Richard Hansen

Associate Professor, Department of Art

University of Southern Colorado

Pueblo, Colorado 81001

EDUCATION

Master of Landscape Architecture, University of Colorado, 1985

Bachelor of Arts, Fine Arts, College of William and Mary, 1971

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Selected Public Art Projects:

"Confluence," Mitre Corporation Headquarters, Maclean, Virginia, 2003. This granite fountain forms the
centerpiece of the courtyard garden of this corporate complex. Split from a single 10 ton boulder, the three
stone elements with stainless steel tubes slotted into each piece stands as a dramatic contrast to the formal plantings.

"Flowline," Sculptural seating, Jackson Sculpture Garden, Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, Colorado , 2003.
Commisioned as a memorial to Karen Adams whose plantings added so much vitality to the sculpture garden.

"Passage," Artwalk/Exhibition Space, Arts and Humanities Building, Mesa State College, Grand Junction, Colorado, 2002.
This space was created to offer a range of outdoor exhibition opportunities for sculpture and other art events while
establishing a connecion to the primary North - South pedestrian corridor within the Mesa State campus.

Town of Vail, Meadow Drive Streetscape. The Art in Public Places Board hired me to work with the design team to
integrate public art into this 2.3 million dollar urban design project, identifying potential sites and participants and
contributing various site-specific proposals.

"Topos", West Mall, Atwood Student Center, St. Cloud State University, Saint Cloud Minnesota, 1999-2000.
Fountain of large granite slabs inspired by the topography of the campus that runs along banks of the Mississippi  River. 

Early Integration Public Art Project, Science Building. Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO, 1998-2000

    Selected as the public artist to collaborate with the design team to develop the public art component for this new 

    building within the Science Complex. 

Historic Arkansas Riverwalk Project. Pueblo, CO 1998-1999

    Selected as the site artist to contribute sculptural character to block long selection of this urban riverfront 

    restoration project, including the creation of a major water feature. 

"Spiral Code", Ross Hall, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO, 1998-1999

    Sculptural seating cut into the landscape, the shapes evoking the curving forms of the double helix.

Fountains, the Courtyard at Rock Springs, Maryland, 1996

    A pair of stone basins in an exterior courtyard of an office building by Pie, Cobb, and Freed.  A collaboration with 

    Michael Vergason Landscape Architects, Virginia. 

Recent Exhibitions:

Eco-Revelatory Design: Nature Constructed / Nature Revealed, University of Illinois Art Museum, September 1998

    A major exhibition of 10 ecological designers traveling to Chicago, Boston, New York, Minneapolis, and

    San Francisco.

Expanding Environments, Brunnier Art Museum, Iowa State University, March-June 1998

    One of seven artists from across the United States selected for this environmental art exhibitions and video 

    catalogue with artist interviews. 

Visiting Artist / Lecturer

Rhode Island School of Design, University of Illinois, University of Minnesota, Colorado State University, Iowa State University, Kansas State University, University of Kansas, Illinois Institute of Technology in Italy Program.