2025 FEATURED ARTISTS
Please join us for the public Installation Unveiling Reception from 4:30~6:00 p.m. on September 11th in Silver Park.
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John Banks | Henderson, NV
John’s style of sculpture is based upon designs that give the impression of abstract compositions until they are viewed from one specific location called the focal point. John received a Master’s of Art degree from California State University, Northridge in 1994 following a 30-year career as a Firefighter and Emergency Medical Technician. A freelance artist since 1978, he has placed 41 monumental sculptures and public artworks in California, Nevada, Colorado, Texas, Montana, Missouri, Wyoming, Kansas and Utah. Notable works include the “Firefighters’ Memorial of Southern Nevada” in Las Vegas, and the beloved “CSUN” landmark sculpture at California State University, Northridge. His public exhibitions are too numerous to list with the most recent including the “El Paseo Invitational Exhibition” in Palm Desert, California, 2022-2024 and “Art Around the Corner” public art exhibit in St. George, Utah, 2025.
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Ott Jones | Bozeman, MT
Ott Jones, a professional sculptor for 38 years, has created a diverse collection of wildlife and sporting sculpture. He is in prominent collections around the world and honored in having the late Queen Elizabeth acquire “Birth of the Labrador”, a sculpture depicting Labradors in a dory, retrieving cod for British fisherman in the 1600’s off the Newfoundland coast. A member of Allied Artists of America, National Sculpture Society and Society of Animal Artists, he was honored in winning the Gold Medal of Honor in 2022 at Allied Artists for his otter monument, “River Rascals”. He has been a wildlife enthusiast and avid outdoorsman since he was a boy. “Dad taught me how to hunt and fish and mom taught me to appreciate wildlife.” Ott, his wife Joan and their four children make their home in Bozeman, Montana. “It’s such a great place to raise a family and work as a sculptor. The abundant wildlife, wilderness and resources, provides me with endless ideas and inspiration.”
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Matthias Neumann | New York, NY
Matthias received degrees in architecture from the University of Kaiserslautern and the Technical University of Dresden, Germany. In 2003, Matthias founded normaldesign - an interdisciplinary art, architecture and design practice working in the interstice between architecture and its related fields, based in New York City and in Athens, Greece. Matthias has countless public art installations throughout the United States and Europe. His most recent international installations include the Kensington Chelsea Art Trail / Design Museum of London, UK; the Brescia Cultural Capital in Brescia, Italy; Nu'Vem in the Azores, Portugal; Notgalerie in Vienna, Austria; Enclave Landart in La Vall de Gallinera, Spain; and Arte Laguna in Venice, Italy. Within the United States his installations can be seen from coast to coast, including Hawaii, Georgia, North Carolina, South Dakota, New York, California and now…Missoula, Montana.
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Craig Snyder | Plymouth, MN
Craig’s art starts with regular industrial materials – Steel, Copper, Aluminum, and cajoles them into mostly abstract and contemporary fire-shaped sculptures. Craig attended the United States Air Force Academy (engineering), followed by a degree from the University of Michigan. He studied multimedia at the University of California, Irvine and received a degree in Public Art and Sculpture from Vesper Atelier in Minnesota. Since 2014 his art commissions, exhibits and shows have occurred from coast to coast, but primarily throughout Minnesota with most recent installations of the monumental steel ‘Reflexion’ in Columbia Heights and ‘Armonie’ in the City of Plymouth – 16’ and 14’ tall respectively. His previous public art installations have been in Indiana, Missouri, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, South Dakota, and Iowa. He is a member of the Society of Minnesota Sculptors and Guild of Metalsmiths.
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Mark Dyke | Albuquerque, NM
Mark is a New Mexico-based sculptor whose work explores the deep connections between mythology, animals, humans, and the land we share. Mark completed graduate courses in Sculpture and Foundry at the New Mexico Highlands University; taught art at Eastern New Mexico University, and earned a Doctorate in Psychology from the University of New Mexico. He retired in 2018, following 15 years teaching Art Therapy and Jungian Psychology at the New Mexico Highlands University. His recent public art installations include Manitou Springs, CO as part of their Creative Alliance Program. He is currently represented by the Range West Gallery of Madrid, New Mexico and the Multitudes Gallery in Georgia. Mark completed a month-long Artist in Residence at New Mexico’s Valle Caldera National Preserve in May 2025, and his work will be exhibited at the Fuller Lodge Art Center in Los Alamos, NM in September 2025.