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ROBERT TULLY
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.