Vickie Jo Sowell

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PUBLIC ART

I have created and installed public art works throughout the Bay Area and beyond for decades, with a variety of municipalities, sites, locations, and utilizing a variety of materials. Here you can view my public artworks created since 2000, beginning with my most recent works. 



Mountain View, California. With artist Mary White.

BIRTHPLACE OF SILICON VALLEY, 2018

Three lit, powder coated steel, metal 18' x 4' x 18' sculptures with glass inserts, and terrazzo sidewalk.                       


Sited on San Antonio Road, where the first silicon chip was developed by the 1947 Nobel  Peace Prize winner Dr. William Shockley. The sculpture illustrates...

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Livermore/Pleasanton Fire Station #9

ALWAYS ON, 2017

Streetside Frieze Commission.


This wall-mounted frieze extends for 44 feet along the side of the facility.  Internally illuminated with LED lighting, the motif includes figures  of firefighters silhouetted as if by flame, and features a depiction of...  

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Escuela Bilingue, Emeryville, California

ORANGE IS THE HAPPIEST COLOR, 2016

 Powder-baked enamel panels, crafted finials.


These sculptures were installed at the school's opening during the summer of 2014. This sculpture was...

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Richmond Hilltop High School

curriculum, 2015

Fence panels for Richmond's Hilltop High School.


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Reno, Nevada

McKinley LID Sign, 2011

Powder-baked enamel on steel. 4signs, with 8 mounted plasma cut steel panels 

                     

Artworks  support educational signs that inform visitors and passers-by of the  rainwater catchments, swale, and ...

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Emeryville, California

Emeryville Marina, 2011

Powder-baked enamel on zinc plated steel

4 sports fishing gates and 2 fence panels.


This project was headed by the Emeryville Sports Fishermen dock in which...

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Fremont, California

Niles Panorama, 2010

Powder-baked enamel on steel. 15 inset panels for new Fire Station in historic Niles district.


Niles,  California is the  premiere location for silent films. Stars like...

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Anna Yates Elementary School, Emeryville, California

Gates 4 Yates, 2009

Under sponsorship by the Emeryville School District, this work was built upon images provided by Anna Yates students to...

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King Dog Park, Brentwood, California

Life is a Ball, 2008

This commission is centered around King, a Labrador Retriever, the first licensed dog in the city of Brentwood. Each of these... 




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Highland Hospital, Oakland, California

Roots of Oakland, 2008

10 tile mosaic panels with hand-crafted text and floral elements.


I was commissioned to provide 10 ceramic tile mosaic panels for the terraced main entryway to Alameda County’s Highland Hospital.

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Richmond Transit Village, Richmond, California

Richmond Works, 2005

170 steel fence panels along the Transit Village's western border, 600+ foot fence along Marina Way 


Richmond works, depicts seven different employments during the 1940's, from shipayard workers to jazz musicians. 

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Matt Equinoa Park, Stockton, California

Stockton Heliotrope, 2005

Enamel on Steel  


Three sculptural sections sits atop a hexagonal shade structure establishing a spiraling floral bouquet that tracks the sun. 

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International Boulevard, Oakland, California

Fruitvale Revival, 2004

Fruitvale Transit Plaza, arches that depict Fruitvale's history, referencing past orchards and historical landmarks.

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Powell Street Undercrossing, Emeryville, California

Neighborhood Convergence, 2004

Artist team of M. Louise Stanley, Vickie Jo Sowell and Jeremy Hamm transformed the Powell Street Undercrossing into a larger than life tableau featuring the residents of Emeryville.  

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Dublin, California

Iron Horse Trail Condominiums, 2004

Percent-for-Art Project 

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Murphy Park, Milpitas, California

Milpitas Murphy Park, 2003

This projects incorporates 3 totems located in South Victoria Street Park in Milpitas, California. 


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Hollis Street, Emeryville, California

Firestation #2, 2001

This is the Emeryville Firestation #2. This project was the exterior remodel, I worked with the Firemen and the city of Emeryville to modernize the decorative and painted elements of the building

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40th and Hollis Street, Emeryville, California

Michael's Art Store, 2001

I created this palette for Michael's Art Store. It is a torch cut core 10 steel palette, with powder baked enamel on steel color components.






55th and Doyle Streets, Emeryville, California

The Pickleworks, 2000

Pickleworks was built for the Heinz 57 pickling plant building. 





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