
Logic at Random
Business Administration II
Logic at Random
Obie Simonis
Steel and granite
1992
Simonis states that “The spiral or helix has been a symbol of spiritual transformation throughout history and across cultural lines. It is the modern representation of biological transformation…the elegant simplicity of the pure spiral has inspired me throughout my career.”
Monolith #1
Business Administration I
Monolith #1
John Balistreri
Ceramic
1997
Balistreri is best known for his large-scale ceramic sculpture as well as his innovations using digital technology to create ceramic objects using ceramic 3D printing techniques. He states that “My early work was a continuation of my involvement with the ancient process of wood firing. Since 1994, I began to concentrate on using this process in an attempt to make objects that resonate with age, both geologic and human.”
Gyratory II
Burnett House
Two Conical Segments: Gyratory II
George Rickey
Stainless steel
1979
Rickey is known for his kinetic works and was inspired by Alexander Calder’s mobiles. During WWII he learned about effects of wind while in the Army Air Corps maintaining computing instruments for gun-control turrets in B-29 bombers. In his sculptures like Gyratory II, the motion is achieved through the slightest variation in air currents and gravity using counterweights and ball bearings.
Alamar
UCF Bookstore
Alamar
Bruce White
Corten steel
1975-76
White’s work has been described as “an elegant union of ancient symbolism and contemporary science.” He does not usually begin with a specific idea in mind, but rather, relies on manipulation of paper or thin sheet of metal to generate a “surprise” solution which can only be fully realized in three dimensionally.
Tree Talk
Classroom I
Tree Talk
Melanie Walker and George Peters
Aluminum and PVC
2001
Walker and Peters “believe that public artwork should reflect a character of place, make a positive influence on the people that use and inhabit these areas, create an integrated platform for art in our public spaces and make our living, playing and working spaces a mix of color, culture and heart.”
We See the Same Stars
Classroom II
We See the Same Stars
Malcolm Robertson
Solaglass
2013
This work is integrated with the design of the Classroom II building rotunda. Solaglass is stainless steel that has been polished to a mirror surface. Malcolm Robertson creates commissioned work from his studios in Scotland and Sarasota, Florida.
Sun Target #1
Colbourn Hall
Sun Target #1
Welded aluminum
1974
Sculptor John Henry is based in Chattanooga, TN. His works are described as “welded steel drawings” or “drawing in space”. Some of his sculptures, which are often monumental in size, have the appearance of floating despite the weight.
Enlightenment
Courtyard
Enlightenment
Don Reynolds
Mixed media fountain
2005
This sculpture has a water feature and can be rotated at the base. By pointing the hand in any direction, the art suggest different paths of enlightenment. In the words of the artist, “the willingness of the student reach out and take the hand of a mentor and allow the self to follow is basic to learning.”
Bishop and Queen
Education Complex
Bishop and Queen
Nita Sunderland
Limestone
1990
Sunderland earned a bachelor’s degree from Bradley University and taught sculpture there for over 30 years. This work is from her “chessman” series of sculptures and reflects her ongoing interest in parallels between medieval and contemporary society.
Recumbent Knight
Education Complex
Recumbent Knight
Nita Sunderland
Bronze
1990
Sunderland earned a bachelor’s degree from Bradley University and taught sculpture there for over 30 years. This work is from her “chessman” series of sculptures and reflects her ongoing interest in parallels between medieval and contemporary society.
Lipstick Enigma
Harris Corporation Engineering Center
Lipstick Enigma
Janet Zweig
Computer driven sentence generator
2010
Lipstick Enigma is a language-generating machine that combines the jargon and syntax of fashion with the vocabulary of engineering to create new sentences that are displayed in lipstick-shaped pixels. The motors are powered by custom circuit boards that receive information from a computer that holds the Java program that drives the pixels and generates the sentences. A motion detector triggers the computer to write a new sentence and then display it.
Tree of Life
Health Sciences II
Tree of Life
Gretchen Lothrop
Stainless steel and bronze
2003
Lothrop states that “My process is additive, using predominately, but not exclusively, stainless steel. My imagery is often based on music or its corollary – dance, and the paradox of time. I think of my work as haiku – the crystallization of an instant of insight which might otherwise be swept away.”
Space Waves II
Health Sciences I
Space Waves II
Linda Howard
Aluminum
1992
Howard is known for her large-scale outdoor sculptures, typically created with aluminum. Her process involves taking polished, wheel-ground, or white-painted square aluminum bars that are cut, assembled, and welded into elaborate geometric forms.
Flame of Hope
John C. Hitt Library
Flame of Hope
Leonardo Nierman
Bronze
1987
Leonardo Nierman was born in Mexico City in 1932. He started his career painting murals and his early work was influenced by Vasily Kandinsky, Paul Klee and Juan Miro. The Flame of Hope evokes movement and harmony through the use of the spiral form.
Florida Dream for UCF
Millican Hall
Florida Dream for UCF
Steve Lotz
Acrylic on canvas
1982
Lotz served as the first Chair of the UCF Art Department and is Professor Emeritus. He is known for his large-scale paintings such as this example and for his public art commissions. Lotz’s dreamlike images often depict imaginary and tropical environments.
Axiom
Physical Science
Axiom
Kristin Jones/Andrew Ginzel
Stainless steel and mirror
2011
Axiom consists of 118 stainless steel tetrahedrons symbolizing the periodic table of elements. The art is designed to include future additions of tetrahedron elements to the work, as advancements in science are made. Kristin Jones and Andrew Ginzel have worked collaboratively since 1985 on public and private commissions.
Cyclorama
Performing Arts Center-Theatre
Cyclorama
Joe O’Connell/Blessing Hancock
Powder coated and stainless steel
2012
Cyclorama is a series of interactive, illuminated sculptures that serve as a contemporary stage set for shadow theatre. The public is invited to walk, sit and relax amongst the forms whose surfaces tell archetypal origin stories. At night colored lights prokect strong silhouettes onto the surrounding trees and visitors, creating the effect of being surrounded by a panoramic theater production.
Power of Passage
Performing Arts Center-Theatre
Power of Passage
Johann Eyfells
Aluminum
1994
Eyfells was born in Iceland and moved to Florida in 1969, where he was a professor of art at UCF for over 30 years. He produces abstract sculptures based on his experiments in chemistry and physics, using metals such as aluminum, iron and copper. The volcanic landscape of Iceland is a strong influence in his work.
Hermes Gate
Recreation and Wellness
Hermes Gate
Dale Enochs
Indiana limestone, steel, and gold leaf
2011
Hermes Gate, Dale Enochs, Hermes Gate, Indiana limestone, steel and gold leaf, 2011, Enochs’ preferred material is limestone. Enochs enjoys “the challenges of creating large scale work and I love doing site-specific work…Scale is one of the many formal elements of art that I draw from. It is a tool used in building a composition of thoughts, ideas and emotions.”
Trio
Student Union
Trio
Tim Prentice
Aluminum & Stainless Lexan
1996
This work is suspended from a single wire and consists of three major parts that are carefully balanced and rotate with precision. Prentice’s sculpture is inspired by the tradition of kinetic works by Alexander Calder and George Rickey.
Rounding Off the Edges
Visual Arts Building
Rounding Off the Edges
Richard Termes
Acrylic paint on acrylic sphere
1992
Termes uses a six point perspective system that he devised to create unique paintings on large spheres called Termespheres. His imagery is influenced by M.C. Escher and Buckminster Fuller.

Florida Song
Visual Arts Building
Florida Song
Craig Rubadoux
Oil on canvas
1992
Rubadoux primarily works on paper and canvas. His paintings are intensely personal glimpses into particular emotions, and he frequently speaks of his work as a journal. Greatly affected by his environment and a love of nature, Rubadoux.
The Drawing Lesson
Visual Arts Building
The Drawing Lesson
Cheryl Bogdanowitsch
Painted wood
1992
These figurative sculptures are inspired by the artist’s life-long interest in the natural world and sculptors Mia Westerlund Roosen and James Surls. As Bogdanowitsch states, “My central Florida environment of trees and lakes provides me with both the inspiration and the materials for my work. My work has evolved from my personal life, my environment, and my metaphysical studies.”