Mark Grieve
Mark Grieve | |
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Born | July 1965 Marin County, California, U.S. | (age 58)
Alma mater | San Francisco Art Institute College of Marin |
Occupation(s) | Artist, sculptor |
Mark Grieve (born July 1965) is an American contemporary artist. He practices in a variety of
Early life and education
A native of the
Career
Sculpture and public art
Since 2006, Grieve and artistic collaborator Ilana Spector have focused on the construction of highly site-specific public art sculptures using a variety of media.[3] They have worked with museums, governmental agencies, universities, professional races and non-profit organizations, festivals, and companies.[4][5][6] In 2009, Grieve was the recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant.[7][8]
In August 2010, they erected "Cyclisk", a colorful sixty-five foot-high Egyptian-style
In 2011, Grieve and Spector installed Full Circles, a dynamic constellation of individually-distinct hand-polished steel hoops suspended twenty feet from the dome of the Visitacion Valley Library Branch in San Francisco, California, for the San Francisco Arts Commission.[19]
In 2005 and 2006, Grieve led the
Performance art
“THE PIG" was a dinner/happening in the middle of the
Act II was called "An Exercise in Democracy – for Under 500 Bucks," in which Grieve and Spector picketed outside the 2008 Burning Man event. In a year the festival's theme was "The American Dream," this performance piece / peaceful protest, brought attention to their
Other public art works
- 2015 City of Davis/UC Davis, Third Street Improvement Project, Davis, California
- 2015 North Natomas Regional Park Public Art Project, Sacramento, California
- 2015 Norfolk Botanical Garden, Norfolk, Virginia
- 2012 "Ring Roll," California State University, Chico, California
- 2011 "Full Circles," San Francisco Arts Commission Visitacion Valley Library, San Francisco
- 2010 "Cyclisk," City of Santa Rosa, Santa Rosa, California
- 2009 "Pacific Rim," City of San Rafael & Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, California
- 2009 "Double Archway," City of Glendale, Jazz and Blues Festival, Glendale, Arizona
- 2009 "Wheel Arch," City of San Buenaventura Public Art Commission, Ventura, California
- 2008 "Flat Heaven," City of San Rafael & Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, California
- 2008 "Circles and Trees," City of San Rafael & Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, California
Member of several public arts registries, including
Footnotes
- ^ Young, Tobias, "From Art to Ashes," Press Democrat, August 15, 2005
- ^ Alba, Victoria, "Rising Suns," Pacific Sun, Upcoming North Bay talent issue, pp. 21, 23, Aug. 18–24
- ^ Wels, Susan, "San Francisco: Arts for the City Civic Art and Urban Change 1932–2012,” Heydey, p. 20
- ^ Berner, Megan "Pass the Bike; We heART Bikes" Reno News & Review, April 23, 2009
- ^ Metcalfe, John, "Incredible Sculptures Made From Bike Parts" Atlantic CityLab, November 20, 2012
- ^ http://www.active-life.com/mask-composition-with-bike-2012)
- ^ "Mark Grieve - Works - Pollock Krasner Image Collection". www.pkf-imagecollection.org.
- ^ "Artnet News: Coco Fusco's "Human Rights and Human Wrongs," Cocksucker Blues, more. - artnet Magazine". www.artnet.com.
- ^ Robinson, Bruce, “The Cyclisk,” North Bay Report, KRCB 91 FM, Oct. 2010 [1]
- ^ McCallum, Kevin (August 26, 2010). "Hey, what's it all mean?". Santa Rosa Press Democrat.
- ^ Public Art Review, Issue 44 — Spirituality and Religion, spring / summer 2011, p. 81
- ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ Berman, Judy, “Bike Worship: Mark Grieve and Ilana Spector’s Cyclisk,” Flavorpill, September 8, 2010, http://flavorwire.com/116956/bike-worship-mark-grieve-and-ilana-spectors-cyclisk
- ^ Primeau, Martin, “Re-bicyclage,” DébrouillArts, May 2011, p. 5
- ^ Iosifidis, Kiriakos, “BIKE ART, Bicycles in Art Around the World,” Publikat, 2011, pp. 200–201, 253
- ^ Copenhagenize’s Top Five Bicycle Monuments,” August 15, 2011
- ^ Graziano, John, Ripley’s Believe It or Not!® Comic, December 5, 2010, http://comics.com/ripleys_believe_it_or_not/2010-12-05/#CMT_Comments Archived March 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ma, Sandy, Kadokawa Media Taiwan, MY LOHAS (Life Styles Of Health and Sustainability), December 3, 2010
- ^ Wels, Susan, “San Francisco: Arts for the City Civic Art and Urban Change 1932–2012,” Heydey 2013, p. 20
- ^ "Burning Man - Welcome Home". www.burningman.com. November 13, 2023.
- ^ Haden-Guest, Anthony, “In Defense of Burning Man,” Art in America, June–July 2006, p.112
- ^ Johnson, Robyn, "12 of the coolest art installations in the history of Burning Man," August 25, 2008
- ^ "Burning Man - Welcome Home". www.burningman.com. November 13, 2023.
- ^ "Bike Arch at Burning Man - Urban Velo". urbanvelo.org.
- ^ BikeRadar, "The Bike Arch: Recycled Art,” September 20, 2007
- ^ Wheel Arch (Public Art Archive)
- ^ Official London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony Souvenir Program, pp. 32–33, 68
- ^ South Park "Coon vs. Coon & Friends (Season 14, Episode 13), November 10, 2010 [*Include photo]
- ^ a b Keeler, Stuart, "Salon des Réfusés...," Americans for Arts Half-Century Summit, June 26, 2010, Baltimore, MD
- ^ "Local Artists Strike Burning Man," Argus-Courier, The Buzz, p. C1, September 4, 2008
- ^ a b The Buzz