15 NLE Artists on the Move
Congratulations to NLE Community Artist, Rico Gatson, on his radiant new MTA mosaics in the 167th Street Subway Station. The series of portraits entitled, Beacons, celebrates Bronx icons such as Justice Sonia Sotomayor, James Baldwin, and Maya Angelou. These commanding murals are crafted in the same signature style as Gatson’s special NLE-commissioned print “Ms. Holiday.”
Gatson is the most recent addition to the family of NLE artists to create MTA Arts & Design commissions throughout the city. Take a look at the underground work of these 15 NLE artists. Do you recognize any from your commutes and adventures through our city’s arteries?
1. RICO GATSON
MTA Commission:
167 St. Station
Beacons, 2018
Glass mosaic
NLE Exhibition:
Jameco Exchange, 2016
2. YOKO ONO
MTA Commission:
72 Street
SKY, 2018
Ceramic mosaic
NLE Exhibition:
Reflecting Transformation, 2009
3. MEL CHIN
MTA Commission:
Broadway-Lafayette Station
Signal, Installed: 1998; rededication ceremony: 2018
Glass, steel, ceramic, and lighting.
NLE Exhibitions:
Mel Chin: Wake & Unmoored, 2018
Mel Chin: All Over the Place, 2018
This Side of Paradise, 2012
How Much Do I Owe You, 2012
4. DEREK FORDJOUR
MTA Commission:
145th Street
PARADE, 2018
Glass and ceramic mosaic
NLE Exhibition:
Fordjour was Artist in Residence at the Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art and Storytelling, in collaboration with No Longer Empty. The Residency culminated in the exhibition, Parade, July, 2017 to January 2018
5. JEAN SHIN
MTA Commission:
63rd St. Station
Elevated, 2017
ceramic, mosaic, and glass
NLE Exhibition:
Be My Guest: The Art of Interiors, 2016
6. ALYSON SHOTZ
MTA Commission:
Smith-9 Street Station
Nautical Charts – Gowanus & Red Hook from 1733-1922; Fathom Points + Compass Bearings, 2013
Laminated glass, Ceramic tile, stainless steel
NLE Exhibition:
Reflecting Transformation, 2009
7. FRANCESCO SIMETI
MTA Commission:
18th Ave on the D line, Bensonhurst Brooklyn
Bensonhurst Gardens, 2012
Glass, light
NLE Exhibition:
Something Out of Nothing, 2009
8. LUISA CALDWELL
MTA Commission:
East 180th Street Station
Station Villa, 2011
Laminated glass, stone and glass mosaic
NLE Exhibition:
NLE Lab Gathering Place, 2013
9. NICKY ENRIGHT
MTA Commission:
225th Street Station
Universal City, 2006
Faceted glass
NLE Exhibition:
This Side of Paradise, 2012
10. SKOWMON HASTANAN
MTA Commission:
233rd Street Station
Secret Garden: There’s No Place Like Home, 2006
Faceted glass
NLE Exhibition:
When You Cut into the Present the Future Leaks Out, 2015
11. MOSES ROS-SUÁREZ
MTA Commission:
Fordham Road Station
Patriasana, Wholesomeland, 2005
Faceted/laminated glass
NLE Exhibition:
If You Build It, 2014
12. ELLEN HARVEY
MTA Commission:
Queens Plaza Statin
Look Up Not Down, 2005
Mosaic
NLE Exhibition:
When You Cut into the Present the Future Leaks Out, 2015
13 & 14. KRISTIN JONES + ANDREW GINZEL
MTA Commission:
Chambers Street-World Trade Center, Park Place
Oculus (Kristin Jones, Andrew Ginzel, Rinaldo Piras), 1998
Mosaic panels
NLE Exhibition:
NLE Lab Gathering Place, 2013
15. EMMETT WIGGLESWORTH
MTA Commission:
Union Street Station, R train
CommUnion, 1994
Porcelain enamel, tile
NLE Exhibition:
Wigglesworth was an Teaching Artist for NLE’s ART ZONE CG-91: Community Art and Data Lab. He led a creative thinking and art-making activity with participants grounded in collaboration, cooperation and play.