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ABOUT THE ARTIST: Donald Gialanella, originally from Maplewood, NJ, now works out of his studio in St. Petersburg, Florida. After earning a BFA from The Cooper Union, Donald apprenticed with Louise Bourgeois, an influential figure in modern and contemporary art. He worked as a graphics producer at ABC-TV in New York in the 1980's and received an Emmy for his work on Monday Night Football in 1990. With an international teaching appointment at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey and a host of public sculpture commissions to his credit, Gialanella's art career has been diverse and prolific.
Since 2007 my primary focus has been public art.
In 2019, I was commissioned by the City of Pompano Beach, FL., to create a sculpture that will be displayed at the beach for one year. After a year, it will be submerged in the ocean and attached to the deck of a sunken ship, the Lady Luck, in Shipwreck Park.
In 2019, I was selected to design two sculptures to address streetscape aesthetics with iconic and potentially interactive public art that serves to engage vehicular drivers and sidewalk pedestrians at Winton Drive and experimentally enhance the outdoor entrance to the Legends Community Center for approaching visitors in Jacksonville, FL.
Also in 2019, I was chosen to create two sculptures illustrating the Monarch butterfly migration in Riverside, MO.
In early 2019, I was named as one of three finalists to create an assemblage snowboarder memorial sculpture for the Town of Breckenridge, CO.
In 2018, I was awarded the commission to create a monumental interactive sculpture entitled, Synesthesia, for the Town Square project in Boynton Beach, FL. See video presentation here.
In 2016, I was commissioned by the Dali Museum in ST. Petersburg to create a large steel Mustache sculpture for the permanent collection.
My pieces have won the "People's Choice Award" in all three of the sculpture loan programs I have been involved in over the past two years, in Napa, CA, Northglenn, CO, and Lakeland, FL.
in 2015 a life size Bison sculpture was purchased by the City of Northglenn, CO and permanently installed in their sculpture garden. Also in 2015, I created a 12 foot tall Running Hare sculpture installed on historic route 66 in the City of Kingman, AZ.
I was awarded a 2014 commission from the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in Palo Alto, CA, to create a landmark assemblage sculpture of a life-size Cow made out of repurposed toys for the lobby. I was named a finalist for the 2015 Remnants Restored project in Blue Springs, MO, to create a steel sculpture using recycled steel from the old water tower.
In 2013, I won two public sculpture commissions from the Cities of Napa and Pasadena. Also in 2013, I received a commission from Arrow Electronics, an international electronics firm based in Denver, CO, to create a large Orb assemblage sculpture. In 2011, I was a finalist for the Heisler Park Sculpture Project in Laguna Beach, CA and was shortlisted as one of three finalists for the McBean Transit Center Project in Santa Clarita, CA, in 2010.
In 2009, I was shortlisted for the $500,000.00 St. George Cathedral sculpture project in Perth, Australia. In 2007, I was chosen to create three monumental public sculptures for the City of Albany, NY, that were installed near the New York State capitol building.
