Marta Thoma Hall www.publicartgreenart.com EDUCATION: University of California, Berkeley, B.A. M.A. Fine Arts

SOLO FINE ART EXHIBITIONS, AWARDS, and INSTALLATIONS

2010 The City of Blaine, WA, “Journey of a Water Drop” Suspended Sculpture Public Art Commission Award, Installation date: May 30, 2010 The City of Goodyear, Arizona, Three sculptures: “Water Source” “ Gila Shade Element” and “Gila Mural” Installation date: April 25, 2010 City of Walnut Creek, CA, “Journey of a Bottle” Installed, March 2010 The Ocean Project, Six Sculptures Traveling to Eight Universities Nationwide, including UCLA, UC Berkeley, NYU, and more for Earth Week 2009 City of Walnut Creek, CA, Public Art Commission Award City of Goodyear, Arizona, Public Art Commission Award Kimberly Saari Gallery, Steamboat, Colorado, solo exhibition of steel and bottle sculpture with four installations City of Santa Cruz, CA, National Finalist 2008 Metropolitan Museum of Art Fresno, California “Two Tears,” sculpture Installation, made of steel and recycled bottles, Fresno, CA Convention Center 3rd Street Plaza, “Double Wave,” 20’ x 6’ x 7’ steel and Bottles for Sculpturesite Gallery, San Francisco, CA (Team Thoma) San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Gallery Solo Exhibition Of steel and bottle sculpture, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA William Havu Gallery, solo sculpture exhibition of steel and bottle sculpture, Denver, Colorado 2007 City of Phoenix, National Finalist: Water Wall Public Art Project City of Seattle, National Finalist Team Thoma: Seattle, Washington Public Art Transfer Station Anita Seipp Gallery, solo sculpture exhibition, Palo Alto, CA Brick Tear RFP Award to Team Thoma installed for SPUR, San Francisco Public Urban Research Company Headquarters, San Francisco, Award by Norcal CO. in San Francisco 2006 City of Palo Alto and the Arts Commission: Installation: Rrrun, Palo Alto California Regional Center for the Arts: "Childhood Revisited," Walnut Creek 2005 Vertigo Gallery: "Inside Out," London, United Kingdom Lowe Gallery, "New Work by Marta Thoma," Los Angeles, CA City of San Leandro Public Installation: Three Egrets for the San Leandro Marina 2004 Triton Museum of Art, Award Exhibition, Santa Clara, CA Lowe Gallery, Stretch , Atlanta Georgia 2003 Oakland Museum of California, Stretch, Oakland City Center, Oakland, CA. Peninsula Community Foundation Grant: "Portraits of Youth," Palo Alto 2001 Barron Park and Escondido School, "A+ School Project," Palo Alto, CA Palo Alto Civic Center Plaza Installation, Spirtus, Palo Alto, CA 2000 A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY City of Palo Alto Arts Commission installation of bronze sculpture, "Go Mama." Palo Alto, CA 1999 National Museum of Costa Rica,"Memories of Flight," Installations in San Jose, Costa Rica 1998 San Francisco Museum of Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1997 Norcal Company Sanitary Fill Artist in Residency, installation of, EarthTear South San Francisco, CA

Public Art Projects

Journey of a Bottle

Commissioned by the City of Walnut Creek suspended sculpture for the new library entrance 22’ x 17’ x 13’ Steel and Safety Glass Bottles, Plaque 2009

Gila Mural

Commissioned by the City of Goodyear for the Water Works Department 14' x 4' x 6" Steel, Recycled Glass Bottles, Blue LED Lighting 2010 Installation

Gila River

Commissioned by the City of Goodyear for the Water Works Department 30’ x 25’ x 17’ Steel, Fiberglass, Blue Tiles, Lighting, 2010 Installation

Water Source

Commissioned by the City of Goodyear for the Water Works Department 30’ x 25’ x 45’ Steel, Solar Panels, Kinetic and Solar Powered 4' Steel "Water Drops," Safety Treated Bottles 2010

River and Kites Commissioned by Velodyne Acoustics Inc. in Morgan Hill for their central employee gathering plaza. 17’ x 7’ x 9’ and 15’ x 19’ x 5’ Steel, Cable, Glass Bottles, 2008

Building Memory Commission by SPUR San Francisco Public Urban Research Project Material from demolition site of the old SPUR building, to be placed in the new building lobby at the same site. 5’ x 3.5’ x 3.5’ brick, glass, and steel, 2009

Two Tears Commissioned by the Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art and Science, Fresno, California, 15’ x 7’ x 8’ Glass Bottles, Steel 2008

Double Wave Commissioned by Sculpturesite Gallery, San Francisco, Convention Center Plaza 20’ x 7’ x 8’ Steel, Glass Bottles 2008

Rrrun For the Palo Alto Arts Commission, sited in Alma Park, Palo Alto, California. 6’ x 5’ x 5’ cement and steel sculpture, Go Mama cast bronze and engraved stone

Stretch / In Dad's Shoes For the California Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, California 8' x 5' x 5' Robotic and interactive sculpture, made of aluminum mesh with steel, fiberglass, computer chips, laser sensors, and robotics. Installed 2006 Go Mama For the Palo Alto Arts Commission, for California Avenue Merchants Association 6’ x 5’ x 5’ cast bronze and engraved stone 2004

Portraits of Youth commissioned for City Hall Civic Center Plaza, Palo Alto, California. Exhibition of cement and steel sculpture, in conjunction with a Peninsula Community Grant. 2003

Three Egrets For the City of San Leandro, CA, Engineering and Planning Department Bronze sculpture for the City Marina. Installed 2003

Stretch For the Oakland Museum of Art, installation of five sculptures for the Oakland Museum of Art City Center Lobby. 18' x variable, installed 2003, Oakland, California. Stitched aluminum mesh, steel, cast stone and video projection.

A+ School Project For the City of Palo Alto School District, Barron Park School and El Carmelo Elementary School. The project included a gate and five mural designs. Commissioned in conjunction with the California Arts Council. Made of steel and enamel, 110’ combined total length. Installed 2001 through 2002.

Alma Street Mural For the City of Palo Alto Engineering Department 150’ x 8’ x .5’ 1998 Wood, found objects, lighting