Mags Harries and Lajos Héder
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Mags Harries & Lajos Héder are artists working collaboratively to create public art across the United States from their studio.[1]
Career
A married couple, they formed Harries/Héder Collaborative in 1990 and have worked together on major public art commissions[2] since then. Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, they have completed over thirty public projects with budgets up to $6 million.[citation needed] They designed Acoustic Weir in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[3]
Biographies
Mags Harries, a sculptor born in Wales, attended Leicester College of Art and Design in England and Southern Illinois University.[citation needed] She teaches at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston on sculpture, installation, and public art.[citation needed] She created the Glove Cycle installation at a subway station in 1984.[citation needed]
Lajos Héder, an artist born in Hungary, studied architecture and urban planning at Harvard University.[citation needed] Before forming Harries/Héder Collaborative, he worked on community projects, urban design, site planning, architecture, and construction.[citation needed]
They have two daughters, writer/director Sian Heder[4] and author/artist Thyra Heder.[5]
Recent projects
- Miramar Park, Florida (2000)[6]
- City at the Falls, Commonwealth Convention Center, Louisville, Kentucky (2000) design team artists[citation needed]
- Drawn Water, Cambridge Water Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (2001) design team artist[7]
- WaterWorks at Arizona Falls, Arizona Falls, Phoenix, Arizona (2003) design team artists[citation needed]
- The Benefit of Mr. Kite, San Diego Port Authority, San Diego, California (2003)[citation needed]
- Connections, [Central Connecticut State University], New Britain, Connecticut (2005)[citation needed]
- Arbors and Ghost Trees, Baseline Road, Phoenix, Arizona (2005) with Ten Eyck Landscape Architects[citation needed]
- Terra Fugit, Miramar Park, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (2006) design team artists[8]
- The Big Question, Des Moines Science Museum, Des Moines, Iowa (2007)[citation needed]
- Concord River Greenway Trail Master Plan, Lowell, Massachusetts (2007)[citation needed]
- A MoonTide Garden, International Ferry Terminal, Portland, Maine (2007)[citation needed]
- Solar Light Raft, Havana Square, Stapleton, Colorado (2008)[citation needed]
- Sun Flowers, an Electric Garden, Mueller Development, Austin, Texas (2009)[citation needed]
- History Colorado Center, Denver, Colorado (2009)[citation needed]
- Zanjero's Line, Highline Canal, Phoenix, Arizona (2010) with Ten Eyck Landscape Architects[citation needed]
- Terpsichore for Kansas City, Arts District Parking Garage, Kansas City, Missouri (2011) with David Moulton, Roberta Vacca, Bobby Watson[citation needed]
- Xixi Umbrellas, Xixi Wetland Park, Hangzhou, China (2012) Westlake International Invitational Sculpture Exhibition[citation needed]
- Meeting Place, The Downtown Greenway, Greensboro, North Carolina (2014)[1]
References
- ^ a b "Mags Harries & Lajos Héder at 4Culture artist registry". web.archive.org. 2010-09-17. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Cohen, Michele; Michael Bloomberg; Stan Ries (2009). Public Art for Public Schools. Monacelli Press. p. 194. ISBN 978-1-58093-215-8.
- ^ Sinclair, Jill (2009). Fresh Pond: The History of a Cambridge Landscape. MIT Press. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-262-19591-1.
- ^ Meek, Tom (July 26, 2016). "Sian Heder's 'Tallulah' Pulls From 'Surreal Experiences With Bad Moms'". WBUR. Archived from the original on July 28, 2016. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
- ^ "Thyra Heder". Thyra Heder. Archived from the original on 2016-05-30. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
- ^ "Making art for everyone from Phoenix to Wales to their own hometown, Cambridge-based public artists Mags Harries and Lajos Heder are changing the landscape one project at a time". Boston Globe. May 7, 2000. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
- ^ Sherman, Mary (November 4, 2001). "Cambridge's 'Water' works as accessible, playful piece". Boston Herald. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
- ^ Guanche, Chris (October 26, 2008). "Public art displayed in Miramar City gets new art pieces at library and cultural center". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Archived from the original on October 24, 2012. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
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