1931 Born Los Angeles, California
1953 B.A., Stanford University 1954-1955 Commissioned
Officer, United States Marine Corps, Korea, Japan 1957 M.F.A., Otis Art Institute of Los Angeles County 1957-1965 Faculty,
Otis Art Institute of Los Angeles County 1958-1961
Instructor, Omega Seminars, Adult Education
1975-76 Creator of Large-Scale Kites 1978-present
Instructor, Life Drawing Classes, Tom Van Sant studio
1988 Instructor, Life Drawing, Santa Monica College Community Division 1989-2000 Founder and CEO, The GeoSphere
Project, for the creation of the First Satellite Map of Earth, the GeoSphere Globe, the Global Visual Library, and the
Earth Situation Room Exhibits 1990 Creator, The First Satellite Map of Earth (The GeoSphere Image), composite
map of planet Earth from space, one year in the making. 1991-2000 Development and installation of 7 Earth Situation Room permanent
exhibits in 7 countries on 5 continents 2000-2013 Development of commissioned studio sculptures and paintings 2011-2012 Instructor and Mentor, Otis College of Art and Design
Associations
Fellow,
MIT, Center for Advanced Visual Studies Founding Director, Los Angeles Mural Conservancy Founding Director,
TIMOCA (21st Century Int'l
Museum of Contemporary Art) Board
of Advisors, Artists Equity Association Instructor, Santa Monica College Community Division
Awards Leonardo Di Vinci Space Art Award -
from the National Space Society, the Planetary Society, and the Carnegie Mellon University Studio for Creative Inquiry for
a 'lifetime of artistic actions in and with the sky and outer space, including his brightly clear re-envisioning of Earth'
(The First Satellite Map of Planet Earth.)
The
Golden Brush Award - from Illustrators West for the illustrations of the Howard Fast novel and the 1961 film
“Spartacus” starring Kirk Douglas and Lawrence Olivier.
City of Los Angeles Certificate of Commendation - for creation
of the “Goddess of Democracy” sculpture made in collaboration with other artists in
support of the Chinese Democratic Movement.
City
of Los Angeles Certificate of Appreciation - for spearheading the first annual Otis College of Art and Design,
“Kite Festival,” and 'dedicating his lifetime to professional artwork for display around
the globe'. Numerous Awards of Merit from the American Institute of Architects,
Los Angeles County and Orange County, for individual projects and a 'Lifetime Award for contributions
to architecture'. Vanguard Award of 1998 - conferred by the Silicon Graphics
Corporation for the advancement of computer graphics in the making of the “Tom Van Sant Satellite Map of
Earth”, the largest single image created in an interactive computer of its time. ART IN PUBLIC PLACES 1956 Union
Union, mural, oil on canvas 6’ x 15’ Retail Clerks Union 770,
Los
Angeles, California, 1957 Fire, Water and Earth, mural, Italian glass mosaic,
300 square feet Otis Art Institute of Los Angeles County, MFA thesis project 1958 New World Conquest,
Italian glass mosaic inlayed in black marble, two walls, 400 square feet, Mercantile
National Bank, Dallas, Texas 1958 Muskie, bronze
sculpture and fountain, Tyler Bank and Trust Company, Tyler, Texas 1959 Transportation
of Water, natural rock Mosaic mural, American Pipe and Construction Company, Monterey
Park, California
1959 Tree of Life, rock mosaic, 10’ x 25’, San
Marino Congregational Church, San Marino, California
1960 Eldorado Myth, glass mosaic, rock mosaic, El Dorado Country
Club, Palm Desert, California 1961 Tom Van Sant Residence,
architecture, Los Angeles, California 1961 Children
at Play, carved brick, two walls, California Congress of Parents and Teachers, Los Angeles, California 1961 Great Inventions, mural, natural stone,
Bell City Library, Bell, California 1962 Flying Pair, epoxy resin, 6’,
Buffums Department Store, Pomona, California 1962 Colors
of the Wind, enamel on copper, Harrah’s Club, Tahoe, California 1962 Sources of Knowledge,
glass mosaic, Home Savings and Loan Association, Compton, California
1962 Fullerton City Seal, glass mosaic , Fullerton City Hall, Fullerton,
California 1963 Open
Hand, bronze sculpture, 5’, Gibraltar Savings, Baldwin Hills, California
1963 Crucifixion
and Resurrection, glass mosaic, two murals 8’x5’, Santa Clara Church Mausoleum, Ventura, California 1963 Great
Moments in History, acrylic on canvas, 1700 square feet on five walls, Mt. San Antonio College Library, Pomona, California
1964 The Gulls of Salt Lake City, bronze, 120 feet high, Prudential Federal
Savings and Loan Association, Salt Lake City, Utah 1964 Flight Form, bronze sculpture, 7’,
Robert E. Gross Memorial, Forest Lawn, Glendale, California 1965 Gulls,
bronze sculpture, Prudential Federal, Ogden, Utah 1965 Spanish Heritage,
oil on wood, Howard Johnson Hotel, Anaheim, California
1967 Wind
Chimes, aluminum 10’ x 80’, Robinson’s Department Store, Newport
Beach, California 1968 Indigenous,
sculptured concrete, 1200 square feet on forty walls, Irvine Financial Plaza,
Newport Beach, California 1968 Tree of Life,
St. Martin's Cross, The Last Supper, plaster cement relief, three walls, Geneva
Presbyterian Church, Santa Ana, California 1968 California Migrations, acrylic on canvas, 120’
by 15’, Crocker-Citizens National Bank, Los Angeles, California 1969 Water Fall,
glazed ceramic sculptured wall, 80’, Robinson’s Department Store, San Diego, California 1969 Flight,
aluminum sculpture, 10 ‘ x 12’, Los Angles Public Library, Huntington Park,
California 1969 Bird of Wisdom,
sculptured concrete, 10’ x 20’, Hoffman Motors, Marina del Rey, California
1970 Founder I, Founder II, 15’x 30’,
glazed ceramic tile, Arizona First National Bank, Globe,
Arizona
1971 Celestial Way, bronze sundial, Rose Hills Memorial
Park, Whittier, California 1971 Industries of Hawaii, sculptured concrete murals,
five walls, Davies Pacific Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
1971 Hawaiian Visions, sculptured concrete murals, seven
walls, Kona Surf Resort, Kona, Hawaii 1972 The Word, sculptured concrete,
25’ x 50’, Inglewood Civic Center, Inglewood, California 1972 Family
Group, nickel and bronze sculpture, 8’x 25’, Union Bank Plaza, Newport Beach, California
1972 Sail Forms, terrazzo sculpture, 20’x
30’, Yacht Harbor Towers, Honolulu, Hawaii 1972 Body of Knowledge,
ceramic sculpture mural , Los Angeles County Library, Lakewood, California 1972 Forms
of Flight, stainless steel, sculpture collection seven pieces, Transamerica Pyramid Building, San Francisco, California 1972 Celebration
of Life, ceramic tile on steel, 70’x6’, Orange County School of
the Arts, Santa Ana, California
1972 Shells and Gods, oil on
canvas mural, Davies Pacific Center, Honolulu, Hawaii 1972 History of Flight,
sculptured concrete, eighteen panels, Republic of China Civil Aeronautics Building,
Taipei, Taiwan
1973 Luau, sculptured concrete,
80’ x 13’, Honolulu International Airport, Honolulu, Hawaii
1974 Los Angeles Civic Center Pedestrian Bridge,
sculptured concrete, Los Angeles Civic Center, Los
Angeles, California
1974 Open Hand, fountain,
ceramic on steel, Los Angeles Civic Center, Los Angeles, California
1974 Vietnam Memorial, iron, bronze, and foliage,
8’x 20’, California State University Long Beach,
Long Beach, California 1974-78
Kites, design, construction,
demonstrations and traveling exhibits: US, UK, Holland, France, Ireland, Australia 1976 Pour,
sculptured concrete 10’x 12’, Hawaiian Dredging and Construction Company, Honolulu, Hawaii
1976 Flight of Fancy, fiberglass and
fabric sculpture, 15’ x 20‘, Century Park Sheraton Hotel, Manila,
Philippines 1977 Tapas,
sculptured concrete, 10’ x 40’. Wailea Beach Hotel, Maui, Hawaii
1979 Authors
of the Sea, concrete, eight walls, Bank of Newport Beach, Newport
Beach, California 1980 Reflections
from Earth, reflected sunlight from the Earth recorded by the LANDSAT
satellite, Mojave Desert, California
1981 Ryan’s Eye, scanned electrons, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 1982 Desert Dreams,
paper mache 10’ x 20’, Wells Fargo Bank, Los Angeles, California
1984 Silent Form, fabric and fiberglass, thirty-six piece, Los Angeles International
Airport, Thomas Bradley Terminal, Los Angeles, California 1984 Birds of Prey,
concrete murals, two walls, William Allen residence, Provo, Utah 1985 Portrait
of King Vidor, bronze sculpture, 16”, Founding Director, Directors Guild of America, Hollywood, California 1986 Sea Form,
sculptured concrete, Paul Briles residence, Playa del Rey, California 1986 Eyes
on Earth, reflected light and satellite imagery, Pacific Design Center, Hollywood, California
1988 Dove, stained glass window, 25’
x 25’, Glenkirk Presbyterian Church, Glendora, California
1988 Sky Cross,
sculptured wall, 50’ x 15’, Glenkirk Presbyterian Church, Glendora, California 1989 Pelican
Wall, sculptured concrete, 15’ x 120’ City of Newport
Beach, Newport Beach, California 1989 Goddess of Democracy, polystyrene replica of The Goddess
of Democracy erected by Chinese Students in Tiananmen Square, Beijing,
destroyed by the Chinese Army, 23’ temporary installation, Los Angeles,
California 1989 The GeoSphere
Project founded by Tom Van Sant for creation of the Satellite Map of Earth, the GeoSphere Globe and the Earth Situation Room Exhibit for science and education centers in USA, Japan, Sweden, Spain, Brazil, and South Africa 1990 The Earth
From Space (The GeoSphere Image), the first satellite map of planet Earth, one year in the making, completed April 15, 1990, selected as the title page of the 1990 National Geographic World Atlas, adopted by NOAA, NASA and the United Nations, becomes the most widely distributed single image in the world 1991 GeoSphere
Globe, 6’6” the first reality model of Earth and the Global Visual Library, an electronic geographic program for
monitoring global resources and global change 1992 Earth Situation Room Environmental Exhibit for the United
Nations Conference on Environment and Development (The Earth Summit), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1993 Earth Situation Room Permanent Environmental Exhibit, Brazilian National
Center For Space Research, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Purchased by the United Nations as a gift to Brazil
for hosting the UN Conference on Environment and Development of 1992.
1994 Earth
Situation Room Permanent Environmental Exhibit, Hemiji Science Center, Osaka, Japan 1995 Earth
Situation Room Permanent Environmental Exhibit, Toho Science Center, Nagoya, Japan 1996 The
First Satellite Map of Earth, satellite map of Earth completed
at higher resolution (1km) 1996 Earth
Situation Room Permanent Environmental Exhibit, Smithsonian National Zoological
Park, Washington, D.C. 1996 Completion of The
Earth From Space, satellite map of Earth at 1km resolution
1996 Earth Situation Room, Smithsonian National Zoological
Park, Washington, D.C. 1997 GeoSphere Globe,
Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, California 1998 The
Digital 3-D Earth, developed in association with Silicon Graphics (SGI), the basis for Google
Earth 1998 Earth Situation Room Permanent Environmental Exhibit, Lisaberg
Theme Park, Goteburg, Sweden 2000 Earth Situation
Room Permanent Environmental Exhibit, MTN Science Center, Cape Town, South Africa 2001 Dolphin Wall,
sculptured concrete, 12’ x 60', Hoag Memorial Hospital, Newport
Beach, California 2003 Marsh Birds, bronze sculpture,
7’, Muth Interpretive Center, Newport Beach, California 2005 Sandpiper Wall, sculptured concrete 5’ x
60’, Hoag Memorial Hospital, Newport Beach, California 2013 History Wall, sculptured concrete, 10' x
30', Orange County Peace Officer's Memorial, Tustin, California 2013 Heroic
Figures, cast bronze, 9', in association with Daub and Firmin Sculpture Studios, Orange County
Peace Officer's Memorial, Tustin, California ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS 1956 LOS ANGELES UNIVERSITY CLUB, Los Angeles, California
1959
OTIS ART INSTITUTE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY (OTIS-PARSONS
SCHOOL OF DESIGN), Los
Angeles, California
1960 GALERIE
DE VILLE, Los Angeles, California
1963 GALERIE
DE VILLE, Los Angeles, California
1969 SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION, Washington, D.C.
1970 GAIL
WOODWARD GALLERIES, Westwood, California
1974 JACQUELINE ANHALT GALLERY, Los Angeles, California
1976 INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, London
1976 FESTIVAL D'AUTOMNE A PARIS, Foundation Salomon de Rothschild,
Paris
1977 CHAFFEY COLLEGE MUSEUM AND GALLERY, Ontario, California,
retrospective exhibit
1977 MYER GALLERIES, Melbourne, Australia
1977
MYER GALLERIES, Sydney, Australia
1977
HONOLULU CITY HALL, Honolulu, Hawaii
1977
STEDELIJK MUSEUM, Amsterdam, with exhibit traveling to the municipal galleries of Den Helder, Bergen Aan Zee and Egmond Aan Zee,
Holland
1977 LAKEHAL MUSEUM, Leiden, Holland
1977 SCHIEDAM MUSEUM, Rotterdam, Holland
1977 BUTLER CASTLE MUSEUM, Kilkenny, Ireland
1980 LOS ANGELES PACIFIC DESIGN CENTER, Los Angeles, California
1985
LAGUNA DESIGN CENTER, Laguna Beach, California
1986
CALIFORNIA MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY, Los Angeles,
California
1999 KETTLE'S YARD GALLERY, Cambridge, U.K.
ILLUSTRATION
1956 - 59 FAITH & FREEDOM MAGAZINE, Art Director
1958 - 59 THE LOS ANGELES
TIMES, documentary drawings and commentary on Greek Cypriot terrorist war, from Cyprus and
Jordan, published January and February, 1959
1960 UNIVERSAL
PICTURES CORPORATION, AWARD OF MERIT, documentary
and promotional drawings for the film "Spartacus"
1961 - 64 BANTAM PUBLISHING
CO., AWARD OF MERIT, IWS, Illustration of the novel
"Spartacus" by Howard Fast
1961 - 64 McINTOSH, INC., card design, "Christmas Artists"
series
1962 - 66 CHILDREN'S ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL, Los Angeles, California
Announcement and program design, Film World Premiers
1968
UNITED STATES LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, war combat artist,
1st Marine Division
INVENTIONS
1958 Use of natural colored
stone mosaic precast in epoxy resin for mural and curtain wall application
1961 Electrodeposition of nickel, copper and bronze for lightweight, thin shell
sculpture forming
1965 Development of polyurethane forms for concrete
casting of sculpture relief in architectural application
1968
Development of forming procedures for exposed aggregate concrete casting
1974 Development and
use of fiberglass and nylon fabric in airborne structures
1980 Development and use of solar
reflectors for satellite sensor reception
1983 Use of scanning eleitrmicrosopy for creation of
sub micron imagery
1989 Design and use of software for compositing satellite mosaics
1995 Design of video projection systems for globe display technologies
ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING
1971 CITY
OF INGLEWOOD, Art Master Plan for Inglewood Civic
Center, Inglewood, Charles Luckman Associates, architects
1972 - 73 CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Art and Environmental Master Plan, The Community Redevelopment
Agency of Los Angeles
1972 DAVIES PACIFIC CENTER, Honolulu, Hawaii. Art Environmental
Consultant, Au, Cutting & Smith, architects
1975 - 76 FARAHZAD CENTER, Teheran,
Iran. Art & Environment Plan, Archisystems, Inc., planners
and architects
1986 - 88 WORLD TECHNOLOGY TRADE CENTER, Washington, D.C.
Smith/Williams Group, architects
TEACHING
1960 - 66 OTIS ART INSTITUTE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Instructor of drawing, painting and
design
1967 - 68 OMEGA SEMINARS, Institute for Executive Research, Glendale,
California. Instructor for personal growth seminars
1967-2013
TOM VAN SANT STUDIO, Los Angeles, California. Life drawing 1988
- 89 SANTA MONICA COLLEGE, Instructor of life drawing
ADDITIONAL AWARDS
1956 RETAIL CLERKS UNION, mural, oil on canvas. Juried open competition
among graduate students of California.
1959 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AMERICAN
INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, Art and Craftsmanship Award.
1963 MT. SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE, library murals. Juried international
invitational competition.
1965
OUTSTANDING YOUNG MEN OF AMERICA, U.S. Junior Chamber of
Commerce. Awarded for artistic achievement. 1968 CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH, International
Sculpture Symposium Commission, "Vietnam Revisited",
steel and bronze.
1984 LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT,
Sculpture assemblage, fabric and fiberglass, thirty six pieces. Award of Merit.
1999 SGI "VANGUARD" Award
2006 LEONARDO DA VINCI SPACE ART AWARD , ISDC Space Art Life Dedication Award GLOBAL DISPLAY SYSTEMS
1989 Eyes On
Earth, a California non-profit corporation, was founded by Van Sant for environmental research and education. 1989 The GeoSphere Project was created
by Van Sant as the display and distribution arm of Eyes On Earth. The following are its products. 1990 The GeoSphere Image marks a milestone in cartographic
history. It is the first satellite map of Earth, showing the real world as it appears from space. The work required one year of effort by Van Sant and his technical director Lloyd
Van Warren, using the world's most powerful graphics computers. The image was first published as the title page of the 1990 National Geographic World Atlas. Since 1991 it has
been adopted by all U.S. federal agencies, has been published in over 300 magazines and atlases, and is the largest selling image in the world. 1991 The
Global Visual Library (aka Life on Earth), under development by Van Sant since 1987, is an interactive, multimedia universal library. It
consists of animated visualizations
of Earth's processes, historic dynamics, species habitats, migration patterns, and political and social data bases. Organized in a global
geographic information system. 1991
The GeoSphere Globe, 6 feet in diameter, utilizes The GeoSphere
Image as its surface
and constitutes the first three dimensional, realistic model of planet Earth. The sphere is constructed of clear Lexan, thereby allowing video
projectors within the globe
to display the animated data sets of the Global Visual Library through its surface. 1992 The Earth Situation Room
is the ultimate display of The GeoSphere Project effort. It incorporates the assets of The Global Visual Library, The GeoSphere Globe, and offers monitoring of world weather,
earthquakes, ocean conditions, ozone depletion, deforestation, commercial air and sea traffic, and special research projects. Earth Situation Rooms have been installed at the following
locations:
United
Nations Summit Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Brazilian National Center for Space Research, Sao Panlo, Brazil
Hemiji Science Center, Osaka, Japan
Toho Gas Exhibit, Nogoya,
Japan World
Exposition, Barcelona, Spain Lisaberg
Theme Park, Goteberg, Sweden Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Washington, D.C.
MTN Science Center, Capetown, South Africa PARTIAL LECTURE LIST University of California at Los
Angeles University
of California at Irvine
University of the Sequoias
California Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Otis Art Institute of Los Angeles County California Museum of Science
and Industry
Exploratorium, San Francisco
Seattle Museum of Science and Industry Fort Worth City Association Taipei Future City Association, Republic of China American Institute of Architects American Institute of Landscape
Architects
Los Angeles Pacific Design Center Institute of Contemporary Art, London Architects For An Ethical Society The Stedelijk Museum, Netherlands Kilkenny Festival, Ireland National Meteorological Society Smithsonian Natural History Museum United States Geological Survey,
Souix Falls
National Space Center, Sao Paolo, Brazil Himiji Science Center, Osaka, Japan Tokai University, Tokyo, Japan National Ocean ographic and Atmospheric Administration National Academy of Sciences National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
Fort White Global Education Center, Ottawa, Canada Hayden Planetarium, New York United Nations Conference on Environment and Development United Nations Environment Program National Center For Supercomputing
Applications
TERC Symposium on Geographic Information Systems, Washington, D.C. Stanford Research International, Palo Alto National Geographic Society, Washington,
D.C.
Center For Global Community, Kansas City GLOBE International Symposium, Tokyo
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