::: EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL SKILLS :::

Southeastern Oklahoma State University, 1995

Bachelor of Science in Art Education with a minor in Sculpture/PrintMaking

Licensed K-12 Art Instructor in Oklahoma & Texas

Apprentice Electrician TDLR#156175

::: RECENT COMMISSIONED WORKS :::

TITLE: Trophies for the 2007 Houston  BBOYHODOWN IV Annual Hip-Hop Festival

PROJECT DATE: December 16, 2007

PROJECT BUDGET: $1,800

BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Ten sound reactive trophies for a for a 5-day festival of hop-hop & b-boy culture held at different venues around Houston, TX. The trophies were built for the first place in each of the categories (first place cash prize) :  Crew Battle ($5,000), 2-on-2 BBoy ($1,000), 2-on-2 Poppin ($1,000), 2-on-2 Lockin ($1,000), 2-on-2 House/Dance ($1,000), 1-on-1 Wackin ($250), Uprock ($500), Emcee ($500), Grafitti ($500), DJ Exhibition ($500).

For more information on the BBOYHODOWN visit http://www.bboyhodown.com

COMMISSIONED BY: TEAM BBOYHODOWN & Meridian

TITLE: “Mahanay MegaTree”

PROJECT DATE: October/November, 2007

PROJECT BUDGET: $2,500

BRIEF DESCRIPTION: A 15ft. tall computer programmable Christmas Tree light show. Featuring over 5,000 lights and 10 strobes. Tree is sequenced to 8 different holiday songs to provide

COMMISSIONED BY: Floyd Mahanay

TITLE: “Indian Wedding Elephant”

PROJECT DATE: Beginning November 26, 2007 through April 15, 2008

PROJECT BUDGET: $32,000.00

BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Mobile sculpture with limousine interior for use in advertising and promotion. Concept is formed around an Indian Wedding Elephant built on the chassis of a 1985 Ford Marque mobile home: 13ft tall, 10ft wide & 28ft long. FrameTek is also a donor for the “STUMPER” project.

COMMISSIONED BY: Chris Lesikar / FrameTek Art Framers, Inc. Houston, TX

TITLE: “Chalice of Dissention”

PROJECT DATE: March 16, 2006 through May 25, 2006

PROJECT BUDGET: $9,700.00

BRIEF DESCRIPTION: 30' tall temporary wood and metal sculpture installation commissioned as the central feature of "Burning Flipside" annual festival in Austin, Texas.  The festival culminated with a carefully planned firework and pyrotechnic display that climaxed with the burning of the sculpture.

COMMISSIONED BY: Austin Artistic Reconstruction, LLC. Austin, TX

TITLE: “Connely Snowman”

PROJECT DATE: October, 2006 - December, 2006

PROJECT BUDGET: $1,500.00

BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Animated Christmas lighting display using programmable 110v controllers. Fabrication and 16-channel sequenced lighting of an 8' snowman mounted on clients' two-story townhome.

COMMISSIONED BY: Mark & Ashley Connely

TITLE: "Birsinger Illumination"

PROJECT DATE: November, 2006 - December, 2006

PROJECT BUDGET: $1,000.00

BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Animated Christmas lighting display using programmable 110v controllers. The display was custom designed to enhance the clients' existing yard lighting. 32 lighting channels were used to visually illustrate four requested Christmas songs.

COMMISSIONED BY: Marcia & Al Birsinger

TITLE: "Mahanay Mini Trees"

PROJECT DATE: October, 2006 - December, 2006

PROJECT BUDGET: $1,200.00

BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Animated Christmas lighting display using programmable 110v controllers. This display used 32 lighting channels to visually illustrate four requested Christmas songs.  Custom yard elements were fabricated as part of this display.

COMMISSIONED BY: Floyd Mahanay

::: EXHIBITIONS :::

2008

Houston Art Car Museum - Exhibition of Work: STUMPER” Art Car as part of the “TEXAS GREEN” exhibit.

Houston Art Car Museum - Exhibition of Work: STUMPER” Art Car as part of the “RADAR EYES” exhibit.

Houston Art Car Parade - Exhibition of work: "STUMPER” Art Car. Received the “Barbara & Mark’s Hinton Volunteer of the Year Award” from The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art.

Bayou City Art Festival (Downtown) - Exhibition of new work: “Sphereamid” as part of the Art on Water collection in the reflection pond of Houston’s City Hall. Sculpture won 1st place in the competition.

2007

MakerFaire - Exhibiton of Art Car “STUMPER” in Austin, TX. Event sponsored by www.makezine.com

Bayou City Art Festival (Downtown) - Exhibition of new work: “Garden of Life” as part of the Art on Water collection in the reflection pond of Houston’s City Hall. Sculpture won 1st place in the competition.

Houston Art Car Parade - Exhibition of new work: "STUMPER” Art Car

2006

Houston Art Crawl - The first public opening for my studio, ViSKER Kustoms, located in Houston's Arts Warehouse District. Featuring local artists: ViSKER, Brad Cushman, Rex Havuk, Anna Berwick, David Self & more. During the course of the evening, we were visited by over 700 individuals channeled through Metro's trolly route.

Houston Art Car Museum - “CALACAS” Exhibition - Part of a showcase of Houston artists who work deals with Dia de los Muertos & the Macabre.

Houston Art Car Parade - Exhibition of new works: "Garden of Life" and "Slugodactyl" Art Cars.

"Main Street Drag" - Tour of schools around Houston in association with the The Orange Show Foundation and the Art Car Parade.

2005

Houston Art Car Parade - Exhibition of new works: "Mr. Grote's Ice Scream Co.", "Dana" and "Slugosaurus" Art Cars.

MLK Day Parade - Rolling exhibition of mobile sculpture through the streets of downtown Houston.

Houston AutoRama - Noggin del Fuego featured in a selection of somewhat "less-than-normal" cars from all over the United States.

Houston Art Car Museum “Rust Bucket” Exhibition - Exhibition of “found object”

World Series - Placement of mobile sculpture "Noggin del Fuego II" outside of the main gate at Minute Maid Park.

Steamboat Springs Beaux Arts Festival - Commissioned excursion in "Noggin del Fuego II" across Texas, New Mexico & Colorado to participate in the Steamboat Springs Art Council's annual "Beaux Art Festival".

Galleria "Primavera" Event - Placement of mobile sculpture "Noggin del Fuego II" inside the Houston Galleria for a week during their event.

"Main Street Drag" - Tour of schools around Houston in association with the The Orange Show Foundation and the Art Car Parade.

2004

Houston Art Car Museum - "FACE" Exhibition - a showcase of Houston artists' self-portraits which included "Noggin del Fuego II".

Houston Art Car Parade - Exhibition of new work: "Noggin del Fuego II"

MLK Day Parade - Rolling exhibition of mobile sculpture and "floats" through the streets of downtown Houston to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

"Main Street Drag" - Tour of schools around Houston in association with the The Orange Show Foundation and the Art Car Parade.

MLK Day Parade - Rolling exhibition of mobile sculpture and "floats" through the streets of downtown Houston.

2003

Houston Art Car Parade - First year of participation in the parade. Mobile sculpture piece entitled "Noggin del Fuego I." Constructed on a go-kart base and was the predecessor for the much larger and dynamic sculpture "Noggin del Fuego II" constructed in 2004.

::: PROJECT EXPERIENCE & CREW WORK :::

EVENT: Burning Flipside Festival - Austin, TX (http://www.burningflipside.com)

PROJECT DATE: May, 2007

ROLE: Pyrotechnics & Burn co-coordinator  for the festival's 2007 central sculpture "The Conductor".

EVENT: Burning Flipside Festival - Austin, TX (http://www.burningflipside.com)

PROJECT DATE: May, 2005

ROLE: Pyrotechnics & Burn co-coordinator and Design & Fabrication Team (DaFT) Crew Member for the festival's 2005 central sculpture "Rocket".

EVENT: Burning Man Festival - Black Rock City, NV (http://www.burningman.com)

PROJECT DATE:  August, 2004

ROLE: Crew member for David Best's 110-foot tall & 1/4 mile wide wooden sculpture "Temple of Stars".

EVENT: Burning Flipside Festival - Austin, TX (http://www.burningflipside.com)

PROJECT DATE: May, 2004

ROLE: Pyrotechnics & Burn co-coordinator, creator of the "Fiery Ass Goat" fire sculpture, and Design & Fabrication Team (DaFT) Crew Member for construction of the festival's 2004 central sculpture "Monkey".

EVENT: Burning Flipside Festival - Austin, TX (http://www.burningflipside.com)

PROJECT DATE: May, 2003

ROLE: Design & Fabrication Team (DaFT) member for the construction of the festival's 2003 central sculpture "Sandman".

EVENT: Burning Flipside Festival - Austin, TX (http://www.burningflipside.com)

PROJECT DATE: May, 2002

ROLE: Design & Fabrication Team (DaFT) member for the construction of the festival's 2002 central sculpture "House of Cards".

::: PUBLICATIONS :::

2007

Texas Journeys Magazine (August Issue) - Print

Houston Chronicle (May 9th Issue - Cover) - Print

West University Buzz (May Issue) - Print

PissClear (Burning Man Newspaper) - Aug 31/Sept 1 Issue #34 - Print

2006

ENVY Magazine (August Issue) - Print

RAW Vision Magazine (April Issue) - Print

"Just Another Day At ArtCar" Documentary by Erik Kolflat - DVD/Video

Orange Show Foundation Promotional Video - Web/Video

Austinartcar.com (Intro page feature) - Web

2005

Discovery Channel's "Monster Nation" (Episode 12) - Video

Fast Company Magazine (August Issue) - Print

"Two Texas Art Car First Steps" Documentary by Erik Kolflat - DVD/Video

Houston Chronicle's "Preview" Magazine (2nd week of May issue) - Print

"Burning Man: Vault of Heaven" Documentary by Clenco Studios - DVD/Video

Hall County Herald (Wednesday, August 10th Issue) - Print

Austin American Statesman (Sunday, April 17th Issue) - Print

2004

Artcars.com - Web

Burningman.com (Intro page feature) - Web

* Copies of all print and video materials available on request.

::: HONORS & AWARDS :::

2008

Bayou City Arts Festival (Downtown) - First Place, In the “Art On Water” Sculpture Competition with the “Sphereamid” sculpture - Presented by Art Colony & Bayou City Arts Festival

Houston Art Car Parade - Recipient of the Hinton Volunteer of the Year Award - Presented by the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art for work restoring of the Beer Can House.

2007

Bayou City Arts Festival (Downtown) - First Place, In the “Art On Water” Sculpture Competition with the “Garden of Life” fountain sculpture - Presented by Art Colony & Bayou City Arts Festival

Houston Art Car Parade - Second Place, Best Art Car “STUMPER” - Presented by the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art

2006

Houston Art Car Parade - Third Place, Best Cycle "Slugodactyl" - Presented by the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art

Houston Art Car Parade - Second Place, Best Art Car "Garden of Life" - Presented by the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art

2005

Steamboat Springs Beaux Art Festival - Second Place "Noggin del Fuego II"

Houston Art Car Parade - First Place, Best Cycle "Dana"

Houston Art Car Parade - Second Place, Best Cycle "Slugosaurus

2004

Houston Art Car Parade - 1st Place, Best Art Car "Noggin del Fuego II"

BRIAN “ViSKER” MAHANAY

Last Updated: 12/03/2008