Barbara Grygutis

Drinkwater Underpass

Scottsdale Public Art is working with Tucson-based artist Barbara Grygutis to design a signature light-featured public art installation that would serve as a unique gateway to Scottsdale Civic Center via the Drinkwater underpass. The artist has developed a concept design that would incorporate a lighted, cast-aluminum installation that would span the length of both the east and west sides of the more than 300-foot-long underpass. This project is running in conjunction with the Civic Center improvements that are happening above the underpass. You can find out more about the Civic Center project on the City of Scottsdale’s website.

Grygutis, principal of Barbara Grygutis Sculpture LLC, is an award-winning U.S.-based sculptor and public artist whose work is in permanent public art collections throughout the United States and beyond. Barbara Grygutis Sculpture LLC has been a pioneer in developing interior-lit sculpture since the early 1980s. Light—natural daylight and artificial light—is integral to much of Grygutis’s work. With her formal training in fine art and an ongoing love of historic preservation, public art combines her passions. The artist’s interest in nature is evident and provides the genesis of her working vocabulary. Natural forms are significantly altered through concept development, scale, and industrial materials.