Wopo Holup,
451 W. Broadway, 4N, NY, NY 10012 212-625-9890
1711 County Road #80, Lyons, CO 80540 303-823-5849
wopoholup@aol.com
www.wopoholup.com
Active collaborations with architects, engineers, public agencies, and inspired communities
has enabled me to complete more than two dozen public art projects around the country.
These include projects for Philadelphia’s Zoo, Historic Battery Park in Manhattan and a
work for Tampa International Airport. Articles about the work have appeared in Sculpture,
Landscape Architecture and The New York Times.
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Commissions in Process
Kodiak Island, Alaska, Kodiak High School Addition and Renovation
Stainless steel wave patterns floor inserts in Main Entry and Entry Patio (Completion 2015)
Commissions Completed (A partial list)
MTA Arts for Transit New York City, Renovation Dyckman St. Station Lobby, 2013
Mosaic wall with phases of the moon in relief ceramic 25’ x 6’
NJ Penn Station, “Day and Night”, 2013, Newark, NJ, Commissioned by NJ Transit
Thirty-three stainless steel relief bollard globes, high polish and darkened surfaces
Lionshead Bus Shelter, Commissioned by Town of Vail, Colorado, “Phases of the
Moon”, 2012, Water Jet Cut Stainless Steel
Crossroads Elementary School, Norfolk, VA, “Metamorphosis”, 2012, Bronze “tidal
waves” under relief phases of the “moons”. Commissioned by City of Norfolk
Tampa International Airport, “Constellations”, 2008, Commissioned by Hillsborough
County Aviation Authority, Shuttle Lobby, Carved Limestone Mural/Terrazzo Floor
Kansas City Police Academy Campus, “The River”, 2007, Commissioned by Kansas City % for Art,
Shoal Creek Police Academy and Station, interior and exterior sculpture w/ elements
incorporated in landscaping design.
City of Los Angeles, “At the Ready”, 2007, Fire Station #87, Entry Lobby, Cast aluminum relief
Denver Rapid Transit (RTD), “Orchard Road Orchard”, 2006, Commissioned by State of
Colorado DOT, Station platform, stamped concrete and cast stainless fence post caps.
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, “Common Ground”, 2005, Commissioned by New York State, DOT
Two 16’ x 150’ carved granite retraining walls
Lehman College Communications Station Walkway and Plaza, “Intersections”, 2003
Commissioned by Dormitory Authority, State of New York
Bronze freestanding sculpture, bronze inserts/sandblasting in bluestone
Battery Park Seawall Fence, "River that Flows Two Ways", 2000
Commissioned by Conservancy for Historic Battery Park, NYC
37 double-sided cast iron relief panels in 1500 feet of seawall railing
University of Connecticut, Health Center Academic Research Building, 2000
Commissioned by State of Connecticut
Wall relief at Main Entrance, Sculpture at Academic Entrance
Philadelphia Zoo, "New Growth Forest", 1999
Commissioned by City of Philadelphia,
Bronze inserts at entrance to the Primate Reserve
Liberty State Park Station Project, "Round Things", 1999
Commissioned by Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Transit System, NJ
Bronze pieces embedded in sidewalk leading to Liberty Science Center
Grants and Awards
2013 American Academy of Arts and Letters Purchase Award
2013 Smithsonian NMAAHC Inclusion Materials
1984 CAPS Fellow, New York State Council on the Arts
1981 NEA Artist in Residence (Dreamed Dwelling Project)
1981 New York State Council on the Arts, Artist in Residence
Education
MFA, Mills College, Oakland, CA, 1971
BFA, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, 1965
Exhibitions (A partial list)
2013 American Academy of Arts and Letters Invitational, NY, NY
2013 “Contemporary Cartographies” , Lehman College Gallery, Bronx, NY
2013 “Rivers Alive” Washington Art Assoc. Washington, CT,
2013 “Art and the Environment”, Selden/Chrysler Gallery, Norfolk, VA
2013 Climate Change, a dialogue with Klaus Jacob, Soho 20 Gallery, NY, NY
2012 CUE Foundation, River Drawings, Solo exhibition curated by Yvonne Jacquette, NY, NY
2010 The S. Platt River Drawing in seven panels, Denver International Airport, Denver, CO
2008 The Concord River Drawing, Boot Mill Museum, NPS, Lowell, MA
2008 Locate/Navigate, Urban Culture Project, La Esquina, Kansas City, MO
2006 Wopo Holup, The Grass Family, SSU, Charles Schulz Gallery, Rohnert, Park, CA
2005 City Art, Curator Marvin Heiferman, Center for Architecture, NY
2005 Creative Transportation Traveling Exhibit, The Center for Creativity
and Design, University of North Carolina
2003, Going Public: Center for Architecture, AIA New York Chapter, N. Y., NY
2003 Bronx Public Art: The Spotlight Series, Lehman Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
2003 Williams Visual Arts Center, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
1999 Where New York Began: Envisioning the Battery, The Arsenal Gallery, NYC
1998 About Time, Hastings-on-Hudson Gallery, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
Reviews/Articles
Dan Rivoli, “Renovated Dyckman Station Open”, am New York, February 7, 2014
Anna Sanders, “MTA Marks Historic Dyckman Station”, Metro, February 7, 2014
Molly Eppard, “Lunar Magic”, ART, Vail Valley Gallery Guide, Winter 2014
Unicorns in the Garden: Sculpture at America's First Zoo, Shelley Kapnek Rosenberg, p55-59,
Jesse Donahue, Political Animals: Public Art in Americas Zoos and Aquariums, 2011, Ch 3
Emilie Noelle Provost, “Concord River Greenway”, Merrimack Valley Magazine, July/Aug 2010
Michael Lafleur, “A Riverside vision comes into focus”, The Sun, Lowell, MA, Nov. 18, 2007, p.9
Mary Voelz Chandler, “Traveling Show”, Rocky Mountain News, Nov. 25, 2006, p. ID
City Art: New York’s Percent for Art Program, Essay Eleanor Heatney Merrell, 2005
Adam Piore, “Beneath Brooklyn-Queens Expressway . . .” The NY Sun, Jan. 10, 2005, p. 1
Bill Egbert, "Lehman College walks with words", Daily News, October 20, 2003, p. 3
Marie Villani,"Campus walks at Lehman become exercise in history", The Riverdale Press, p. A3
Carol Strickland, "Team Works", The Christian Science Monitor, January 17, 2003, p.16
Morgan, Anne Barclay, "Wopo Holup: Cycles of Nature", Sculpture, March 2001, p. 8 - 9
Speckhardt, Lisa, "Forest Impressions", Landscape Architecture, February 2001, p. 20
Kelly, Tina, Vistas of Past at Manhattan's Tip, The New York Times, June 5, 2000, Metro Sect. p.Bl
Weir, Richard, "Wall Sculpture Celebrates Diversity and Rewards Patience",
The New York Times, Feb.6, 2000, p.10, The City Section.
Alan Krawitz, "Wopo Holup: The Public's Artist", Queens Chronicle, Dec. 30, 1999, p. 23.
"Think Pieces," Carolina Alumni Review, Jan/Feb 1998, p.40-45
"It's Heads Up, Commuters: Art is Going Underground", New York Newsday, July 26, l994, B 11
"Wopo's World", New York Magazine, August 6, l990, p. 16