GLOBAL GARDEN SHOVEL featured in Spring/Summer 2011 issue of Western Art & Architecture

POSTED: 8/26/11



The Spring/Summer 2011 issue of Western Art & Architecture arrived on my doorstep and I was pleased to find a photo of my commissioned public sculpture, GLOBAL GARDEN SHOVEL, featured on page 107. The article, "Wanderings: Seattle, Washington", is written by Stella Fong who mentions the sculpture on page 110 as she elaborates her travels on the Link Light Rail in the Rainier Valley observing the diverse community. I appreciate Western Art & Architecture including my work in this feature. Pick up a copy where available!

Willis Tower lobby exhibit "Recycled, Reclaimed, Repurposed", featuring contemporary Midwestern artists Victoria Fuller, Don Baum, and Gail Simpson, reinterprets everyday objects into fine art, now through October 31, 2011

POSTED: 8/12/11




























Two of my pieces, RACKET REPRODUCTION and MEASURED STEPS (pictured above) are featured in the lobby of the Willis Tower (formerly named, and commonly referred to as the Sears Tower) as part of an exhibit titled "Recycled, Reclaimed, Repurposed", curated by Emily Nixon of Nixon Art Associates.

The work in the show ranges in media and subject matter, but one element connects them all: they each include objects that, as the title indicates, are discarded, common, and familiar.

RACKET REPRODUCTION, for example, is made from old wooden tennis rackets with sorbet-hued netting, handles cut off, and linked in a chain-like formation. They mimic how bacteria, such as cyanobacteria, reproduce in a similar formation. MEASURED STEPS is made from 36 folding rulers creating a stair step, to be placed on the ground, as a stair would normally function. Notably, due to the public nature of the setting, a decision was made to display the piece on a pedestal.

These pieces are currently on view through October 31, 2011.

"Recycled, Reclaimed, Repurposed" exhibiting artists:

Don Baum

Juan Chavez

Victoria Fuller

Aris Georgiades

Robert Hudson

Nathan Slate Joseph

John Little

David Montgomery

Andrea Myers

Gail Simpson

Vivan Sundaram

Sculpture chosen as one of the 200 Artists for the first ART LOOP OPEN

POSTED: 10/4/10
































I am so excited to announce that I am one of the artists that has been chosen to show my art in ART LOOP OPEN competition in chicago!!!! The public votes for an artist to win top prizes, $25,000, $15,000, and $10,000. I'll be showing my piece EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED at Block 37. Please get out and see the art and vote, starting Oct. 15th.

2010 - Fall Exhibitions:

Art Loop Open

200 local artists, selected by an esteemed jury from a pool of 750 entries, will be vying for more than $60,000 in prizes, as judged by the public.
Block 37

Art Crawl - Voting Begins

Friday, October 15 from 5 to 8 p.m. The public is encouraged to visit each venue and begin voting for their favorite artwork, while enjoying specialty "Artini" cocktails and other offerings. Many of the artists will be on hand that evening to discuss their works.

Voting

Round 1 (October 15-21): The public is urged to participate in the first round of voting, where they can vote once in support of as many pieces as they'd like utilizing smart phone applications and texting.

Round 2 (October 22-28): Following the announcement of the top ten vote recipients on Friday, October 22, the public will be invited to vote for their top selection. The three winners with the most votes will be announced at an awards ceremony, Friday, October 29, and will receive $25,000 (1st), $15,000 (2nd) and $10,000 (3rd). The winners of additional prizes, presented by organizations including the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, theWit Hotel, Palmer House, 3Arts, Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc., Hard Rock Hotel Chicago, and the Chicago Art Dealers Association, will also be announced.

Comed Fine Art Refrigerators on Michigan Ave., Chicago

POSTED: 8/7/10



















Comed Commissioned me to create a sculpture on a recycled Fridge as part of their refrigerator recycling prgram. My Fridge is On Michigan Ave. and Huron.



2010 Spring - Summer Exhibitions:

Michigan Ave Magnificent Mile," Fine Art Fridges", commissioned by Comed, Chicago, IL
Koehline Museum of Art, "Sculpture Invasion 2010", Des Plaines, IL
Chicago Merchandise Mart, Art Chicago "Countercurrents", outdoor sculpture show, Chicago, IL

Art Prize Grand Rapids was a lot of fun. Grand Rapids is a lovely city and I saw a lot of good (and some bad) art.

Here is an image of it installed at Devos Place.

POSTED: 10/17/09



























2009 - Fall Exhibitions:

Art Prize Grand Rapids: Victoria's sculpture, Safety Star, installation at the entrance of
Devos Place, September 23rd - Oct. 10.
She will be competing for a Grand Prize of $250,000.
303 Monroe Avenue NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49503


2009 Spring - Summer Exhibitions:

Species Affected by Global Warming"
Part of "Paradise lost? : Climate Change in the North Woods", June 4 - Aug. 16th
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
(Opening reception, Fri. June 4th 5:30-7:30)

Size Matters (group show)
Packer Schopf Gallery, July 10th - Aug. 15th
942 W. Lake St. Chicago, IL 60607, p 312.226.8984
(opening reception, Fri. July 10th)

Lost and Found, juried show ( recipient of 1st place award )
April 25th- July 25th
Springfield Art Association
700 N. 4th Street, Springfield, IL 62702
(217) 523-2631

"Global Garden Shovel" was installed on Tuesday May 19, 2009.

POSTED: 5/29/09

Here is Global Garden Shovel planted in the dirt in Seattle at the S.E. corner of Alaska St. and Martin Luther King Way, which will be the Columia City stop along the new transit line running from University of Washington to SEATAC Airport. Still working out the plants in the planter and there is still a fence around it, which will eventually be gone. So I haven't gotten any distance shots of the whole thing yet.

Scultpure in Show at Peggy Notebeart Nature Museum

POSTED: 5/29/09


































GNSI Great Lakes Chapter Exhibition

The Peggy Notebaert Museum
2430 N. Cannon Drive in Lincoln Park (just north of the Lincoln Park Zoo.)

"Species Affected by Global Warming"
Part of "Paradise lost? : Climate Change in the North Woods" show

Opening reception : June 4th, 2009, 5:30-7:30

May 28th to Aug. 20th

I am one of several artists to be featured in a show at Peggy Notebeart Nature Museum about the effects of Global Warming on the Floral and Fauna native to the midwest. It is a show of natural science illustrators from the Guild of Natural Scinece Illustrators, of which I am a member.

"Global Garden Shovel" is scheduled to be installed on Tuesday May 19.

Posted: 5/9/09

It's being wrapped up and will be ready to go. The 40' flatbed with the shovel is leaving Art Castings Foundry on May 14th, driving accross country to Seattle, and then it will be installed. I am flying out there to oversee the installation.

Featured artist in the School of the Art Institute 2009 Alumni Calendar:

POSTED: April 5, 2009


I was one of 12 artist chosen to be in the Art Institute 2009 Alumni Calendar

Featuring my sculpture "Shoe of Shoes"

Global Garden Shovel News:
Installation Finally happening

The finishing touches are being applied to Global Garden Shovel and it will finally be installed, if all works out according to plan, around April 30th. I will be going to the foundry soon to apply the patina.

Lost and Found Show at Springfield Art Association: POSTED: March 31, 2009 I have two pieces in the Show "Lost and Found" in Springfiled IL. 2009 Illinios Artist Invitational April 25 through July 25, 2009 Springfield Art Association 700 N. 4th Street Springfield, IL 62702 http://www.springfieldart.org The Show at Sears Tower comes Down April 25th, so go by to see it if you can. And.... Global Garden Shovel gets installed at the end of April. Woopee! Show of my Sculpture at Sears Tower: POSTED: Feb.13, 2009 I got a call from Nixon Art Associates asking me to to show 2 of my sculptures at the Sears Tower. I said, "Of Course." What a great opportunity and good exposure! I didn't know who would be showing with me. Coincedentally, It turns out that I had a previous connection with both artists. Robert Hudson was my teacher when I studied at the San Fransisco Art Institute, and I was a teaching assistent to Gordon Powel in the first Year 3D program while I was getting my MFA degree at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. I have two sculptures in the show. One is "Safety Star" (shown in the photo above), and the other is "Cluster Housing", which is on the 3rd page in the drop down menu (1988-1992) in the sculpture section on this website. Here is the info: Sears Tower, 233 S. Wacker Dr. Lobby, 3 person show Victoria Fuller, Robert Hudson, Gordon Powel, Curated by Nixon Art Associates Sponsored by U.S. Equities Asset management, Chicago IL Jan. 26 - Apr.25 Global Garden Shovel: The saga of the delayed sculpture POSTED: NOV. 17, 2008 There has been a long delay, almost a year, because of mistakes made in the support system design by an engineering firm, so a new firm was hired, which took 7 months to find someone willing to do the redesign, and now it is being cut in half, and steel tubes are being installed inside. It appears that it might be finished by February 2009 and hopefully installed either in February or March. It's been a long time coming and I will be glad to see it finally installed. I am working on several new pieces: One involves moss and the mushroom amanita muscaria. In other pieces I am using materials such as wisks, garden hoses, clocks, tennis balls, and guitars. back to top