Barbara Grygutis has been commissioned to create over 75 large-scale public art works in locations across the United States and beyond.  A 2016 book, Public Art/Public Space, features Barbara Grygutis’s work and is available from Amazon and other booksellers.  Grygutis was invited to exhibit in Venice, Italy during the 2018 Architecture Biennale.

Barbara Grygutis has received numerous awards.  These include a 2011 MASTERworks award from the New York Municipal Art Society for “Bronx River View,” a sculptural installation at Whitlock Station, MTA, New York; a 2010 national competition award from Hardscape North America and the Brick Industry Association for “Imaginary Garden” Cary, North Carolina; an award for Second Place in the International Quadrennial Competition in Faenza, Italy; and project awards and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.

In addition to her permanent public art installations, Grygutis’s work has been exhibited at The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, New York; The Bronx Museum, New York City; and The Parker Collections for the Vice-President’s House and the White House, both in Washington, DC.

SELECTED RECENT WORKS OF
PUBLIC ART

2023
• Walnut Creek, California. Regeneration, illuminated freestanding stainless steel sculpture for John Muir Health Center.

2022
• Tempe, Arizona. Totemic, Valley Metro Rio Salado light rail station sculptures with lighting.

2020
• Dublin, California. Conversation, All Abilities Playground ADA compliant illuminated gateway sculptures.
• Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dialogue, University of Minnesota Humanities Building sculptures with lighting.
• Lexington, Kentucky. Stand, 19th Amendment Historic Commemorative sculpture with lighting.

2019
• Phoenix, Arizona. A Path for Water, Silicon Valley tech campus sculpture with lighting.
• Phoenix, Arizona. 50th Street Station, sculptural enhancement of 50th street light rail station.

2017
• San Antonio, Texas. Leon Creek Crossing, sculpture with lighting on Hausman Rd. bridge over Leon Creek.

2016
• Cupertino, California. Main Street Cupertino Parking Garage, Sculptural panels for parking garage.
• Fairfax County, Virginia. Eccentricity, WMATA Washington-Dulles Rail extension sculpture and plaza

2015
• Tucson, Arizona.  Sonoran Passage, Kino Parkway 22nd St. Interchange Bridge, sculptural treatment (railing, lighting, piers)
• Kansas City, Kansas.  Firefighter’s Memorial, Sculptural memorial with lighting.

2014
• Seattle, Washington.  South Park Bridge, Sculptural railing and gateway entry monuments.

2012
• Salina, Kansas.  Dawn’s Silver Lining, South 9th Avenue Median, Gateway to the city, with integrated lighting.
• St. Louis, Missouri, Garden Under the Bridge, Scott Avenue Plaza Metro Station sculptural environment. 
• West Palm Beach, Florida, The Green Wall, Sculptural environment, Palm Beach County Assembly Plaza.
• East Lansing, Michigan, Echo, sculpture for Michigan State University, Brody Amphitheater.

2011
• Long Beach, California. Seagrass, Ocean Boulevard median sculptures with integrated lighting
• Phoenix, Arizona.  Kuban Park, Artist-designed park.

2010
• Antioch, California.  Drop, Prewett Family Park.  Iconic entry sculpture with integrated lighting.
• New York City, New York. Bronx River View, Award winning MTA sculptural installation, integrated seating, screen grating
• Las Vegas, Nevada. Flamingo Arroyo Trail, 11-mile trail with rest areas. Artist team with Buster Simpson & Kevin Berry
• Bremerton, Washington. Signs and Symbols, Artist-designed glass block and aluminum gateway for Olympic College’s Humanities Building. 

SELECTED AWARDS

• CODAWorx “Public Spaces” Winner 2014, for Dawn’s Silver Lining. 2014

• New York Municipal Art Society MASterWorks Honorable Mention award, Bronx River View, MTA, New York City, NY.  2011.

• The National Brick Industry’s “Best in Class:  Paving in Landscaping 2010,” for Imaginary Garden in Cary, NC. 2010.

•  Hardscape North America, “Excellence in Clay Brick in the 10,000-50,000 ft2  category” for Imaginary Garden  in Cary, NC. 2010.

• Westword  (New Times Inc.) “Best New Public Art” in Denver, CO for Common Ground.  2002.

• City of San Diego, CA.  “Orchid Award” design collaboration with Estrada Land Planning for Robb Field.  2000.

• National Endowment for the Arts Individual Project Design Arts Award. 1988

• National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship. 1975.

 SELECTED PUBLIC ART PLANNING

• Tucson, Arizona.  22nd Street from Tucson Blvd. to Kino Blvd., Public art master plan.  2010

• Clark County, Nevada.  Flamingo Arroyo Public Art Master Plan, Collaborative with Buster Simpson, Kevin Berry. 2004. 

• Austin, Texas.  Second Street Renovation, Public art master plan collaborative with Copley Wolfe Landscape Design. 2006.

• Seattle, Washington.  Atlantic Base Public Art Master Plan. 2003. 

SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS

• “Time Space Existence,” European Cultural Center, Palazzo Mora, Venice, Italy. Architecture Biennale 2018.

• "International '94," Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, New York.  1994-1996.

• “Ceramics in the Urban Setting,” the 2nd International Quadrennial Competition (Group), Faenza, Italy. 1988.

• "American Crafts at the White House," Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institute (Group), Washington, D.C. 1977.