Education:

BA 1972 Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
MFA 1984 Mills College, Oakland, California

Selected Commissions & Public Art:

2006 Grest Northwest Library, city of San Antonio public enhancement project, mosaic floor path and other details for new children’s wing, collaboration with Gould Evans Architects

2005 McAllister Park, public enhancement component of park improvements, city of San Antonio Parks and Recreation project, in progress, to be completed in late 2006

2004 Mockert Street, city of San Antonio public enhancement project, small neighborhood park created as part of a public works project in collaboration with Rialto Studio Landscape architects

2002 Springdale Park, AIPP project, Austin Texas, design and treatment of mosaic surface of columns for a new park pavilion

2001 - 2002 Hotel Valencia courtyard fountain, Houston St., San Antonio, Texas, in collaboration with Rialto Studio, Inc., Landscape Architects: design of fountain water feature and surfaces

2000 - 2005 “Rosa Parks Journal”, public enhancement project, San Antonio design series of 10 sites along E Houston St. (also known as Rosa Parks’ Way), to be completed in two phases, 2003 & 2005

2001 - 2002 Houston Street Courtyard Fountain, San Antonio, Texas, in collaboration with Rialto Studio, Inc., Landscape Architects design of fountain sculpture and surface treatment of fountain

2000 - 2002 Palmer Events Center, AIPP project, Austin, Texas, design and installation of mosaic stone “ponds” inset into 3 lobby floors, completed winter 2002

2000 - 2003 Fulton Street Enhancement Project, San Antonio, Texas, design of shape and surface treatment for retaining wall and mural for railroad underpass

1997 Blue Star Arts Complex, San Antonio, mosaic paving project Alamo Children’s Advocacy Center, San Antonio, design of entrance sidewalk with mosaic insets in concrete tile and stone

1996 Stagecoach Park, Dublin, California, public art commission, mosaic benches and mural Unit II Residence Hall, U.C. Berkeley, California, custom mosaics benches and tables for four residence hall lobbies and lounge areas

1995 2100 Channing, graduate residence hall courtyard project for U.C.Berkeley in downtown Berkeley, California, mosaic feature strip in second story courtyard. Unit II Dining Hall, U.C. Berkeley, mosaic relief designs in dining hall food service areas

1994 “The Confessional”, Bank of America, San Francisco, California, mosaic bench for rooftop terrace, Golden Bear Cafe, U. C. Berkeley student union cafe, mosaic wall mural

1993 Unit I Dining Hall, U.C. Berkeley, mosaic relief designs in four food service lines of dining hall, U. C. Berkeley campus

Publications - magazines & periodicals:

Voices of Art, 2004, volume 2, “Bit by Bit, the mosaic art of Twyla Arthur” by Paula Stone
San Francisco Examiner, “Habitat” section, September 20, 1995
Brava Casa, March, 1995, pages 228 - 233 (project: Baker/Whitcombe residence)
Il Bagno, April, 1995 (project: Baker/Whitcombe residence)
Sunset Magazine, “Ancient Technique Revisited”, August, 1994, page 95 (project: Baker/Whitcombe residence)
Sunset Magazine, “Relics From the Ruins”, September, 1994, page 73 (project: Katsoff/Yonkowsky residence)
Image Magazine, San Francisco Examiner, “Singular Spaces”, May 16, 1993 (project: Baker/Whitcombe residence)

Publications - books:

Mosaic Art & Style, edited by JoAnn Loctov,
Rockport publishers, 2005
Mosaic Sourcebook, JoAnn Loctov and Doreen Mastendrea, Rockport Publishers, 2004
The Art of Mosaic Design: A Collection of Contemporary Artists. JoAnn Loctov and Leslie P. Clagett, Rockport Publishers. Inc., 1998
Making Mosaics. Leslie Dierks, Sterling Publishing Company, 1997
Inside Architecture: Interiors by Architects. Susan Zevon, photographed by Judith Watts, Rockport Publishers, Inc., 1997
Hyperwest: American Residential Architecture on the Edge.
Alan Hess. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1996
West Coast Wave: New California Houses. Dirk Sutro.
New York: Van Nostrand Teinhold, 1994

Selected Exhibitions:

2006 Grey Forest Open Studios, a Comtemproary Art Month event

2004 H2O “Considering the Hydrosphere”, Southwest School of Art and Craft, San Antonio, TX

2000 Art 2K paSA: A Millennial Survey By San Antonio Artists

1999 Hecho a Mano, Guadalupe Cultural Center, San Antonio,TX

1998 “Touch Stones”, two artist exhibition for Contemporary Arts Month, San Antonio,TX
“The Fountain Project”, invitational collaborative exhibition for architect and artist teams to design site specific work, sponsored by Blue Star Arts Space, San Antonio
“Elevated Matter”, solo show, Gate I Gallery in conjunction with National Art Tile Symposium, Airport Art Space, San Antonio,TX

1997 Contemporary Arts Month, Featured Artist, Studio Gallo, San Antonio, TX

1995 “Then and Now”, group show, Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, CA

1992 “Telling Stories”, Artist’s Books and Journals, Mills College, Oakland, CA

1990 “Life Support, Inventive Furniture from Northern California”, Limn Company and One Market Plaza, San Francisco, CA

1989 “Cultural Sources”, The Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA

1988 “I Found It”, Works Gallery, San Jose, CA

1987 Mills College Alumnae Invitational, Oakland, CA

Awards:

2003 Best of Downtown San Antonio Awards, “Best use of local artists” for the Houston Street Court fountain

1991 “Best Dressed”, S.F. Magazine, March awards issue (Bison Brewing Company)

1985 “California Works”, mixed media, 1st Place,
“California Works”, mixed media, honorable mention

Professional References:

David Baker, David Baker & Associates, Architects, 461 Second St., Suite c127, San Francisco, CA 94107, (415) 896-6700, fax (415) 896-6103. db@dbarchitect.com

James LeFlore, city of San Antonio Public Art and Design Enhancement Program Coordinator, P.O. Box 839966, San Antonio, TX 78283-3966, (210) 207-4433. jleflore@sanantonio.gov

Ken Fowler, Principal, Rialto Studio, Inc., Landscape Architecture, 2425 Broadway, Suite 105, San Antonio, TX 78215, (210) 828-1155. kfowler@rialtostudio.com