Location: United States
Phil Proctor is a professional sculptor practicing in Atlanta since 2003. He holds an MFA from East Carolina University and a BFA from the University of Southern Mississippi. His permanently installed public art works can be found across the southeastern United States and Eastern Europe including at least seven large scale outdoor works in the Metro Atlanta area. His outdoor sculpture exhibition record covers the southeast and includes a solo exhibition at Hartsfield Jackson International Airport.
Proctor has developed a professional reputation in the public art community by his involvement in the infrastructure of public art planning. Some examples are: his role as board member for the development of a public art master plan for the city of Suwanee, GA and his initiatives leading to the first annual temporary outdoor sculpture exhibition in the city of Decatur, GA.
Phil Proctor occupies an 11,000 square foot studio in south Atlanta where he works to generate his sculpture. His company, Nucleus Sculpture Studio LLC, also provides the service of fabricating, transporting and installing the sculptural works of other artists like Lonnie Holley and Thornton Dial.
2015
Aluminum, Steel, Polycarbonate, LED Lights, Stainless Steel
15’x13’x8’
Atlanta, GA
The work is an abstraction of a cumulonimbus thunder cloud. This work is totally autonomous and can operate anywhere there is sunlight. The power and beauty of a summer thunderstorm is an event we can all associate with summers in the south.
2015
Steel, plastic, LED lights
3’x16’x16’
Atlanta, GA
The Cloud is an interactive sculpture that incorporates LED light tubes inside a circular geometric form also known as a torus. The lighting element is activated by the viewer as they interrupt the infrared sensors with their hands or bodies via a control console. The torus itself is suspended overhead like a cloud. The lights, flash in synchronicity to the viewer interactions, reference lightning bolts within the cloud and serve as illumination for the area.
“Cumulon-1”
“Cumulon-2”
“Cumulon-3”
“Cumulon-4”
“The Cloud”
