Bill Gian. is an established and internationally renowned artist. His creations have been shown at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Museum of American Folk Art, the Denver Art Museum and galleries in Zurich, Caracas, New York, Los Angeles and Denver. Gian.'s work has been featured in numerous publications including People, Ornament, Landscape Architecture, Colorado Homes and Lifestyles, and Colorado Expressions Magazine. Bill Gian.’s work includes ambitious, energetic abstract paintings on wood and paper. His sculpting talent is reflected in his painted steel constructions and his site-specific public art pieces and playgrounds. Among these unique constructions are the steel cut buffaloes that roam the Sixteenth Street Mall in downtown Denver, the steel figures, “petros”, along the Cherry Creek path and “Squiggles”, the 350' long concrete seasaurus playground at the Arvada Center for the Arts. Bill Gian. has a Masters of Fine Arts degree from the University of Colorado and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Metropolitan State College, Denver. Educational Background Masters of Fine Arts, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO Campus 1983 Graduate Studies, University of Denver, CO 1980-1982 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Metropolitan State College, CO 1979 Academic and Professional Achievements Colorado Lottery Starburst Award for best playground/public Art Park 1999 City Of Arvada Recognition Award for "Squiggles" Art Park and Playground Design 1999 American Concrete Institute Award for best unique use of concrete 1999 Colorado Arts and Humanities Project Grant Award 1996 "Landscape Architecture" Public Art Award 1994 Downtown Denver Partnership Award, Creek front Project 1993 Outstanding achievement in volunteer Services Award, Synergy House, Denver, CO 1993 Guggenheim Museum Design Commission, NYC, NY 1985-1991 Museum of American Folk Art, Garment Design Commission, NYC, NY 1990-1993 Eiteljorg Museum Design Commission, Ind., ID 1990-1992 Cleveland Children's Museum Exhibit Commission "Maze Waves" Cleveland, OH 1992 Association of Youth Museums Design Commission 1991-1993 Art in the Streets, Public Art Invitational, 1st Place Award 1989 Art in the Streets, Public Art Invitational, 2nd Place Award 1988 Nassau County Museum of Fine Art Garment Design Commission, Roslyn, NY 1988 Queens Museum Garment Design Commission, Flushing, NY Edinburgh Theatre Festival, Amelia Liveds (Production Asst.) Scotland, England 1984 Fellowship Award University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 1983 Graduate Scholarships, University of Denver, CO 1980-1982 Teaching Scholarships in Drawing and Sculpture, University of Denver, Denver, CO 1980-1982 Colorado Scholarships 1978-1979 Art in Public Places Briland Park Playground and Sculpture Park, Harbour Island, Bahamas 2000-2004 Arvada Center Playground, Design & Sculpture, Arvada, CO 1996-1998 Fun with Numbers, Exterior Sculpture Series, Denver Children's Museum, Denver, CO 1993 Larimer Plaza Creek front, Commission on Cultural Affairs Grant, Denver, CO 1992 Buffaloes on the Mall, 16rt Street Mall Public Art, Denver, CO 1992 Bird House Village, Denver Children's Museum, Denver, CO 1993-1994 Alchemy, Neon Constructions, Kaiser Permanente Regional Headquarters, Aurora, CO 1992 Englewood Public Art, Shuttle Art Project 2004-2005 Sante Fe Arts District, Sculpture Installation 2004