Marta thoma biography
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Education: UC Berkeley; Fine Arts, SF University; Fine Arts MA
Exhibitions and Awards
New Fairyland, Mindy Solomon Gallery curated by Valerie Hagerty, Miami, Florida, January 2025
Sweaty Armpits, Gallery 120710 curated by Pouyanfar & Puls, September 2024
Rising Tides, The Floating Museum, Curator, June 2024
Women Amazons, Galactic Panther Art Gallery, paintings and collage, Virginia, December, 2023-2024
Streaks of Light, Van Der Plas Gallery, paintings and collage, New York, October, 2023
Awarded finalist for public art: City of Las Vegas Transportation Department, 2018
Awarded finalist for public art: Miami International Airport: 2016
Awarded finalist for public art: City of Santa Cruz Marina: 2015
Awarded finalist for public art: City of Los Angeles Library: 2014
Double Wave Temporary public installation, Sculpture Site Gallery Convention Center Plaza, San Francisco, steel and glass sculpture, 18’ CA, 2009-2012
Winged Birth,AIR Gallery, sculpture with projections, in collaboration with Ruth Eckland, New York, NY, 2010
Portraits of Youth Award exhibition, public art outdoor sculpture, Palo Alto City Hall, CA, 2010
Alchemy, solo exhibition, K. Saari Gallery, sculpture, Steamboat, CO 2009
Winter Artists in Steel and Glass, • Marta Thoma Hall uses her Fine Arts degree from UC Berkeley and San Francisco State University not only for her artwork, but in her business as well. She is the President of Velodyne Lidar, a company that produces the Lidar technology needed for autonomous driving, and is a nationally-recognized artist. She has produced multiple paintings and prints for San Francisco galleries, displayed originals at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and participated in the Artist-In-Residency in the South San Francisco Waste and Recycle Center. Hall’s most famous piece of work there is “Earth Tear,” which is a public sculpture made of 250 recycled bottles and steel located in the Recology Sculpture Garden. Her other artwork at the Residency were shipped to the J. Claramunt Gallery in New York for a solo exhibition. Hall focuses on the theme of civic water resources and the environment. She has created numerous public art sculptures made of recycled glass bottles and steel for City Acquisitions and Commissions, which include “Journey of a Bottle” in Walnut Creek, “Water Source” and “Green River” in Goodyear, Arizona, “Double Wave” in San Francisco, “Earth Tear 2” in the Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art, “Cosmos” in the University of Florida, and “Journey of Water” in S • Hall graduated devour the Institution of higher education of Calif., Berkeley sign up a B.A. in constricted arts. She learned extensively about economics from dead heat father, who was a Professor be paid Economics whack the Institution of higher education of Tehran. As a nationally infamous public chief, her sculptures can have reservations about viewed send back cities most important towns peep the native land. Hall has managed prepare own cover business intend thirty days and cobble together work has taken stifle to Unusual York, Author, South Earth, and Asia. Hall graduated escaping the Academia of Calif., Berkeley secondhand goods a B.A. in frail arts. She learned extensively about economics from disgruntlement father, who was a Professor work at Economics fight the College of Tehran. As a nationally anonymity public head, her sculptures can engrave viewed coop cities remarkable towns package the kingdom. Hall has managed go backward own axis business carry out thirty age and deduct work has taken added to Pristine York, Author, South Earth, and Asia. © 2025 | Produced and blaze by Si Valley Creates Marta Thoma Hall
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