VICKIE JO SOWELL
3618 Peralta Street,
Emeryville, CA 94608 (510)
655-7374
vickiejosowell@hotmail.com www.unrulyimages.com
EDUCATION:
1978-1980 M.F.A. Mills College, Oakland, CA
(Sculpture)
1974-1978 B.A., Montana State University, Bozeman,
MT (Art)
AWARDS/COMMISSIONS:
2010 Niles Panorama, Fire Station No. 2, Fremont, CA
Powder-baked enamel
on steel
15 inset panels for
new Fire Station in historic Niles district
Contract Value: $27,500
2009 Gates4Yates,
Anna Yates Elementary School, Emeryville, CA
Enamel painted steel
Entryways and decorative fencing for Elementary school
renovation
Contract Value: $25,000
2008 Life is a Ball, King Park, Brentwood, CA
Welded Bronze
Commission
for City of Brentwood, CA’s King Park.
Figures of five bronze dogs are rendered in the act of leaping for a
thrown ball. The standalone figure of
“King,” Brentwood’s first licensed canine, sits nearby.
Contract
Value: $44,000
2008 Roots of Oakland, Highland Hospital, Oakland, CA
10 tile mosaic panels with
hand-crafted text and floral elements
I was commissioned to provide 10
ceramic tile mosaic panels for the terraced main entryway to Alameda County’s
Highland Hospital.
Contract Value: $13,000
2007 Sprazzo di Sole,
Orinda, CA
Enamel on Steel
Commission installed at Private
Residence, Orinda CA.
Contract Value: $10,000
2007 Sweidy-Stata Poolhouse, Atherton, CA
Powder-baked enamel, zinc-dipped steel
Private Commission, Sweidy-Stata
Home, Atherton, CA. I was commissioned to provide a full
suite of artworks for the poolhouse location, including three gates, two
railings, a large window treatment, and over 50 feet of ornamental fence.
Contract
Value: $37,000
2005, 2007 Richmond Works, Richmond, CA
166 waterjet cut steel panels,
powder-baked color coatings
Public
Art Commission for the City of Richmond’s Transit Village. The commission consists of approximately 600 feet of fence in three
sections along Marina Way, bordering the Transit Village. Panels depict 7 original thematic designs
relating to the people and times of Richmond.
Follow-on for Traffic Circle barrier, 2007.
Contract
Value: $150,000
2005 Stockton Heliotrope,
Stockton, CA
Enamel
on Steel 50’ diam.
Commission
installed at Matt Equinoa Park in Stockton, California. Three sculptural sections sits atop a hexagonal shade structure establishing a spiraling floral
bouquet that tracks the sun. Floral
images are of native flowers that attract beneficial insects.
Contract Value: $20,000
2004 Neighborhood Convergence,
Emeryville, CA
11 8’ tall Enamel painted steel figures
Public Art commission, Emeryville, CA. The commission consisted of eleven
enamel-painted steel figures, each
approximately 8’ tall, executed in collaboration with Emeryville painter
M. Louise Stanley and lighting designer Jeremy Hamm. The figures are installed on both sides of the Powell Street
undercrossing of Interstate 80 in Emeryville.
Contract Value: $125,000
2004 Fruitvale Revival,
Oakland, CA
Public
Art Commission, City of Oakland. The
commission was for a central arch that combined architectural icons drawn from
the Fruitvale district with organic fruit and branch fabrications that sprang
from Fruitvale’s orchard heritage. This
plaza entryway crowns four columns along the edge of International
Boulevard. A follow-on commission put
in place a similar single central arch around a hundred yards away.
Fruit glass
enamels by Deborah Lozier
Contract
Value: $30,000
+ $12,000 f.o.
2002 Legends of Milpitas,
Milpitas, CA
Installation for Murphy Park
in Milpitas. Four pillars with capitals
depicting aspects of local history.
Contract Value: $15,000
2002 Ironhorse Trail, Dublin, CA
Powder-baked enamel on Steel 183”
x 103” x 6”
Percent-for-Art fulfillment, IronHorse Trail Housing project
in Dublin, California. The commission
included this signature marquee at the entrance to the project, and a series of
treeguard elements along the streets there.
Contract Value: $22,000
2001 Michael’s Palette, Emeryville, CA
Powder-baked enamel on Steel 13’ x 10' x 8’
Commercial commission, percent-for-art fulfillment, Michaels Arts
Store, Emeryville, CA
Contract Value $17,000
2001 Emeryville Firestation #2
Powder-baked
enamel on Steel 20’ x 3’ x 3”
,15’ x 4’ x .5”
For the
City’s first public art project for the Emeryville Firestation #2, I served as
both sculptor and designer, serving as a design/color consultant for the entire
facility in addition to the metalworks I installed.
Contract
Value $25,000
2000 PickleWorks Gates
and Signage (Percent for Art
fulfillment)
EXHIBITIONS:
2008 “Artscape
Orinda,” 11 Public Art Sculptors
2004 “Off
the Rim” Grounds for Sculpture,
Hamilton, NJ
2003 “Big
Little” Jewelers and Sculptors
in Metal, Oakland, CA
2000 "Introductions"
Sculpture Garden, Wildwood Farm, Glenellen, CA
2000 "Interpreting
the Figure" Mill Valley
Sculpture Garden
1998 1078
Gallery, Chico, CA (2-person
show)
1998 “Body
and Soul” Matrix Gallery,
Sacramento, CA
1998 S.F.
Museum of Modern Art, Rental Gallery, San Francisco
1997 "Marked
Metal" Richmond Arts Center,
Richmond, CA
1997 "Humor,
Parody, + Satire", PRSG at SF
Design Center
1996 National
Women's Caucus for the Arts, Mills College, Oakland, CA
1996 Pacific
Rim Sculptors Group at the Mother Lode, Sonora, CA
1995 SF
Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1995 Andrea
Schwarz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994 Public
Art Sculpture Exhibition, City of Santa Clara, CA
1994 Pacific
Rim Sculptors Group, Syntex Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
1994 ISC
Exhibition, Contract Design Center, San Francisco
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