Norie Sato is an artist living in Seattle whose artwork for public places is derived from site and context-driven ideas. Currently, she has been commissioned to make an artwork for Wheaton Town Square, with the involvement of 2 local artists, Adrienne Moumin and Eric B. Ricks. She has been involved in many aspects of public art including making, teaching, planning, activating, consulting, advocating and supporting. She works in sculpture and 2-dimensional work, and in various media including glass, metal, terrazzo floors, integrated design work, landscape, video and light. Her projects are varied and related closely to site, and located around the country including the San Diego International Airport Reflection Room; San Francisco International Airport Terminal 2; Arabian Library and McDowell Mountain Ranch Aquatic Center, both in Scottsdale; Seattle’s Central Link Light Rail; Miami International Airport; Iowa State University’s Hach Chemistry Building. Her projects have been recognized in the Year In Review from the Public Art Network 5 times. She was honored with the Public Art Network Leadership Award from Americans for the Arts, a national organization that advocates for and supports the arts, as well as Washington State’s Governor’s Arts and Heritage Award for an individual artist.
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