Brian Goggin

Brian Goggin is an American sculptor and installation artist. His art openings often include extravagant performance art themed block parties. His studio is based in the Mission District of San Francisco.

Goggin studied filmmaking and painting at the University of California, Santa Barbara. From there, he studied art and English literature at Homerton College, Cambridge through UCSB's study abroad program He moved to San Francisco in 1988.

He is a member of the Dadaist Cacophony Society. and was damaged by the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. prior to the hotel's demolishment the following September. '' is a public site-specific artwork joint production between Goggin and Dorka Keehn located at 55 Ninth St., San Francisco. It was commissioned through the Black Rock Arts Foundation for $750,000 by AVA 55 Ninth, a 17-story apartment building.