Education
University of California, Berkeley, CA 1996
Master of Arts-Sculpture

University of Illinois-Urbana, IL 1964
Bachelors of Fine Arts-Sculpture

Academic
University of Southern California, Professor of Fine Arts - sculpture 1969-present
Founding Director of Graduate Program for Public Arts at USC 1990-present
Chair of Studio Arts 1988-1989
University of Arizona, Instructor - sculpture 1966-1969

Public Art Experience
My career, until 1981, was primary within the context of the museum/ gallery system. I still maintain a studio but the aesthetics of my work is also based on public art concepts. The following is a selected list of completed public art projects.

Los Angeles MTA, Panelist for selection of Lead Artist for Metro Exposition Line 2003

Renaissance Hotel - Hollywood and Highland - TrizecHahn Corp., Los Angeles, CA, 2002

Armory Center for the Arts - Northwest Pasadena, CA (4 sculptures, 2002-2003)

Arts Commissioner, City of Pasadena, California 2000-2003

City of Albuquerque and Bernallies County, New Mexico – Consultant and Presenter
The Bearing of Public Art’s Past, Present and Future 2000

Arts and Entertainment Advisory Board for University Extended Education
California State University-Fullerton, CA 2000

College Art Association, Public Art: The Marginalized Issues, session Chair, Los Angeles, CA, Feb.1999

City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs Department - City Hall Plaza, Los Angeles, CA (3 sculptures 1998-2000)

California State University-Long Beach, CA. "Summer Art ‘97" Consultant/panelist for Public Art in the Urban Landscape course. July 1997

National Foundation for the Advancement in the Arts, Miami Florida. I was invited to nominate artists for the Career Advancement of Visual Arts (CAVA) program. March 1997

California Community Foundation selected committee panelist for the Getty Trust Fund for the Visual Arts, Nov. 1996

National Endowment for the Arts-Design 1996-I was selected to be a member of the charette team to develop guidelines for a master plan for art and architecture as part of the renovations and modernization of the Main Building of the Department of Justice in Washington, DC.

Visitor Center at Melvin Lock and Dam (peer review committee member), US Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District-Alton, IL 1995

City of Los Angeles - Department of City Planning Multi-Agency Coordinating Committee, Crenshaw/Leimert District-Public Artist Consultant-Los Angeles, CA 1995

National Endowment for the Arts-Design 1994-I was invited to serve as a public art consultant for the redesign of the HUD Plaza in Washington DC. The panelists conducted two-day community meeting and design charette in June, began defining and developing the guidelines/policies to be used by the selected designer.

Pasadena Streets and Alleyways - Public Art Consultant for Michele Isenberg and Associates, INC. 1994

City of Irvine, CA, Public Art Competition (finalist) "Beyond the Blue Horizon" 1992

California Arts Council - Art in Public Places Award Caltrans/LA Light Rail Design Team 1990

City of Thousand Oaks, Public Art Competition (finalist) "The Big Top" 1989

City of Brea Public Artwork - Brea, CA 1989

Walker Hill Art Museum - Public Artwork- Seoul, Korea 1988

City of Beverly Hills - Sculpture Garden (3 year loan) 1987

California State University, public artwork commission - Fullerton, CA 1986

ALCOA Foundation USC Sculpture Collection 1985

Pasadena Plaza - Public Artwork - Pasadena, CA 1981

 

E-mail: jwillis@usc.edu

Web site: jaywillis.com