RICHARD
HANSEN
www.rhwatermarks.com
Professor
of Art Studio/Home:
5007 County Rd. 123
Colorado
State University - Pueblo
Penrose,
Colorado 81240
Pueblo,
Colorado 81001
(719)
372-3522
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:
“Watershed
Stones” Xeriscape Garden, City Hall, Fort Collins, Colorado, 2005.
A sculptural translation of the region’s hydrological continuum, the
environmental art work offers a variety of water experiences while utilizing
low flows appropriate to the xeriscape garden concept.
“Confluence”,
Mitre Corporation Headquarters, McLean, Virginia, 2003.
This granite fountain forms the centerpiece of the courtyard garden of
this corporate complex. Split from a single 10ton 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. Commissioned
as a memorial to Karen Adams whose plantings added so much vitality to the sculpture
garden.
“Passage”,
Artwalk / Exhibition Space, Arts and Humanities Buildings, 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 connection to the primary North- South pedestrian corridor within the 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 the 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 -99 - Selected as the site artist to contribute sculptural
character to a block long section 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 - Sculptural seating
cut into the landscape, the shapes evoking the curving forms of the double helix.
Fountains,
the Courtyard at Rock Spring,
Rock Springs, Maryland 1996 - a pair of stone basins in an exterior courtyard
of an office building by Pei, Cobb, and Freed.
A collaboration with Michael Vergason Landscape Architect, Virginia.
"Granite
Lines", Student Center Courtyard, Colorado School of Mines, Golden,
CO., 1997 - A series of low granite elements that take their form cues from
the interaction of the geology and hydrology of this campus site.
“Watermarks
at the Pueblo Nature Center, Pueblo, Colorado, 1995-96 - three sculptural
systems that mark the movement of water sculpturally while solving storm water
runoff problems
"Arcs",
City Place Park, Silver Spring,Maryland 1992 - This landscape element was created
in a small urban park as part of a major retail development project.
Fountain-
City Place,
Silver Spring, Maryland 1992 - This site-responsive piece was commissioned for
a streetscape project within a urban development project.
Reviewed and approved by the Maryland- National Capital Park and Planning
Commission.
Ballston
Plaza Fountain,
Arlington, Va. 1991- Public art piece within urban park project.
Selected
Private Commissions:
Centerpoint
, limestone basin and
rainwater reservoir, Coates Residence Manhattan, Kansas 2004.
For
Agnes Martin,
granite fount, Mouton Residence, Fort Collins, CO., 2004
Memory,
granite fountain, Schump Residence, Windsor, CO. 2003.
Mountains
and Rivers without End,
Private Residence, Fort Collins, CO.2000.
Dark
and Mysterious,
granite water feature, Private
Residence, Fort Collins, CO. 1996;
Watermark,
granite and marblepiece, Raisch residence- Boulder, CO. 1995.
Recent
Exhibitions:
Stone
and Water, Space and Time,
College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of Minnesota,
January 2005. Solo exhibition.
Eco-Revelatory
Design: Nature Constructed /Nature Revealed,
University of Illinois Art Museum, September 1998.
Major exhibiton of 10 ecological designers traveling to Chicago, Boston,
New York, San Francisco, Washington, D.C.
Metaphors
of Transformation, Brunnier
Art Museum, Iowa State University, March-June 1998.
One of nine artists from across the United States selected for this environmental
art exhibition 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, Ball State University.
Recent Articles on my work:
Stone World, February 2001, Landscape Architecture Magazine, December 2000, Watershapes Magazine, May 2001.
Selected Projects:
Portals, Urban Development project, Washington, D.C.; with Arthur Cotton Moore Associates, architects, Army National Guard Headquarters, Arlington,Va.; with Metcalf Associates, Architects, Ballston Plaza, Arlington,Va.; with Keyes Condon Florance, Architects, Freemason Harbor Park, Norfolk,Va.; LinPro Park 270, Gaithersburg, Md.; Georgetown Waterfront Park,Washington, D.C.; National Building Museum/ Pension Building, Washington,D.C.; Centerpointe Office Park, Arlington, Va.; Capital Grounds of the U.S. Capital Security Enhancement Study, Washington,D.C.;
Landscape
Architecture License: Maryland #790