Pete Goldlust & Melanie Germond
We enjoy working with communities to make their environments more engaging, joyful and beautiful, and to instill a sense of wonder and play into daily life. We strive to make work that warms and humanizes public spaces.
Category: Artist/Individual
Discipline: Public Art
Program Affiliations: Artist Roster
About Pete Goldlust & Melanie Germond
As public artists, we enjoy working with communities to make their environments more engaging and beautiful, and to instill a sense of wonder and playfulness into daily life. We understand the importance of listening closely to stakeholders and working cooperatively to discover each location's distinct character and needs. We strive to make work that warms and humanizes public spaces, rewarding continued exploration from each new angle and with each repeated encounter. Gentle humor and a sense of play are often important elements in our artwork.
Since 2009, We have been awarded 30+ public commissions across the U.S., including sculpture, reliefs, and mural work, with budgets up to $250k. We’ve worked in a wide range of media: metalwork, glass, mosaic, concrete, terrazzo, painted murals, and sculptural work with a variety of recycled materials. Our work often addresses multiple surfaces and spaces within a site, using a variety of media to create holistic multi-element installations.
Pete Goldlust
Preferred Pronouns: he/him
petegoldlust@gmail.com
(323) 204-1992
http://www.petegoldlust.com
A densely illustrated laser-cut steel and glass fence, composed of images that celebrate the history, environment, and culture of Flagstaff and its surroundings.
The Coconino Scroll
Medium: Fence: weathering steel, stained glass / Plaques: cast bronze, patina
Dimensions: 7’h x 280’ w
Year Completed: 2023
Description: A collaboration with Melanie Germond, commissioned by The City of Flagstaff (AZ). The Scroll is a densely illustrated laser-cut steel and glass fence, composed of images that celebrate the history, environment, and culture of Flagstaff and its surroundings. The artwork places an emphasis on sharing surprising and little-known stories, representing the rich cultural diversity of the area. An accompanying series of 23 cast bronze informational plaques, Footnotes, are embedded within the sidewalk next to the fence. These provide brief background text about the adjacent fence section’s images and stories.
Budget: $130,000
A pair of whimsical relief murals celebrates Redmond’s distinctive bicycle culture, along with several other notable points of interest from the community’s history.
Go, Fish. Go!
Medium: Relief mural (waterjet-cut aluminum, powder coat)
Dimensions: 8’ x 60’ x 0.25″
Year Completed: 2021
Location: Redmond Pool (Redmond, WA)
Description:
A collaboration with Melanie Germond. This pair of whimsical relief murals celebrates Redmond’s distinctive bicycle culture, along with several other notable points of interest from the community’s history.
Budget: $45000
The Travelers offer a whimsical, light-hearted salute to The Phoenix Lights, the largest reported mass UFO sighting in history.
The Travelers
Medium: aluminum, steel, powdercoat
Dimensions: 28’ x 200’ x 2’
Year Completed: 2023
Location: Valley Metro Rail, Phoenix AZ
Description:
The Travelers offer a whimsical, light-hearted salute to The Phoenix Lights, the largest reported mass UFO sighting in history. Artwork includes 6 water-jet cut steel panels and 16 aluminum and steel sculptural figures mounted on top of station structures.
Budget: $250,000
Public Artist Art Roster
As public artists, we enjoy working with communities to make their environments more engaging and beautiful, and to instill a sense of wonder and playfulness into daily life. We understand the importance of listening closely to stakeholders and working cooperatively to discover each location's distinct character and needs. We strive to make work that warms and humanizes public spaces, rewarding continued exploration from each new angle and with each repeated encounter. Gentle humor and a sense of play are often important elements in our artwork.
Since 2009, We have been awarded 30+ public commissions across the U.S., including sculpture, reliefs, and mural work, with budgets up to $250k. We’ve worked in a wide range of media: metalwork, glass, mosaic, concrete, terrazzo, painted murals, and sculptural work with a variety of recycled materials. Our work often addresses multiple surfaces and spaces within a site, using a variety of media to create holistic multi-element installations.
