Ivan Toth Depeña (Studio)

Depena Studio Bulletin

Charlotte Observer features the 277 Pedestrian Bridge Design
‘A visual landmark’: Work begins on Rail Trail Bridge

by Alison Kuznitz  

"Surface" Awarded 2018 "Year in Review" Award from Public Art Network and Americans for the Arts
National Recognition to the Best in Public Art Projects Annually

by Americans for the Arts 

“The Americans for the Arts Public Art Network (PAN) Year in Review annually recognizes outstanding public art projects that represent the most compelling work for the year from across the country.”

KRQE Evening News ABQ features 'Inside/Out'
Interactive Lights to Shine Bright - 2015

Interview by Cole Miller KRQE 

Ivan Toth Depeña featured in 'Bright 2' by Frame Publishers
Bright 2: Architectural Lighting and Art - 2015

Bright 2 is a vibrant selection of architectural illumination and light installation projects that are setting trends in the creative use of light from all over the world.

Domus Magazine publishes 'Color Field'
Color Field is the title of Ivan Toth Depeña’s new public art installation for West Rail Line’s Federal Center Station in Lakewood, Colorado- 2014

Made of steel, laminated and tempered colored glass and concrete that will be back lit by LEDs at night, each of Color Fields 18 “tree-like” structures was created using software that generates form algorithmically. For Depeña, this process insured that each sculpture and glass lens is unique…

Interior Design Magazine features 'Color Field'
Next Stop, Creativity: Ivan Toth Depeña Transforms a Railway Station - 2014

by Annie Block 

“There’s an architectural sensibility to Ivan Toth Depeña’s art.”

Architectural Record publishes 'Reflect'
Motions Captured - 2014

by Linda C. Lentz 

“Art imitates life in surprising ways. For Miami residents hurrying through the lobby of the city’s 1985 Stephen P. Clark Government Center lobby, Reflect, a permanent, interactive installation by artist Ivan Toth Depeña, does it by capturing their movements in real time, and transforming them into dynamic video paintings that illuminate the building’s columns with vivid moving pixels…”

Design Life Network publishes 'Inside/Out'
Mood Lighting - 2015

“Can a building feel and express?  The North Carolina and Florida-based multi-media artist Ivan Toth Depeña believes it can…”

Designboom publishes 'Reflect'
Ivan Toth Depena: Reflection Installation at Miami Government Center - 2011

by Jenny Filippetti 

Visitor movement creates a abstracted flow of colour and light in ‘reflection’, an interactive light installation…

Frame Magazine publishes "Color Field"
Whimsical Forest Sprouts in Denver - 2014

With some help from the sun, the immediate surroundings are transformed into an experiential kaleidoscope…

Creators Project publishes 'Color Field'
18 "Tree-Like" Colored Glass Sculptures Form Colorado's Newest Light Installation - 2014

By Emerson Rosenthal 

One Colorado train station has been treated to an entire spectrum of refracted light with a new permanent public art installation that uses colored glass, the sun’s rays, and LEDs at night to bathe the local landscape in constantly evolving colors.

Americans for the Arts Discusses Public Art as an Investment
Taking the Art World Approach: Evaluating Public Art as an Investment - 2012

by Brandi Reddick 

“It’s also important to take risks with public art, discover that “next big artist” and support the careers of local, emerging visual artists.”