Walczak & Heiss Win Public Art Commission in Stapleton, Colorado

Marek Walczak and Wes Heiss are overwhelmingly excited to have been selected as the winning artists for the Stapleton Central Park Recreation Center Public Art Commission. Our two new permanent installations, ‘Field’ and ‘Thought Balloons’ will be opening in January of 2011.

Visit www.walczakheiss.com for more info.

Walzcak & Heiss Finalists for a Public Artwork in Denver, Colorado

Marek Walczak and Wes Heiss are once again delighted to be one of 5 artists selected as finalists for a second public art commission, this one on the 14th street corridor in Denver, Colorado. We will will be presenting our proposal in July of 2010.

Visit www.walczakheiss.com for more info.

Shadow & Light

I am excited to be included in an upcoming show in Lovestad, Sweden called ‘Shadow and Light’ being put together by my good friend Marek Walczak. Along with performances and workshops throughout the summer the show includes an impressive roster of 29 artists from the US, Sweden, Denmark and England.

Learn more about the show and the other artists here:
http://shadowlight.someprojects.info/

Below is a sketch of ‘forgetting’, one of the two pieces I will be making for the show.

A book of topography

Pressed for time and without a solid concept on which to produce a ’sketchbook’ for an Artspace NH fundraiser auction I started developing a book of 3 dimensional topography. This rendering shows my first attempt. Each of the 6 pages will be ‘printed’ as rigid warped surfaces on a 3D rapid prototyper and then bound with a conventional metal spiral binder. For this first attempt I applied a wood texture to the surfaces however I am really looking for variety of blue and white patterns similar to what you find on china dishes.

Bemis Center Artist In Residence

I was awarded a residency at the Bemis Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Final dates are still in the works but most likely I will be spending two or so months developing projects sometime in 2012. I am humbled to receive this amazing opportunity.

Information about the residency and the Bemis Center can be found here: http://www.bemiscenter.org/

Walczak & Heiss Finalists for a Public Artwork in Stapleton, Colorado

Marek Walczak and Wes Heiss are delighted to be one of 4 artists selected as finalists for the Stapleton Central Park Recreation Center public art commission. Walczak & Heiss will be presenting two proposals on April 6th 2010.

Visit www.walczakheiss.com for more info.

Roswell Artist In Residence

I was awarded a 1 year residency at the Roswell AIR program in Roswell New Mexico. Angie, Mr Piston (our cat), the El Camino, and a whole bunch of tools will be spending most of 2011 in the southwest developing new work. I am honored to have been selected and really looking forward to being back in the southwest.

Visit www.rair.org to learn more about the program.

OPENING March 31st, 2010 at the Lehigh University Art Gallery

The ‘chariot’ prototype will be exhibited in this faculty show at Lehigh University.

PANEL DISCUSSION February 4th 2010 at 4:30PM ‘dysfunctional’ at LUAG

I will be on a panel discussion at the Lehigh University Art Gallery for the currently installed show ‘Challenge VII: dysFUNctional’ and hope to discuss the virtues of dysfunctional design. Other panelists include Albert LeCoff, Executive Director of the Wood Turning Center; Lehigh University AAD faculty Amy Forsyth and artist Michael Brolly. Moderated by Ricardo Viera, LUAG Director/Curator.