Barbara Neijna Explained

Barbara Neijna Martinez
Birth Place:	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Barbara Neijna Martinez (born 1937) is an American artist known for her sculpture and public art works.

Neijna holds a BFA degree from Syracuse University, New York.^[1] Her work is included in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.^[2] She has lived in South Florida since 1962 and her work is included in the collection of Pérez Art Museum Miami.^[3]

Public art

• America, America, Tampa Riverwalk, 1977. Originally installed at the Hillsborough County Public Library.^[4]
• Red Sea Road City of Miami Beach. Destroyed by hurricane.^[5]
• Right Turn on White, Strom Thurmond Federal Building and United States Courthouse, 1979^{[6] [7] [8]}
• Elements for Passage at Dawn, Department of Education building, Tallahassee, Florida. 1986.^[9]
• Total Environment, Philadelphia, 1986^[10]
• Foreverglades, Miami International Airport, South terminal expansion, 2007.^[11]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dunlap . Anne . Artist comes full circle with DeLand exhibition . orlandosentinel.com.
2. Web site: Barbara Neijna Smithsonian American Art Museum . americanart.si.edu.
3. Web site: BEACON . SPECIAL TO THE . Artist Barbara Neijna still reaching for infinity . The West Volusia Beacon . en.
4. Web site: Berrojo . Angelica . America, America by Barbara Neijna . Tampa Historical . en.
5. Web site: COMMISSION MEMORANDUM . docmgmt.miamibeachfl.gov.
6. Book: Smith . Richard . Text and Image: Art and the Performance of Memory . 28 July 2017 . Routledge . 978-1-351-48654-5 . en.
7. Web site: Right Turn on White . One Columbia.
8. Book: Thalacker . Donald W. . The Place of Art in the World of Architecture . 1980 . Chelsea House Publishers . 978-0-8352-1113-0 . en.
9. Web site: Elements for Passage at Dawn . Tallahassee Arts Guide.
10. Web site: Total Environment . Association for Public Art.
11. Web site: CultureNOW - Foreverglades: Barbara Neijna, Miami-Dade County Art in Public Places and Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs . www.culturenow.org.