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Doug is a local professional artist with over ten years experience
and has a passion for the integration of art and architecture in the rapidly
developing city of San Diego.
Doug’s work began to flourish in
the 90’s when he was motivated by a scholarship and tuition waiver to attend
the University of Hawaii at Manoa where he received his MFA. At this
time he was mostly influenced by a young group of artists living on the North
Shore of Oahu. Artworks were installed in several locations around
Oahu such as Honolulu Hale (City Hall), the Kennedy Theater, and the Academy
of Arts of Honolulu for as long as one year or more.
After Hawaii, he worked as an artist
in residence at Kohler in the Arts/ Industry Program in Wisconsin. His experience
working with teams grew in this environment including collaborating with
engineers, factory workers (slip casters), mold makers, kiln and glaze technicians,
designers, and photographers. During this time Doug gave demonstrations
and lectures for the Chicago Art Institute and the Kohler Museum. His
work is permanently installed at the Kohler Design Center in Kohler, the
Kohler Museum in Sheboygan, as well as, the Children’s Museum in Milwaukee.
Two years ago he spent five months
creating a body of work in an 18th century bread factory converted into
a ceramic studio in Switzerland. Along side Swiss-French ceramicists he
expanded his communication skills, adapted to working in metric conversions
and acquired European techniques. With the materials in Switzerland not
readily available, compared to the US, it was essential that he worked closely
with local artists to purchase the materials he needed from other countries.
The body of work that was completed was installed at Nestlé’s Worldwide
Research and Development Headquarters in Lausanne where a wall relief is
still on loan today.
In 2004, Doug participated in the
first Urban Tree project developed by the Port of San Diego. Two 15’
trees titled The Happy Tree and El Lizardo were on loan for one year and on
display along the embarcadero near the Cruise ship terminal. The Happy
Tree was recently purchased by the Wolfstein’s and is now on permanent display
in the Wolfstein Sculpture Park at the Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla.
Doug also participated in Urban Trees II this year and recently installed
Tiny, a 15’ elephant standing upside down. Again, this tree will be
on loan for one year and on display along San Diego’s North Embarcadero.
In addition to these public art projects,
Doug has been recently commissioned to create four anthropomorphic benches
approximately 14’ x 8’. Two of these benches will be placed at Pepper
Park in National City and two will be placed in Coronado. These works
are slated to be installed this summer of 2005.
Locally, he also has work on loan
to various institutions in and around San Diego such as The Laguna Beach Museum
of Art, the San Diego Children’s Museum, and the Public Art office of the
Port of San Diego. Private parties have also commissioned him to design
and create works of art for their home.
A great place to get an overview,
in person, of his current work is in his studio at the back of the Spanish
Village Art Center where he is open to the public daily from 12 – 7 pm.
As a result of his studio being open to the public daily, his work has become
a representation of civic critique.
With a rich background as a southern
Californian artist growing up in Laguna Beach and having lived in San Diego
on and off for the past fifteen years, Doug Snider’s work emanates the aura
of our colorful city and the dynamic unique culture that we live in.
Doug also has ten years experience
as a teacher at various institutions like the University of Hawaii, San
Diego State University, local community colleges, and privately from his
studio. Stop by his studio for class information or to sign up.
Classes are held Monday and Wednesday evenings from 7pm -9 pm.
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