About the Artist
Blessing Hancock is known for creating sculptures that reflect the vibrant communities they inhabit.
With a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Master’s in Landscape Architecture, Blessing opened her studio in 2008 and has since created more than 60 site-specific, large-scale sculptures around the world.
With community engagement at the heart of her work, Blessing has received numerous awards and has been featured in various publications including Bloomberg, Hospitality Design and The New York Times.
About the Artist
Blessing Hancock is known for creating sculptures that reflect the vibrant communities they inhabit.
With a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Master’s in Landscape Architecture, Blessing opened her studio in 2008 and has since created more than 60 site-specific, large-scale sculptures around the world.
With community engagement at the heart of her work, Blessing has received numerous awards and has been featured in various publications including Bloomberg, Hospitality Design and The New York Times.
HER WORK
Blessing’s signature art pieces can be found around the world, from Tucson, Ariz., to Chengdu, China.
HER PROCESS
For nearly two decades, Blessing has collaborated with city and developmental agencies, corporate art consultants, and private collectors to build large-scale illuminated sculptures that fit their vision, budget, and timeline.
Blessing’s approach to her art consists of two facets – a commitment to the local community for every piece and a unique business model that brings together the right partners for each work.
Accolades
Blessing’s work has been featured in regional and national publications such as Bloomberg, Hoodline, See Great Art, Sculpture, Hospitality Design, and The New York Times.
“Public art can create memorable images which will visually communicate your Community’s persona to the outside world, enhance civic pride, and influence the area’s economic development efforts. It can relate to the past, explore the future, honor an ideal and express your values to others. Public art should lift the spirit and transform the mundane and purely functional world into an arena in which the heart and soul can survive. This piece did that for me! Well done.”
Steven Boody, Art Consultant, Public Art & Practice, Boody Fine Arts, Inc
Spindle, Greenville, NC, by Blessing Hancock
“Public art can create memorable images which will visually communicate your Community’s persona to the outside world, enhance civic pride, and influence the area’s economic development efforts. It can relate to the past, explore the future, honor an ideal and express your values to others. Public art should lift the spirit and transform the mundane and purely functional world into an arena in which the heart and soul can survive. This piece did that for me! Well done.”
Steven Boody, Art Consultant, Public Art & Practice, Boody Fine Arts, Inc
Spindle, Greenville, NC, by Blessing Hancock
“Public art can create memorable images which will visually communicate your Community’s persona to the outside world, enhance civic pride, and influence the area’s economic development efforts. It can relate to the past, explore the future, honor an ideal and express your values to others. Public art should lift the spirit and transform the mundane and purely functional world into an arena in which the heart and soul can survive. This piece did that for me! Well done.”
Steven Boody, Art Consultant, Public Art & Practice, Boody Fine Arts, Inc
Spindle, Greenville, NC, by Blessing Hancock
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Blessing Hancock’s sculptures are reflections of the vibrant communities they inhabit.
She blends organic forms with technology, math, and science, seamlessly integrating them into their surroundings. Each illuminated piece is rooted in community input and inspired by the sites where they live – whether serving as a public fixture of a city’s bustling downtown, a warm welcome into a hospital or college campus, or the grand centerpiece for a corporate headquarters.
CHRONOLOGY
2024
Mandala
Clark County Residential Treatment Facility, Vancouver, WA, USA.
Responder
Hidden Valley Fire Station, Charlotte, NC, USA.
2023
Loqui
The Fairgrounds Nashville, Nashville, TN, USA.
Phoenix Metro 1st/Lincoln Station
Phoenix, AZ, USA.
2022
Dodecahedron Chandeliers
SH225 Underpass, Pasadena, TX, USA.
Unum
Historic Courthouse Square, Santa Rosa, CA, USA.
Alluvii
Marine Dr & Capilano Rd, N. Vancouver, BC.
Great Joy
Goodyear Civic Square, Goodyear, AZ, USA.
2021
Inclusiva
Robert Crown Ice Center, Evanston, IL, USA.
Pineapple and Coconut
Gables Station, Coral Gables, FL, USA.
Insignia
Beaverton Public Safety Center, Beaverton, OR, USA.
2020
Equitas, Salem Police Department, Salem, OR, USA.
Bask, Merriam Community Center, Merriam, KS, USA.
Narrativa, Lomaland Recreation Center, El Paso, TX, USA.
2019
At One, Dillard Green Space, Ft Lauderdale, FL, USA.
DNA, EmeryStation, Emeryville, CA, USA.
Spindle, Perry Ave and Pendleton St, Greenville, SC, USA.
2018
Camaraderie, San Jose Veterans Hospital, San Jose, CA, USA.
Colorwash, Pantano Wash Pedestrian Bridge, Tucson, AZ, USA.
2017
Sequence + Perfect Game, Ballpark of the Palm Beaches, W Palm Beach, FL, USA.
Nicollet Illumination, Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Current, Connective Corridor Artwork, Syracuse, NY, USA.
2016
Shute Seeds, Shute Park Library, Hillsboro, OR, USA.
Accolades, District VII Police Station, Washington Park MD, USA.
Infinity, Orange and Main Roundabout, Sarasota, FL, USA.
Biota, RTD East Rail Line Peoria Station, Aurora, CO, USA.
Small Talk About the Weather, Parking Garage, Okla City, OK, USA.
2015
Affinities, North Hennepin Community College, Brooklyn Park, MN, USA.
Encompass, Morgan Hill Community Center, Morgan Hill, CA, USA.
On Display, South Broadway Blvd, Denver, CO, USA.
Philosopher’s Stone, Sino-Ocean, Chengdu, China.
Mirror of Thoughts, Rockville Town Square, Rockville MD, USA.
Bosque, Encino Library, San Antonio, TX, USA.
2014
Bloom, Alexian Brothers Hospital, Hoffman Estates Illinois, USA.
Texas Rising, Student Housing, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA.
Chinook Arc, Barb Scott Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Brilliance, Palo Alto Main Library and Arts Center, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
2013
Heart Beacon, Emergency Coordination Center, Portland, OR, USA.
Cocoon, Houghton Road Bike Path, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Wandering Stars, Granada Streetcar Stop, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Ballroom Luminoso, Theo/Malone Underpass, San Antonio, TX, USA.
Fish Bellies, Student Housing, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, USA.
2012
Cyclorama, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA.
2011
Utah Bit and Mine, Bingham Junction Light Rail Station Midvale, UT, USA.
2009
Bike Church, Barrio Anita Neighborhood, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
