public art projects using computer based design.
· 1992 Creative Arts Fellowship recognizing excellence in the visual arts from the Colorado Council on the Arts and Humanities.
· 1992 grant from the Connemara Conservancy Foundation in the Dallas, Texas area.
· The only non-architect award recipient for the annual Downtown Denver Incorporated Award of Merit For the Boettcher Concert Hall sculpture.
· 1992 NICAF publication (book) for the International Contemporary Art Fair in Yokohama, Japan.
