David Griggs’ Public Art portfolio

Aspire

1. Aspire Architectural Art Glass, Tube Steel 35’ x 32’ x 10’ 2019
An early-integration public art project. Three large art glass pieces are installed on the exterior
of the Recreation Center. A suspended metal sculpture echoes the art glass in the atrium. Aurora, CO. $410,000

Aspire

2. Aspire Architectural Art Glass, Tube Steel 35’ x 32’ x 10’ 2019
An early-integration public art project. Three large art glass pieces are installed on the exterior
of the Recreation Center. A suspended metal sculpture echoes the art glass in the atrium. Aurora, CO. $410,000

Where The River Flows

3. Where The River Flows Steel, Magnifying glasses 14’x 50’ x 8’ 2018
Outside of a Youth Service Center near the confluence of 2 rivers, these ribbons of steel with
embedded magnifying glasses are suspended beneath an exterior canopy in Ogden, UT. $140,000

Where The River Flows

4. Where The River Flows Steel, Magnifying glasses 14’x 50’ x 8’ 2018
Outside of a Youth Service Center near the confluence of 2 rivers, these ribbons of steel with
embedded magnifying glasses are suspended beneath an exterior canopy in Ogden, UT. $140,000

Verve

5. Verve Terrazzo, steel, plants, glass, graphics 39’x 60’ x 30’ 2009
This is a multi-element installation for Colorado State University, and it is inspired but the research
and technology that goes on in this University Veterinary Lab in Ft. Collins, CO. $265,000

Verve

6. Verve (detail) Terrazzo, steel, plants, glass, graphics 39’x 60’ x 30’ 2009
Applied to an interior curtain wall, this art-glass design were inspired by this University lab
and it refers to the images used by the lab technicians from a micro to a macroscopic scale. $265,000

Premise

7. Premise Fiberglass, Steel, LED Lights, 12’ x 22’ x 22’ 2013
At the entrance to the new Colorado Justice Center, this suspended atrium piece offers a metaphor for
the Rule of Law inspired by order in nature, contained in a grand illuminate chandelier. $250,000

Premise

8. Premise Fiberglass, Steel, LED Lights, 12’ x 22’ x 22’ 2013
At the entrance to the new Colorado Justice Center, this suspended atrium piece offers a metaphor for
the Rule of Law inspired by order in nature, contained in a grand illuminate chandelier. $250,000

Foucault’s Dream

9. Foucault’s Dream Pendulum, terrazzo, lights 39’ x 15’ x 15’ 2016
In the stairwell of a new science building, this pendulum design features a tiered terrazzo floor
with embedded LED lights that sequence as the pendulum swings. Augustana University, Sioux Falls, SD. $190,000

Foucault’s Dream

10. Foucault’s Dream Pendulum, terrazzo, lights 39’ x 15’ x 15’ 2016
In the stairwell of a new science building, this pendulum design features a tiered terrazzo floor
with embedded LED lights that sequence as the pendulum swings. Augustana University, Sioux Falls, SD. $190,000

04/13/2021