The Elmendorf/Geurts public art studio is well versed in taking public art projects from concept to completion. With a combined experience of over 20 years in public art, the studio leadership has developed a team that is highly skilled and integrated, flexible and specialized. By keeping all of the processes in-house, E/G is able to pre-empt engineering issues as well as find efficiencies in fabrication and installation. With ~30 completed projects, the E/G team has worked as part of design teams on projects with budgets up to $30 million and side-by-side with established artists such as Larry Kirkland, Haddad|Drugan, Patrick Marold, Michael Clapper and Donald Lipski.
Ryan Elmendorf and Nick Geurts (E/G) are an artist/engineer team working in Denver, Colorado. The team consists of two creative people, both are engineers and are dedicated to creating multi-media art that is durable and easily maintained even in harsh environments. With over 20 years of experience, the team emphasizes collaboration and works with organizations commissioning public art, design teams and the local community to create artwork that inspires and endures. Their designs often have robust embedded electronic light and sound systems to engage the public in site-responsive and site-specific art. Play, nature, geometry and life are themes often seen in the designs of the E/G team, which are radically inclusive to all audiences.
Ryan Elmendorf
Elmendorf is an expert in electronics, programming, mechanical engineering and metalworking. He has used these skills and artistic vision to successfully implement complex designs in a multitude of interactive public art installations. He has conceived elegant electromechanical solutions to make public art concepts a reality and has collaborated with renowned Denver artist Clark Richert on several projects, most notably the Ultimate Painting.
Nick Geurts
As a practicing structural engineer in Denver, CO for over 15 years, Nick Geurts has always been infatuated with the use of structural materials to unite form and function. In 2014 he received an honorarium art grant from Burning Man Arts to build a 20ft tall stainless steel interactive musical tree, which was then donated to a local Denver foster care facility. This opportunity was the catalyst of his love for creating large-scale interactive public art with the goal of sharing a sense of child-like wonder with the community. Geurts’ extensive experience with metalworking combined with his knowledge as a structural engineer enable his whimsical designs and result in safe, durable and elegant large-scale interactive public art.
Evan Beloni
Holding a degree in Mechanical Engineering (Virginia Tech ’08), Evan Beloni draws upon his experience in Aerospace, machine design, machining & metal fabrication and electronics to create unique art, both as a hobby and professionally. After years of engineering for industry with art on the side, Evan has been part of the Elmendorf/Geurts engineering and fabrication teams since 2017. He is a self-proclaimed engineer/artist/innovator making a variety of metal art for over a decade.