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ROBERT TULLY
RESUME Public artist integrating art into landscapes, buildings.
Public Commissions
Awards
Temporary Public Art Exhibits
Finalist Selection--Public Art Competitions (examples)
Selected Private Collections
Education
1973-74 University of Sevilla, Spain. Courses in art history.
1976 B.A., University of Colorado.
RESUME Public artist integrating art into landscapes, buildings.
Public Commissions
- “Mountain Openings,” downtown gateway artwork, stone, blue stainless steel, LED lights, 20 feet high in seven locations, Riverside and Mulberry, City of Fort Collins, Colorado, 2018.
- Streetscape art, Charlotte, North Carolina, granite figures, metal light sculptures, current.
- “Rain Hopper,” storm water, stainless steel, planter, 10 x 10 x 3 feet. A trough fills with rain and then slowly releases water for a day afterward down a sculpture to celebrate rain, Ottumwa, Iowa, 2017.
- “Food, Water, Cover, Nest,” art landscape and sculptures make wildlife area for birds, bees, butterflies, 2 acres, City of Denver, Lowry Redevelopment Authority, 2016.
- “Wind People and Stick Forms,” stainless steel, 15 human figures on a street light pole adjust in the wind, along with median sculptures inspired by twigs, 2017, City of Fort Collins CO.
- Quadrangle design, Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, limestone, lights, stainless steel, glass, terraced walls, walkways, landscape. Artist design of plaza with design fee and artist-built elements. 2016.
- ·Translucent windscreen images for 33 stations, Vancouver WA, C-TRAN, design only, 2017.
- ·Mehaffey Park, mosaic, stone column and steel sculpture, City of Loveland, CO, 2015
- ·"River Walk,” landscape and river boulder artwork, 75’ x 6’ x 18’, Orient, Washington, State of Washington Art in Public Places, 2014.
- ·"Rain Gate" and "Leaf Shade Bench", Town of Wake Forest, North Carolina; rain sculpture stores rain to run as celebratory rain chain sculpture for 12 hours, 2013.
- ·“Jack Rabbit, Tortoise,” stone, 6 and 9 ft. long, Lake Highlands North Park, Dallas, 2014.
- ·“Biomimetic Benches,” steel, Texas Tech University art program, Bledsoe Hall, 2013.
- Integration of art into 12-mile MAX bus rapid transit line, including translucent glass windscreen designs, light sculptures with sound, cast concrete benches and other sculptures, Transfort, City of Fort Collins, Colorado, 2010-2014.
- ·"Harmony Light Columns," 14" high, stainless steel, LED lights, computer sequencing; light sculptures for intersection at Harmony and College, City of Fort Collins, 2011
- “Seed Seats,” sandstone, steel seating sculpture, Texas Tech University, Horn Hall, 2010.
- "Reconciliation Bench," granite, City of Denver Westwood Child Development Center, 2010.
- ·“Prairie Forms,” Soapstone Prairie Natural Area (located on Wyoming border), City of Fort Collins, Colorado, design team project of archaeological observatory structure, rock cairn sculptures and archaeological-related carvings, 2009.
- ·Municipality of Whistler, Canada, Olympic venue, “Three Wishes,” stainless, 18 x 10 x 8 ft., 2006.
- ·Streetscape and bus shelter, “Natural Structure,” sandstone light posts, stainless steel, stained concrete, plants; City of Boulder, Colo., Arapahoe and 28th St. corner, 2006.
- “Community is Nature’s Architecture,” stone, plants, conceptual, Tucson Pima County Arts Council, Clements Community Center, 2005.
- ·Untitled, sandstone, sculpted walls, Bobcat Ridge Natural Area, City of Fort Collins, 2006.
- ·“Cloudscape,” white marble cloud, limestone plant and animal sculptures and design for rubber play surfacing, Eaton Plaza, Town of Vail Public Art Program, 2004.
- ·Soft Gold Park, design team for overall concept plus concrete stain design and stone/stainless steel art, City of Fort Collins Public Art Program, Colo., 2004.
- ·"Columns of Light," colonnade landscape of trees, sandstone columns and aluminum hanging columns in a shade structure; Higher Education Advanced Technology Center Campus, Lowry, Denver; Colorado Art in Public Places Program, November, 2003.
- ·Light rail design team, West Corridor Project, Denver Regional Transportation District, designing 10 stations, three major bridges, fencing and landscape, 2002.
- ·"Solar Clocktower," at a light rail station, jointly for the Regional Transportation District, Denver, Colorado, and the City of Littleton. Functional 14-ft. sculpture with solar panels, masonry, carved marble and granite, stainless steel. Artist conferred with National Renewable Energy Laboratory. July 2000.
- ·Plaza seating sculpture and stone tile arc inlaid in concrete plaza, Colorado State Patrol building, Fort Collins, Colorado Art in Public Places Program, Nov. 2000.
- ·"Signal Sequence," Colorado State University, Colorado Art in Public Places Program. Gateway sculpture of granite and stainless steel spires forming arc through trees, across street. 1999.
- ·Design consulting, Town of Vail Public Art Program, Colorado, on renovation of Ford Park, April 1999. Additionally commissioned to make two granite ptarmigans, largest 4 x 9 x 9 ft., September 2000.
- ·“From Our Eyes," St. Vrain Greenway Park, Phase II, recommissioned for three more sculptures by direct invitation, City of Longmont Art in Public Places Program, Colorado, 1997-99. One mechanical interactive sculpture; a granite "Listening Stones," and series of small castingsl.
- ·"Ripple Effects," City of Fort Collins Art in Public Places Program, earthwork with grasses and 270-foot-long masonry wall with stone, brick and steel, Nov. 1998.
- ·"Visions Born With This River," Gates Crescent Park, City of Denver Art in Public Places Program. Five river boulder sculptures with historic quotes, 1997.
- ·"Resting Space III," Denver Zoo, granite bench sculpture, 1.5 x 5 x 2.5 feet, 1993 and 1996.
- ·"From Wildlife's Eyes," St. Vrain Greenway Park, City of Longmont, Colorado. National competition. Three pieces built into landscape showing spatial perspective of wildlife--an underground prairie earthwork, an elevated 60-foot concrete pathway in trees; and a historic river level and wildlife carved on boulders 1996.
- "Miner's Dream," Riverwalk Park, for Town of Breckenridge, Colo. National invitational competition. Eight interactive park artworks forming a landscape based in nature and local history. 1994.
Awards
- Five in Five presenter, Public Art Network national conference, 2017.
- Urban Design Awards for Public Space, 2013 and 2015. City of Fort Collins, CO.
- Award of Merit, collaborative architectural design, archaeological overlook, Soapstone Prairie Natural Area, Associated Builders and Contractors, 2009.
- Exemplary Human Environment Initiative Award, Federal Highway Administration, for artist’s role in streetscape along 28th Street, Boulder, Colorado, 2007.
Temporary Public Art Exhibits
- The Land, an art site, Mountainair, New Mexico, 1999, Curated by Thomas Cates and E. Nuevo.
- Shidoni, Santa Fe, New Mexico, stone and water works, 1993.
- Natural Spires, temporary solo exhibit, Ford Park, Vail, Colorado, 1999.
Finalist Selection--Public Art Competitions (examples)
- Rapid City Main Square granite sculptures, $2 million, 2012.
- West Connecticut State University, $375,000 plaza, 2012.
- Pueblo Grande Archaeological Museum plaza design, $1.8 million, Phoenix, 2010.
- Courthouse plaza design, West Palm Beach, Florida, 2010.
- University of Central Florida Performing Arts Courtyard, 2009.
- City of Cleveland water department art project, 2009.
- Westerly Creek, Stapleton Redevelopment, Denver, 2009.
- County Mayo Art Council, Ireland, 2007, awarded commission but declined for family obligations.
- City of Richmond, (Vancouver) British Columbia, 2003.
- City of Denver, Red Rocks Amphitheater Project, 2008.
- City of Pittsburgh, North Shore Riverfront Project, 2002.
Selected Private Collections
- Flowing to Center," granite, granite tiles, water, 1994, 4 x 12 x IO ft., Robert Blommer collection, Santa Fe.
- Untitled, granite, water, 4 x 4 x 4 ft., 1993, Ed Trumble collection, Boulder, CO.
- "River Boulder," 35 x 27 x 25 inches, granite, 1989. Monroe collection, Richmond, VA.
- "Mountain Discovery," 10 x 6 x 6 ft. stone, water, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Beaver Creek, CO. 1989.
Education
1973-74 University of Sevilla, Spain. Courses in art history.
1976 B.A., University of Colorado.