Public Art

Over 40 works of public art adorn the streets, parks and beaches of Santa Monica, from sculptures to ceramics to murals. Look below for the Santa Monica Public Art rundown.

 
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Santa Monica Public Art

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santa monica Districts:

Downtown Area
Main Street Area
East Santa Monica Area
Pico Boulevard Area
Montana Avenue Area

Downtown Area
Name Location Type Artist
Santa Monica Marine Life Pacfic Park on Santa Monica Pier Mural Wyland
Veterans Memorial Palisades Park —
Ocean Ave. at Santa Monica Blvd.		    
Overlook Beacon Palisades Park —
Ocean Ave. at Wilshire Blvd.		 Sculpture Joy Pinto
Santa Monica Palisades Park —
Ocean Ave. at Wilshire Blvd.		 Sculpture Eugene H. Monrahan
Santa Monica Pier Circa 1930 Parking Structure Six, 1431 2nd St. Mural Frank Romero
Santa Monica Beach Parking Structure One, 1234 4th St. Mural Art Mortimer
Another Magical Sunset
at Santa Monica Beach		 Parking Structure Three, 1320 4th St. Mural Gilbert Lujan
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"Walk on L.A."		 North of the Pier Sculpture Carl Cheng
The Dinosaurs of Santa Monica 3rd Street Promenade Sculpture Claude & Francois LaLanne
Twilight & Yearning Under Santa Monica Pier Sculpture Manfred Muller
Santa Monica Urban Runoff Reclamation Facility (SMURFF) Appian Way, next to SM Pier   Richard Turner
Richard Turner Ocean Ave. east to 5th St.,
south to Broadway		   Robin Brailsford
Garage Your Desires Parking Structure Nine,
1136 4th St. near Wilshire Blvd.		 Mural Peter Shire
Big Blue Bus Wash
& Refueling Station		 612 Colorado Ave.   Richard Wyatt
Public Safety Building 1685 Maine St., Olympic Drive   Michael Davis


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main street area
Name Location Type Artist
Wave & Shell Obelisks Beach Park One —
Ocean Blvd. at Barnard Way		 Sculpture Michelle Oka Doner
Cool Fire Fire Station #2, 222 Holister Light Installation Peter Erskine
Oneness Mary Hotchkins Park,
4th St. at Strand		 Sculpture Eino Romppanen
Whale of a Mural Ocean Park Blvd. at 4th St. Mural Daniel Alonzo
Unbridled Ocean Park Blvd. at 4th St. Mural David Gordon
Ocean Park Pier Ocean Park Blvd. at Main St. Mural Jane Golden
Ocean Park Segue     Joyce Kohl
Colonial Spanish & Recreation Santa Monica City Hall,
1685 Main St.		 Murals Stanton MacDonald Wright
Two Hundred Fourteen Movements and a View SM Civic Auditorium,
1855 Main St.		 Terrazzo Floor Renee Petropoulos
Chain Reaction Santa Monica Civic Center,
1855 Main St.		 Sculpture Paul Conrad
California Wash 1 Pico Blvd. Mixed Media & Native Plants Helen Mayer Harrison & Newton Harrison
Singing Beach Chairs Santa Monica State Beach,
North of Pico Blvd.		 Sculpture Douglas Hollis
Untitled
(Homage to Jack Kerouac)		 Pico Blvd. at Nielson Way
& Ocean Ave.		 Sculpture Mauro Staccioli


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East Santa Monica Area
Name Location Type Artist
Tables of Content Douglas Park, 2349 Wilshire Blvd. Picnic tables Allen
& Ellen Wexler
Recycle, Renew, REpair, Restore Santa Monica City Yards,
2500 Michigan Ave.		 Mural Eva Cockcroft
The Big Wave Wilshire Blvd. at Franklin Sculpture Tony Delap
Family Fountain Group 2600 Wilshire Blvd. Sculpture  


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Pico Boulevard Area
Name Location Type Artist
Clover Park Children's Play Area 2600 Ocean Park Blvd.   Bill & Mary Buchen
Children's Mural 1406 Marine St. Mural Daniel Alonzo
Ocean Park Historical Postcards Joslyn Park, Kensington St.
at Beverly Ave.		 Mural Art Mortimer
Waiting for the Train 14th St. between Pico & Michigan Mural Jane Golden
& Peggy Edwards
History of the Pico Neighborhood Stewart St, 1-10 Fwy underpass Mural Ann Elizabeth Thiermann
Virtual Will Will Rogers Elementary School,
14th St. between Maple and Peral		   David Vanezky
& Brian Bjorello
Santa Monica College
Photography Gallery		 Santa Monica College, Pico & 17th Photography  
Light Overhead 1-10 overpass on Pico at Centinella   Sheila Klein


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Montana Avenue Area
Name Location Type Artist
Our Santa Monica Heritage Joslyn Hall   Christine Emerson Reed
Arcadia Bandini de Baker Palisades Park, Ocean Ave.
at Palisades Ave.		 Sculpture Masahito Sanae
Gestation III Palisades Park, Ocean Ave.
at Palisades Ave.		 Sculpture Baile Oakes
Totem Pole Palisades Park, Ocean Ave.
at Palisades Ave.		 Sculpture Native American

 
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