Mark Reigelman

Mark Reigelman is an American artist based in Brooklyn, New York. He is recognized for his large-scale public art, including Manifest Destiny at the Hotel des Arts in San Francisco, California, and Smökers, a series of miniature houses positioned over steam-emitting manholes in New York City.

Background Reigelman was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He pursued his studies in Sculpture and Industrial Design at the Cleveland Institute of Art and furthered his education in product design at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts in London. He currently resides in Brooklyn, in a loft apartment that he redesigned.

Notable works Reigelman's artworks have been exhibited in galleries, museums, and public spaces, including the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), and the Shanghai Museum of Glass.

In San Francisco, Reigelman crafted Manifest Destiny, a site-specific artwork showcasing a rustic cabin affixed to the side of the Hotel des Arts.

By 2016, he devised Smökers, mobile art installations influenced by the German incense smokers called Räuchermann. These small wooden cabins were designed to conceal steam-emitting manholes throughout New York.

The city of Alexandria in Northern Virginia commissioned Reigelman to produce an artwork for the Site: New Views in Old Town Series in 2021. The resulting piece, Groundswell, was displayed in Waterfront Park in Alexandria from March to November 2021. This 20-foot stainless steel installation, resembling crystals and perforated with items symbolic of the city's manufacturing history such as saw blades and rocking horses, stands as a tribute to the goods produced in the city.

Other public art works Stair Squares, 2007, Borough Hall, Brooklyn, New York White Cloud, 2012, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio Rainbow Gathering II (The Huddle), 2013, Kendall College of Art and Design Upriver/Downriver, 2015, Waterfront Park, Louisville, Kentucky NidoSilla (Nest Chair), 2015, Monterey, Mexico Curioser, 2021, New York Public Library, Charleston Branch, New York Wheelhouse, 2022, Jennie Dean Park, Arlington, Virginia Threshold, 2023, Custom House Square, New Bedford, Massachusetts Edge of the Forest, 2023, Inman Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts

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