Public Art
2018 Interstate 244 pedestrian overlook, Tulsa, OK (upcoming)
2017 Los Alamos Community Center courtyard, NM (upcoming)
2017 Napa Art Walk, Napa, CA
2017 Le Bonheur Children's Hospital entrance patios, Memphis, TN
2016 Palo Alto University Avenue streetscape locations, CA
2016 Marathon Courthouse courtyard, Monroe County, FL
2016 State Hwy. 62 streetscape locations, Ridgway, CO
2016 Public Library entrance patio, Moraga, CA
2015 Theatre Square streetscape & Community Center plaza, Orinda, CA
2015 Lindsay Wildlife Museum, Walnut Creek, CA
2015 Urban Pop Up Park, Morgan Hill, CA
2014 Neiman Marcus Stores: Beverly Hills, St. Louis, Washington, Northbrook,
White Plains, San Diego, Short Hills, Paramus, Troy & Scottsdale
2014 Lafayette Circle streetscape, Lafayette, CA
2013 Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
2013 Neiman Marcus Stores: Chicago, Dallas, Walnut Creek
2013 Medway Propane, Medway, MA
2012 Cornerstone Sonoma, Sonoma, CA
2011 City Hall of Walnut Creek, CA
Awards
2012 American Society of Landscape Architects, Most Interesting Products Award - People's Choice
2012 Smithsonian Craft Show, Exhibitors’ Choice Gold Award
2011 Core77 Design Awards (international), Runner Up, DIY category
2012 Spark Design Awards (international), Spark:Concept Finalist
2013 Eco Arts Awards (international), Second Place, Repurposed Materials in Art & Design
Patents
2013 US D 683,146 Design patent: Propane tank bench
2013 US D 683,147 Design patent: Propane tank chaise bench
2013 US D 683,148 Design patent: Propane tank lips bench
2014 US D 716,572 Design patent: Propane tank asymmetric backless bench
2015 US D 721,237 Design patent: Propane tank club chair
2017 Utility patent allowed for issuance: Method for making seating from pressure vessels
Education
1987 B.A., Philosophy, Tufts University, Medford, MA
1986 Apprenticeship, Motor Sport Service, Jamestown, NY
1989 Apprenticeship, Michio Ihara, Concord, MA
Bio
Raised in an ecologically conscious household, I learned the importance of conserving our planet’s resources from an early age, although my parents had mixed emotions when I took their message to heart and searched through our neighbors’ garbage on my way home from elementary school retrieving appliances and furniture to repair. I studied metal sculpting at The School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston while earning a degree in Philosophy from Tufts University in 1987. My education from that time included apprenticeships with a machinist, a race car fabricator, and a public art sculptor. In the next couple of decades I continued to master my craft, restoring a variety of antique vehicles before focusing on sculpting. I have been granted a series of patents for my designs, which have won national and international awards for their aesthetic, technical, and innovative qualities. I received the Exhibitor’s Choice Gold Award at the Smithsonian Craft Show and the Most Interesting Products Award at the American Society of Landscape Architects national expo. Committed to a sustainable lifestyle, I reside and work in an intentional community in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Selected Press & Blogs
San Jose Mercury News “Tanks for the comfy seating,” artist interview, November 23, 2012
Hampton’s Magazine, Artist Interview, Memorial Day issue 2014, p. 150
Walnut Creek Magazine, "Liquid Waves," artist interview, Sept./Oct. issue, 2015
San Francisco Examiner, “New West Coast Design 2” exhibit review, Jan. 2, 2014
Farm Show Magazine, artist interview, March 2013 issue
contemporist, May 31, 2013
Critical Response
“The massive, upcycled Propane Tank Club Chair by Colin Selig is bubbly, curvaceous and looks like something from a James Bond film.”
-San Francisco Examiner, 2/2/14
“Whether referencing Salvador Dali's "Mae West" sofa with bold, ruby-red "lip" benches, or boggling the mind of the best engineers with stunning, continuous-piece asymmetrical chairs, Selig has full command of his craft.”
-San Jose Mercury News, 11/23/12
“People were a little 'shocked' in a good way, as it is really different than anything else around in the major design period between Maison & Objet and Paris Design Week. So it really stood apart, which is an amazing accomplishment in a high density period of product presentation. The chair was also VERY comfortable and extremely well made. ”
-Melissa Regan, owner
Galerie Joseph, Paris, 10/15/13
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