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Bill FitzGibbons
Portrait_Bill_FitzGibbons_copy
Born1950 Memphis, Tennessee
EducationUniversity of Tennessee (BFA) Washington University in St.Louis (MFA)
TitleCo-Founder Texas Sculpture Group, Official Chapter of the International Sculpture Center, Founder of Lone Star Art Alliance
Known ForPublic Art Light Sculptures, Environmental Art
Websitehttps://www.billfitzgibbons.com

Bill FitzGibbons (born 1950) is an American artist who is known for his public art light sculptures, and environmental art. FitzGibbons has worked with sculpture for over thirty years, and has done projects in numerous countries which have included Finland, Iceland, Germany, and the UK. [1] In 2012 The Texas State Legislature announced FitzGibbons as an Official State Artist during the 82nd Legislative Session. [2]

Biography

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Towards the end of the 1960's is when Bill FitzGibbons graduated from high school and left his Memphis home to move east and attend college. [3] FitzGibbons attended The University of Tennessee and then Washington University in St.Louis. [4] FitzGibbons first artistic creations were neon paintings, then scrap material media projects and eventually polyester resin sculptures. [3]

More than 40 years later, his work has changed landscapes in St.Louis, colored a pedestrian walkway in Seattle, calmed firefighters outside an Anchorage, Alaska, firehouse, and brought attention to immigration issues in a Texas-Mexico border town. [3] In 2012 FitzGibbons was named an official state artist of Texas by the states government. [2] Today FitzGibbons has a studio located in the Lone Star art district in San Antonio Texas. [5]

Artistic Style

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Light rails 2013

Public Art Light Sculpture

An example of a FitzGibbons public art light sculpture would be his LightRails. [6] The work is a lighting solution to a site that was once a dark tunnel in Birmingham, Alabama. [6] The city hired FitzGibbons to encourage more pedestrian traffic, the installation is composed of a network of computerized LED's that form various lighting patterns. [6]

Environmental Art

Duck Pond Plaza 1998

An example of a FitzGibbons environmental art work rendering would be his Duck Pond, which is located at the entryway and plaza at the Heritage Park Duck Pond. [7] The work has eight steel columns supporting silhouettes of ducks in flights. [7] The columns arc around a curved wall in the plaza. [7]

Artworks

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  • 1990 Lemon Creek Plaza, Lemon Creek Correctional Facility. (Juneau, AK)[8]
  • 1996 Rhode Island Lights, exterior, neon sculpture at the Rhode Island Convention Center. (Providence, RI)[9]
  • 2000 Millennium Plaza, site-specific sculpture for the University of Houston. (Victoria, TX)[10]
  • 2001 Duck Pond Plaza, design Team with Groves and Associates, redesign of a neighborhood park with public art. (San Antonio, TX)[7]
  • 2003-2005 Skywall, 60’ long sculpture with LED lights located at the Bush Intercontinental Airport. (Houston, TX)[11]
  • 2006 Light Channels, site-specific, public art project consisting of aluminum sculptures and hundreds of LED lights. Installed at the I-37 underpasses at Houston and Commerce Streets. (San Antonio, TX)[12]
  • 2006 Day Star Archway, 40' tall archway and walkway at the San Antonio International Airport. (San Antonio, TX)[13]
  • 2008 Alamo Lights, site-specific, ephemeral light installation on the Alamo; Luminaria festival. (San Antonio, TX)[14]
  • 2010 Öndvegissúlur "Poem of Light", site-specific ephemeral light installation at the City Hall. (Reykjavik, Iceland)[15]
  • 2010 Knoxville ColorLine, Site-specific ephemeral light installation at the Knoxville Museum of Art. (Knoxville, TN)[16]
  • 2013 San Antonio Colorline, a permanent, site-specific LED light sculpture for the downtown Robert B. Green University Health System Clinic. (San Antonio, TX)[17]
  • 2013 LightRails, downtown. (Birmingham, AL)[6]
  • 2014 Culebra Plaza, environmental plaza with LED light sculpture. This artwork was in collaboration with the local neighborhood association and school. (San Antonio, TX)[18]
  • 2015 Current Drift, a bridge project in collaboration with George Schroeder. (Allen, TX)[19]
  • 2016 Centro Chrome Tower, an eighty-five foot interactive light sculpture tower that is part of the new downtown Westside Transit Center. (San Antonio, TX)[20]
  • 2016 Kinetic Skyline, a permanent, site-specific LED light sculpture for the Bank of America plaza building.[21]
  • 2018 El Paso Passage, site-specific computerized LED light sculpture under Airways Blvd. at the entrance to the El Paso International Airport.[1]
  • 2019 West Palm Beach Lights, site-specific computerized LED sculpture on the new Braman Motorcars facility, West Palm Beach, Florida.[22]
  • 2020 Stockyard Spectrum, site-specific interior light sculpture, Broadstone Stockyards multi-use project, downtown Nashville, Tennessee[23]

Exhibitions

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  • 2007 Shattering Glass, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York[24]
  • 2008 Alamo Lights, Luminaria: Arts Night in SA San Antonio, Texas [14]
  • 2014 Right Side/Wrong Side, Performance, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas [25]
  • 2015 Lalit Kala Akademi (National Academy of Art), New Delhi India[25]
  • 2021 The State of Sculpture, San Angelo Museum of Fine Art, San Angelo, Texas[26]

Awards and Appointments

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  • 1985 Director of Sculpture, Visual Arts Center of Alaska, Anchorage [14]
  • 1988 Associate Professor, Head of Sculpture Department, San Antonio Art Institute [14]
  • 1993 Fulbright Scholar, Hungarian Academy of Art and Design [25]
  • 1999-2000 Blue Star Contemporary, President, Board of Directors[27]
  • 2010 Outstanding Alumni Award, University of Tennessee[28]
  • 2011 Board Member, Texas Sculpture Group, Chapter of the ISC[29]
  • 2012 Texas State 3D (Sculpture) Artist, Texas State Legislature [2]
  • 2014 CODAaward for LightRails, juried for the best design project in the transportation category[30]
  • 2016 Lone Star Art Alliance, Founder[31]
  • 2017 Arts & Letters Award, Friends of the San Antonio Public Library[32]
  • 2022 CODAworx, Stockyard Spectrum selected as one of the Top 100 International Public Art Projects[33]

See Also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Gaytan, Samuel (July 3, 2018). "Airway to close as El Paso installs lighted piece by San Antonio artist Bill FitzGibbons". El Paso Times.
  2. ^ a b c Davenport, Bill (May 28, 2011). "Bill FitzGibbons and Karl Umlauf named official TX State Artists for 2012". Glasstire.
  3. ^ a b c McClelland, Rachel (November 5, 2014). "Light Maker". OUR TENNESSEE.
  4. ^ "UT Graduates, Renowned Artists Open Exhibit in Ewing Gallery Tonight". The University of Tennessee Knoxville. September 16, 2010.
  5. ^ Newton, Paula (May 19, 2015). "New S.A. Galleries: A FitzGibbons Family Gathering". GlassTire.
  6. ^ a b c d Jobson, Christopher (August 8, 2013). "LightRails: A Neglected Railroad Underpass Illuminated by Artist Bill FitzGibbons". COLOSSAL.
  7. ^ a b c d "Duck Pond". City of San Antonio ARTS & CULTURE. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
  8. ^ "Lemon Creek Plaza, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog Smithsonian American Art Museum Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS). Retrieved November 7, 2024.
  9. ^ "Rhode Island Lights". RHODE ISLAND STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
  10. ^ "New Sayre sculpture coming to UHV campus". Victoria Advocate. December 26, 2020.
  11. ^ "ARTWORK AT IAH" (PDF). ART At The Airport George Bush Intercontinental. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
  12. ^ "Light Channels". City of San Antonio ARTS & CULTURE. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  13. ^ "Day Star Archway". City of San Antonio ARTS & CULTURE. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  14. ^ a b c d Browning, Taylor (November 9, 2013). "Bill FitzGibbons, San Antonio's Social Sculptor". San Antonio Report.
  15. ^ "Öndvegissúlur (Poem of Light)". CODAWORX. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  16. ^ "THE KNOXVILLE MUSEUM OF ART HAS UNVEILED A SITE-SPECIFIC LIGHT INSTALLATION BY SAN ANTONIO-BASED ARTIST BILL FITZGIBBONS. THE WORK CONSISTS OF PROGRAMMED LED LIGHTS PLACED ALONG THE KMA'S NORTH FACADE THAT TRANSFORMS THE BUILDING INTO A SHIFTING CANVAS OF COLORED LIGHT EVERY NIGHT THROUGH THE END OF 2010". Knoxville museum of art. September 16, 2010.
  17. ^ Bennett, Steve (January 7, 2013). "Artwork shines in healing process". MySA.
  18. ^ "Culebra Park Plaza". City of San Antonio ARTS & CULTURE. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  19. ^ McKinley, Meridith (May 24, 2016). "Allen public Art master plan 2016" (PDF). City of Allen.
  20. ^ Marks, Michael (April 29, 2016). "New Public Art Centro Chroma Tower Illuminates Transportation Plaza". San Antonio Current.
  21. ^ Silva, Elda (March 31, 2016). "San Antonio artist's 'Kinetic Skyline' will light up downtown building Thursday". MySA.
  22. ^ Doris, Tony (July 31, 2018). "West Palm's latest art: Illuminating colors for dealership garage". The Palm Beach Post.
  23. ^ "Stockyard Spectrum" (PDF). getcreativesanantonio.com. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  24. ^ Genocchio, Benjamin (December 30, 2007). "Really? It's all made of glass?". The New York Times.
  25. ^ a b c Sweeney, Gary (September 2, 2014). "Artist on Artist: Gary Sweeney interviews Bill FitzGibbons". San Antonio Current.
  26. ^ "The State of Sculpture: Work by the Texas Sculpture Group". MutualArt. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  27. ^ Newton, Paula (June 15, 2013). "San Antonio Shuffle: Former Pace Director Named Interim Manager of Blue Star". Glasstire.
  28. ^ "UT Graduates, Renowned Artists Receive Accomplished Alumni Award". The University of Tennessee Knoxville. September 20, 2010.
  29. ^ "Board Members". Texas Sculpture Group. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
  30. ^ "Building a Partnership: 2014 CODAawards Celebrate Multidisciplinary Design". Interior Design. August 28, 2014.
  31. ^ Rindfuss, Bryan (March 5, 2015). "San Antonio Artist Bill FitzGibbons Launches Lone Star Art Alliance". San Antonio Current.
  32. ^ "ARTS & LETTERS AWARDS". Friends of the San Antonio Public Library. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
  33. ^ "News Roundup, June 24, 2022". Arts Alive San Antonio. June 24, 2022.
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