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Public Art Commissions
2017 Selected artists for City of Davis/UC Davis, Third Street Improvement Project, Davis, CA (upcoming)
2016 “Pastime!” City of Sacramento, North Natomas Regional Park, Sacramento, CA (upcoming)
2016 “Intertwine,” City of Norfolk, Norfolk Botanical Garden, Norfolk, VA
2014 Finalist for RTD FasTracks, Peoria Station, Denver, CO
2014 Shortlisted for Bayview Gateway Public Art Project, SFAC, San Francisco, CA
2014 Shortlisted for Masonic Avenue Streetscape Improvement Project, San Francisco, CA
2013 Finalist for Woodlawn Lake Public Art Project, San Antonio, TX
2013 “Archways,” City of Santa Clarita, Santa Clarita, CA
2013 “Ring Roll,” California State University, Chico, CA
2011 “Full Circles,” San Francisco Arts Commission Visitacion Valley Library, San Francisco, CA
2011 Finalist for City of Seattle, King Street Station, Seattle, WA
2010 “Cyclisk,” City of Santa Rosa and Public Art, Santa Rosa, CA
2009 Finalist for City of Phoenix Children’s Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2009 Finalist for San Francisco Arts Commission, McCoppin Park, San Francisco, CA
2009 Finalist for San Diego Airport Commission, San Diego, CA
2009 “Pacific Rim,” City of San Rafael and Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, CA
2009 “Double Archway” or “Ride On!” City of Glendale, AZ
2008 “Wheel Arch,” San Buenaventura Public Art Commission, Ventura, CA
2008 “Flat Heaven,” or “This One’s for Lester,” Site-Specific Installation, San Rafael, CA
2006 “Circles and Trees,” Site-Specific Installation, City of San Rafael, CA
Selected Publications and Media
2016 Hillard, Bret, Norfolk Public Art, Summer 2016, www.norfolk.gov/tv48, https://youtu.be/ZjilMw4g&UuA
2016 http://experience.usatoday.com/story/living-here/2016/05/17/mark-grieve-ilana-spector-intertwine-sculpture 84497772/
2015 http://www.sfmayor/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentID=267
2015 http://roamingthegooglestreets.blogspot.ru/2015/06/cyclisk-obelisk-made-of-bicycles.html?m=1
2014 “Cyclisk – Santa Rosa Monument; 340 bicycles, 65’…” 2014, http:..atlastobscura.com/places/cyclisk
2014 Blumberg, Antonia, “10 Years of Burning Man Temples Show the Spiritual Side …,” Huffington Post, June 24, 2014
2013 Wels, Susan, “San Francisco: Arts for the City: Civic Art and Urban Change, 1932-2012,” Heydey, pp. 20, 223
2013 MacMillan, Susan, “Is This Important?”, www/artincalifornia.blogspot.com, October 21, 2013
2012 Official 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremonies Souvenir Program, London, England pp.32-3, 68
2012 Katz, Leslie, “Bike Parts Get Artists’ Imaginations in Gear,” Nov. 28, 2012,
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57555068-1/bike-parts-get-artists-imaginations-in-gear/
2012 Metcalfe, John, “Incredible Sculptures Made From Bike Parts,” November 20, 2012
http://www.active-life.com/mask-composition-with-bike-2012
2012 American Libraries Magazine, “Library Design Showcase 2012: The Shape of Things,” Feb. 28, 2012
2011 Iosifidis, Kiriakos, “BIKE ART, Bicycles in Art Around the World,” Publikat, 2011, pp. 200-201, 253
2011 “Copenhagenize’s Top Five Bicycle Monuments,” Aug. 15, 2011
http://www.copenhagenize.com/2011/08/top-five-bicycle-monuments.html
2011 Lee, Stephanie, “Visitacion Valley to reopen after Remake,” San Francisco Chronicle, July 30, 2011, C2
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/0730
2011 Taylor, Dan “‘Cyclisk’ Sculpture Wins National Honors” Press Democrat.com, July 1, 2011
2011 Public Art Review, Issue 44 — Spirituality and Religion, spring / summer 2011, p. 81
2011 Primeau, Martin, “Re-bicyclage,” DébrouillArts, May 2011, p. 5
2011 “Wheel Creative Mark Grieve,” The Red Bulletin, June 2011, p. 22
2010 Graziano, John, Ripley’s Believe It or Not!® Comic, December 5, 2010
http://comics.com/ripleys_believe_it_or_not/2010-12-05/#CMT_Comments
2010 Ma, Sandy, Kadokawa Media Taiwan, MY LOHAS (Life Styles Of Health and Sustainability), Dec. 3
2010 South Park “Coon vs. Coon & Friends (Season 14, Episode 13), November 10, 2010
2010 Robinson, Bruce “The Cyclisk,” North Bay Report, KRCB 91 FM, October 2010,
2010 http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/hundreds-of-bikes-make-one, Sept. 9, 2010
2010 Barrett, Brian, “Cyclisk, All Along the Biketower,” September 8, 2010, http://gizmodo/tag/cyclisk
2010 Tweney, Dylan, “California Artists Build Obelisk Out of Bicycles,” Wired, Sept. 8, 2010
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/09/bicycle-obelisk
2010 Berman, Judy, “Bike Worship: Mark Grieve and Ilana Spector’s Cyclisk,” Flavorpill, Sept. 8, 2010
http://flavorwire.com/116956/bike-worship-mark-grieve-and-ilana-spectors-cyclisk
2010 Elend, Peter, “Cyclisk Rises,” Velo Vision, Issue 39, September 2010, p. 4
2010 Frattini, Kristen, “60ft Bike Obelisk Towers over Santa Rosa, CA,” Bikeradar.com, Sept. 3, 2010
2010 The Drive with Steve Jaxon, KSRO 1350 am, Live Interview, August 31, 2010
2010 McCallum, Kevin “What’s It All Mean?” Press Democrat, August 26, 2010, Front Page, A9 (photos)
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20100826/ARTICLES/100829569?tc=ar
2010 Keeler, Stuart, “Salon des Refuses – Sight Unseen,” Americans for the Arts Half-Century Summit,
June 26, 2010, Baltimore, MD
2010 Gilmore, Lee, “Theater in a Crowded Fire: Ritual and Spirituality …,” Univ. of California Press, 2010, p. 91
2009 http://artnet.com/magazineus/news/artnews/human-rights-and-human-wrongs9-24-09.asp
2009 “The Arts Advantage in Glendale,” Glendale, AZ July 2009, www.glendaleaz.com/glendale11/arts
2009 Berner, Megan “Pass the Bike; We heART Bikes” Reno News & Review, April 23, 2009
http://www.newsreview.com/reno/content?oid=964670
2008 “Local Artists Strike Burning Man,” Argus-Courier, The Buzz, p. C1, Sept. 4, 2008
2008 Johnson, Robyn, “12 of the collest art installations in the history of Burning Man, August 25, 2008,
http://matadornetwork.com/nights/12-coolest-installations-in-the-history-of-burning-man
2008 Taylor, Matthew, “Burned Out on Burning Man,” Sierra, July/August 2008, pp. 32, 33 (photos)
2008 Samson, Chris, “Local Artist’s Outdoor Bike Sculpture a Hit in Ventura,” Argus Courier, Week of May 15-21, A6, A9
2008 Taggart, Phillip, CNN Headline News, SoCalNews, May 5, 2008
http://www.twcsocalnews.com/ index.php?option=com_seyret&task=videodirectlink&Itemid=26&id=536
2008 Clerici, Kevin, “Artist is assembling sculpture of bike parts,” Ventura Star, April 4, 2008, p. B1, B3,
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/apr/04/artist-is-assembling-sculpture-out-of-bike-parts/
2008 “Street Detail,” San Francisco Magazine, April 2008, p. 67 (including photo)
2007 BikeRadar, “The Bike Arch: Recycled Art,” Sept. 20, 2007
2007 Keesling, Ryan, “On Mark Grieve’s Bicycle Arch at Center Camp,” BRAF Journals, Sept. 2007
2007 “Burning Man 2007,” San Francisco Chronicle, August 30, 2007, (photo)
http://sfgate.com/c/pictures/2007/08/30/mn_burningman_116_mac.jpg
2007 van Meter, Lori, “The Temples at Burning Man,” 5th Global Conference, Making Sense of Dying and
Death, Mansfield College Oxford, July 10, 2007
2007 Bruder, Jessica, “Burning Book: …,” Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2007, pp. 304, 316
2006 New York Times online,
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2006/08/28/ arts/20060829_BURNING_SLIDESHOW_15.html … _38.html
2006 LeDuff, Charles “Only in America,” Discovery Channel, Feb. 2, 2006
2005 Terdiman, Daniel, “Burning Man Mourns the Big Easy,” Wired, Sept. 6, 2005
2005 Terdiman, Daniel, “Burning Man Feeds Art Inferno,” Wired, Sept. 1, 2005
2005 Haden-Guest, Anthony, “In Defense of Burning Man,” Art in America, June-July 2006, p.112 (photo)
2005 Young, Tobias, “From Art to Ashes,” Press Democrat, Aug. 15, 2005, Front page (including photo)
2005 Upshaw, Jennifer, “San Rafael Artwork Goes Public,” Marin Independent Journal, Jan. 30, 2005
2004 Alba, Victoria, “Rising Suns,” Pacific Sun, Special issue showcasing North Bay upcoming talent,
pp. 21, 23, Aug. 18-24, 2004, http://news-business.vlex.com/vid/mark-grieve-62066134
2004 Robertson, Ross, “Naked on Stilts,” What is Enlightenment?, Issue 24/Feb.-April ’04