Selected Public Art Commissions
2020 "Hueco Tanks Archway" for Eastside Regional Park, El Paso, TX
2019 "Davis Needle," U.C. Davis / City of Davis, Third Street Improvement Project, Davis, CA
2016 "Intertwine," Norfolk Botanical Garden, National Historic Site, Norfolk, VA
2013 "Archways," City of Santa Clarita, Santa Clarita, CA
2013 "Ring Roll," California State University, Chico, CA
2011 "Full Circles," San Francisco Arts Commission Visitacion Valley Library, San Francisco, CA
2010 "Cyclisk," City of Santa Rosa and Public Art, Santa Rosa, CA
2009 "Pacific Rim," City of San Rafael and Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, CA
2009 "Double Archway" or "Ride On!" City of Glendale, AZ
2008 "Wheel Arch," San Buenaventura Public Art Commission, Ventura, CA
2008 "Flat Heaven," or "This One"s for Lester," Site-Specific Installation, San Rafael, CA
Selected Publications and Media
2020 "Ilana Spector ...," Storycorps, Dec. 20, 2020 https://archive.storycorps.org
2019 Hoh, Renee "The Davis Needle, downtown's monumental mark," The California Aggie, June 3, 2019
2019 Dateline Staff, Town and Gown (and Bicycle Art) Converge on 3rd St., May 28, https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/...
2019 "Cyclisk: el mayor monumento ciclista del mundo" Ciclosfera, Spain, March 11, https://www.ciclosfera.com/cyclisk-monumento-ciclista/
2019 "Full Circles," Public Art and Architecture from Around the World, March 4, 2019
2019 NE Neungyule, Inc., "Middle School English 3," Republic of Korea
2017 Koglmeier, Elysian, "Expression of Freedom: Public Art Spotlight," July 3, 2017, https://explore.publicartarchive.org/2017/07/03/expression-of-freedom-public-art-spotlight/
2017 CODArtworks, Placemaking III, Feb. 2017, https://flipboard.com/@codaworx/codamagazine%3A-placemaking-art-iii-5dknh6f7zu
2016 Hillard, Bret, Norfolk Public Art, Summer 2016, www.norfolk.gov/tv48, https://youtu.be/ZjilMw4g&UuA
2016 http://experience.usatoday.com/story/living-here/2016/05/17/mark-grieve-ilana-spector-intertwine-sculpture 84497772/
2015 http://www.sfmayor/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx"documentID=267
2015 http://roamingthegooglestreets.blogspot.ru/2015/06/cyclisk-obelisk-made-of-bicycles.html"m=1
2014 "Cyclisk - Santa Rosa Monument; 340 bicycles, 65"..."
2014 http:..atlastobscura.com/places/cyclisk
2013 Wels, Susan, "San Francisco: Arts for the City: Civic Art and Urban Change, 1932-2012," Heydey, pp. 20, 223
2013 MacMillan, Susan, "Is This Important," www/artincalifornia.blogspot.com, October 21, 2013
2012 Official 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremonies Souvenir Program, London, England pp.32-3, 68
2012 Katz, Leslie, "Bike Parts Get Artists' Imaginations in Gear," Nov. 28, 2012, http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57555068-1/bike-parts-get-artists-imaginations-in-gear/
2012 Metcalfe, John, "Incredible Sculptures Made From Bike Parts," November 20, 2012 http://www.active-life.com/mask-composition-with-bike-2012
2012 American Libraries Magazine, "Library Design Showcase 2012: The Shape of Things," Feb. 28, 2012 http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/al_focus/photos/san-francisco-public-library-visitacion-valley-branch-0
2011 Iosifidis, Kiriakos, "BIKE ART, Bicycles in Art Around the World," Publikat, 2011, pp. 200-201, 253
2011 "Copenhagenize"s Top Five Bicycle Monuments," Aug. 15, 2011 http://www.copenhagenize.com/2011/08/top-five-bicycle-monuments.html
2011 Lee, Stephanie, "Visitacion Valley to reopen after Remake," San Francisco Chronicle, July 30, 2011, C2 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi"f=/c/a/2011/0730
2011 Taylor, Dan "'Cyclisk' Sculpture Wins National Honors," Press Democrat.com, July 1, 2011
2011 Primeau, Martin, "Re-bicyclage," D'brouillArts, May 2011, p. 5
2010 Graziano, John, Ripley's Believe It or Not!" Comic, December 5, 2010 http://comics.com/ripleys_believe_it_or_not/2010-12-05/#CMT_Comments
2010 Ma, Sandy, Kadokawa Media Taiwan, MY LOHAS (Life Styles Of Health and Sustainability), Dec. 3
2010 South Park "Coon vs. Coon & Friends," (Season 14, Episode 13), November 10, 2010
2010 Robinson, Bruce "The Cyclisk," North Bay Report, KRCB 91 FM, October 2010, http://krcb.org/the-cyclisk
2010 http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/hundreds-of-bikes-make-one, Sept. 9, 2010
2010 Barrett, Brian, "Cyclisk, All Along the Biketower," September 8, 2010, http://gizmodo/tag/cyclisk
2010 Tweney, Dylan, "California Artists Build Obelisk Out of Bicycles," Wired, Sept. 8, 2010 http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/09/bicycle-obelisk
2010 Berman, Judy, "Bike Worship: Mark Grieve and Ilana Spector"s Cyclisk," Flavorpill, Sept. 8, 2010 http://flavorwire.com/116956/bike-worship-mark-grieve-and-ilana-spectors-cyclisk
2010 Elend, Peter, "Cyclisk Rises," Velo Vision, Issue 39, September 2010, p. 42010 Frattini, Kristen, "60ft Bike Obelisk Towers over Santa Rosa, CA," Bikeradar.com, Sept. 3, 2010
2010 The Drive with Steve Jaxon, KSRO 1350 am, Live Interview, August 31, 2010
2010 McCallum, Kevin "What's It All Mean?" Press Democrat, August 26, 2010, Front Page, A9 (photos) http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20100826/ARTICLES/100829569"tc=ar
2010 Keeler, Stuart, "Salon des Refuses Sight Unseen," Americans for the Arts Half-Century Summit, June 26, 2010, Baltimore, MD
2009 http://artnet.com/magazineus/news/artnews/human-rights-and-human-wrongs9-24-09.asp
2009 "The Arts Advantage in Glendale," Glendale, AZ July 2009, www.glendaleaz.com/glendale11/arts
2009 Berner, Megan "Pass the Bike; We heART Bikes," Reno News & Review, April 23, 2009 http://www.newsreview.com/reno/content"oid=964670
2008 "Local Artists Strike Burning Man," Argus-Courier, The Buzz, p. C1, Sept. 4, 2008
2008 Johnson, Robyn, "12 of the coolest art installations in the history of Burning Man," August 25, 2008, http://matadornetwork.com/nights/12-coolest-installations-in-the-history-of-burning-man
2008 Taylor, Matthew, "Burned Out on Burning Man," Sierra, July/August 2008, pp. 32, 33 (photos)
2008 Samson, Chris, "Local Artist's Outdoor Bike Sculpture a Hit in Ventura," Argus Courier, Week of May 15-21, A6, A9
2008 Taggart, Phillip, CNN Headline News, SoCalNews, May 5, 2008 http://www.twcsocalnews.com/ index.php"option=com_seyret&task=videodirectlink&Itemid=26&id=536
2008 Clerici, Kevin, "Artist is assembling sculpture of bike parts," Ventura Star, April 4, 2008, p. B1, B3, http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/apr/04/artist-is-assembling-sculpture-out-of-bike-parts/
2008 "Street Detail," San Francisco Magazine, April 2008, p. 67 (including photo)
2007 BikeRadar, "The Bike Arch: Recycled Art," Sept. 20, 2007
2007 Keesling, Ryan, "On ... Bicycle Arch at Center Camp," BRAF Journals, Sept. 2007
2007 "Burning Man 2007," San Francisco Chronicle, August 30, 2007, (photo) http://sfgate.com/c/pictures/2007/08/30/mn_burningman_116_mac.jpg
Selected Exhibitions
2017 "Balancing Acts," Deitsches Museum Verkehnszentrum, Munich, Germany
2014 "Pedal Power," Los Altos History Museum, Los Altos, CA
2012 pART Project, World Bicycle Relief, New York, NY
2011-12 "Fork Composition," Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, CA
2011 "Archway Composition with Recycled Bicycle Parts #14," or "Spoken For," Jack London Square, CA
2011 "Take Me to the Bridge," or "Spoken For #1," Red Bull, Embarcadero Square, San Francisco, CA
2011 Untitled Figure, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, NY
2011 "Bubbles," Point Reyes Station, CA
2010 "The Light that Came Out of the Closet," Petaluma Arts Center, Petaluma, CA
2009 "Il Mazzolin di Fiori," Puffin & Pollock-Krasner Foundation and self-funded, Dead Dog Dune, NV
2009 "The Bean Chandelier," Tour de California, Sausalito, CA
2008 "Exercise in Democracy for Under 500 Bucks," Self-funded Installation, Pershing, NV
2008 "THE PIG," Self-funded Installation, Dead Dog Dune, NV
2008 "Wheel Arch Splendor," Los Angeles River Ride, Los Angeles, CA
2008 "21 Days of Black Rock City," Reichek Creators Equity Foundation, Petaluma, CA
2008 "Bringing Back the Fire: Art & Community" Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA
2008 "Flat Heaven," Site-Specific Installation, San Rafael, CA
2007 "Bike Arch," Burning Man Festival, Black Rock City, NV
Awards and Honors
2013 Velo-City, Cycling Visionary Award, Cycling and the Arts, Vienna, Austria
2011 American for the Arts, Public Art Network, (PAN) Year in Review Award, San Diego, CA
2011 SEAONC Excellence in Structural Engineering Award of Merit, Special-Use Structures
2010 First Place, AIA Redwood Empire, Decade of Design Award, Sonoma, CA
2008-09 Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, NY
2009 Puffin Foundation Grant, Puffin Foundation Ltd., Teaneck, NJ
2008 Recommended Artist, "Wheel Arch," City of San Buenaventura P.L.A.C.E., Ventura, CA
Corporate Commissions
2013 "Bicycle Chandelier," Clif Bar headquarters, Emeryville, CA
2011 "Take Me to the Bridge," Red Bull, Embarcadero Square, Justin Herman Plaza, San Francisco, CA
2008 "Suspended Composition," Chrome Industries, San Francisco, CA
2007 "Bike Arch," Honorary Placement, Black Rock City LLC, Pershing, NV
Education and Apprenticeships
1997-00 U.C.L.A. School of Law, Los Angeles, CA
1992-96 Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service, Washington, D.C.
1994-95 London School of Economics, London, U.K.
2006-07 College of Marin, Kentfield, CA
Academic:
Lecturer, Chico State University, Chico CA &
Kettering International School in Luang Prabang, Laos
Residency: BCIAR, Bici Centro International Artist Residency, Santa Barbara, CA
Collections: Bici Centro, Santa Barbara, CA
