Nicolai Larsen - Artist Resume Part 1

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• Resume (Part 1)
• Education & Work Experience
	•	Visual Arts, Art Director and Owner, 1982 - Present: Murals, Airbrush,Trompe l'Oeil, Environments, Signs, Design, Illustration, Fine Arts.
	•	Marine World/Africa USA, Staff Artist, Set Designer, 1980-1983
	•	NASA, Ames Research Center, Illustrator, 1979-1980
	•	CETA, Cal State Art in Public Places, Mural Artist, 1977-1979
	•	Painting and Decorating Journeyman, 1974-1980

	•	Academy of Art, San Francisco, California, 1970-1973, Fine Arts.
	•	College of San Mateo, San Mateo, California, 1972-73, Printmaking, Natural Sciences.
	•	San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California, 1972-1973, Mural Painting.
	•	Mills High School, Burlingame, California, 1970.
• Murals (partial list)
2008	•	Swan Mural & Bas Relief - Private Residence - Saratoga, CA
2007	•	Automotive Mural - Winery - Private Residence Section - Los Gatos, CA
	•	Fountain Mural - Private residence - Saratoga, CA
	•	Painted Fire Place - Private Residence, Pebble Beach , CA
	•	Powder Room Mural - Pivate Residence - Palo Alto, CA
2005	•	The Place Where We Live - 7' 9" x 12' interior. Acrylics on Birch Panels. Executed in 2004-2005. San Mateo County Government Center, Hall of Justice, Redwood City CA.
	•	The Vault - 352 # feet trompe l'oeil and interior design, Fremont Historical Building, Niles District, Fremont CA.
2004	•	Innovators in Education - 8' x20' interior. Acrylics. Arroyo high School, San Lorenzo CA.
2003	•	Spectral Shift - Acrylics on masonry. Exterior. 850 # feet, 52 colors. Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA.
	•	The Riviera - Interior murals in store. 8' x 20' and 20' x 16'. Villages de France, Byant Street, Palo Alto CA.
	•	Temple of Poseidon - Mural and design project. Private residence. Palo Alto CA.
	•	Foie Gras - Mural and design project. Private residence. San Jose CA.
2002	•	Bayou by the Bay - 8' x 36' interior. Acrylics on panels. PJ's Oyster Bed Restaurant. Irving Street. San Francisco, CA.
2000	•	Colli Umbri- Italianate exterior trompe l'oeil al fresco. Menlo Park, CA.
	•	Mermaids & Mermen - Acrylic Airbrush. Private Residence. San Carlos, CA.
	•	GTO - Acrylic and Pontiac parts with real headlights. Boys Bedroom. private Residence. Menlo Park, CA.
1999	•	Gardener and Boy under Tree - Wild Oats Market. Cupertino, CA.
	•	Historical Building of South San Francisco - Bronze Plaques. Playground by City Hall. South San Francisco, CA.
1998	•	The Happy Valley - Sequoia Hospital. Day Room. 45' x 18'. Redwood City, CA.
1997	•	Burmese Temple Environment, Nirvana Noodle House. Castro Street, San Francisco. CA.
1996	•	Prometheus Gives Fire to Man - CalTrain Station, Exterior, South San Francisco., CA. Acrylics & catalytic epoxy, 85’ x 17’. (Freeway underpass.)
	•	Voyage through the Planets - 30’ x 18’ ceiling interior. Cosmic Disc, Polk Street, San Francisco, CA. (destroyed)
1995	•	Cafe Brioche, Provençale Street environment with distressed advertising 750 sq. ft. interior. Palo Alto, CA.
	•	El Gato” - Lunette mural for architectural facade. 3’ x 5’ Acrylics. Riva San Vitale, Ticino, Switzerland.
	•	Monastery of the Vine - 14’ x 40’ (trompe l’oeil acrylics). Rios-Lovell Winery, Livermore, CA.
1994	•	Atlantis Horizons - 8’ x 5’ interior acrylics. Private residence, Burlingame, CA.
	•	Sky Full of Raptors - 14’ x 18’ interior ceiling, acrylics. Private residence, Burlingame, CA.
	•	Pompeiian Coffee Triptych - Lunettes 8’ x 5’ ea. Interior, Chestnut Street Coffee Roastery, San Francisco, CA.
	•	Bohemian Dining Room - Architectural Vignettes with Fantasy Finish, 750 sq. ft., acrylics and enamels. Private residence, Woodside, CA
1993	•	The Coffee Harvest - San Francisco Shopping Center at Halladie Plaza. 12'x7' varnished acrylics. San Francisco, CA.
1992	•	The Rain Forest - A mural covering an entire house, 1079 Church Street, San Francisco. 20'x20' varnished acrylics. Award winning 'Most Unusual Mural in San Francisco.'
	•	Coq au Vin - Private Residence, San Francisco. CA. Interior wine cellar—fantasy finish with landscape. 250 sq. ft. Acrylics.
	•	Coffee Plantation - Coffee Roastery at San Francisco Shopping Centre/Nordstrom Mall, 865 Market Street. 3-D sculpted and painted urethane foam fiberglass and acrylics. 12'x8' and 4'x9'. San Francisco, CA.
	•	Grotto of Venus - The Bud Stop, Union Street, San Francisco. CA. Architectural Mural Vignette. 12' x 4'. Exterior Acrylics.
1991		The Rose and Crown Pub - Emerson Street, Palo Alto. CA. Architectural trompe l'oeil (exterior). 22'x45'. Acrylics.
	•	Chateau Vista - Private Residence, Woodside. CA. Interior wet bar and wine cellar, architectural trompe l'oeil. 380 sq. ft. Marouflage. Acrylics.
	•	In the Pink - Locust Street, San Francisco. CA. Exterior. Fantasy Herb Garden Mural. 6'x24'. Acrylics.
1990	•	After the Deluge - Macedonia Baptist Church, Menlo Park. CA. Acrylics. 18'x26' (468 sq. ft.)
	•	Tennis Court - Atherton. CA. Exterior Acrylics. 8'x20'.
	•	Italian Fountain Grotto - Octavia Building, San Francisco. CA. Interior lobby. Acrylics. 6'x6'.
	•	Antigua - Exterior Store Front, Union Street Coffee Roastery. Acrylics. 385 sq. ft. San Francisco. CA.
1989	•	Capers Restaurant Exterior Trompe l'Oeil Mural. San Carlos. Acrylics, 1200 sq. ft.
1988	•	Storytime - If Wishes Were Horses Bookstore. Exterior Acrylics. 5'x8'. Palo Alto. CA.
	•	Atlantis- Tower Conservatory, Palo Alto. CA. Sealed Acrylics in indoor pool room. 8'x40'.
1987	•	Walking on Water and Roadmap to Heaven. Prigogine Discothek, Kassel, West Germany. Airbrush acrylics. 1200 sq. ft.
1986	•	Hunting Lodge - Eugene's Restaurant, Los Altos. CA. European motifs. Exterior, 60' x 22'. Hallway, 250 sq. ft.
1985	•	Enchanted Garden - Tower Conservatory, Palo Alto. CA. Rainforest mural in indoor pool room. Enamels. 1285 sq. ft.
1984	•	Dining in Tropical Setting - Hillsborough Designer Showcase, Hillsborough, CA. Mural centerpiece, 12'x8'. Upholstered walls and fabric design. Fabric pigments painted and airbrushed.
1983	•	Windsurfing - Spinnaker Sailing, Redwood City. CA. Exterior acrylics, 44' x 20'. Destroyed.
		Grape Renaissance - Messina's Restaurant, San Carlos. CA. 40'x50'.
1982	•	1979 - 1982 Murals at Marine World/Africa USA - Parrot Rainforest Amphitheater, Dolphin Show 'Wizard of the Sea' Castle, Tidepool Diorama (9'x45'), Animals of the World (kiosk with eight panels); Coral Garden Aquarium (20'x20'); Tropical Fish Habitat (fiberglass, gelcoat, lacquer); Parrot Aviary (65'x10', enamels); Dolphin Show 'Space Station and Spacescape'.)
1980	•	Casablanca - Pizzazzy on Fillmore, San Francisco. CA. 12'x15'.
1979	•	Beauty and the Buick - Old County Courthouse, Redwood City. CA. 10' diameter.
1978	•	Aztec Birds - with Mani Montoya. Hall of Justice, Redwood City. CA. 12'x100'.
1977	•	'Modular Color Murals' and office supergraphics. Dutch Boy Paints, West Coast Offices, Los Altos, CA.
1976	•	Giant American Flag, Bicentennial, A&D Tires, Burlingame, CA.28'x60'.
1972	•	Turtle Earth - Bolinas. CA. 16'x20'. San Francisco Art Institute Group Project. Bill Martin Instructor.

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