For the past five decades, Mr. Leicester has created a diverse portfolio of public art projects that range in size and scope ranging from small courtyards and civic gateways to municipal transit plazas and LRT bridges throughout the U.S., U.K. and Australia.
Andrew Leicester is a public artist born and educated in England who immigrated to the U.S. in 1970. He currently resides in Minneapolis, MN.
Recent projects include:
- “The Gold Line Bridge” spanning the 210 Freeway just east of Pasadena, CA
- A bus transit hub in Ferguson, in the northern suburbs of St. Louis, MO.
- The winning design for a bridge over Connecticut Avenue in Chevy Chase, Maryland, as part of the new Purple Line LRT.
Mr. Leicester has received numerous awards for his work as well as fellowships from the Bush Foundation, the McKnight Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Internationally recognized as a public artist, as well as a popular lecturer and panelist, he feels his art should exist in the public domain and form links between its specific location and host community. The iconography of his work, often humorous and multilayered, is derived from extensive research of the various social, historical and environmental characteristics of each location. All convey a striking sense of place.
