FALON MIHALIC, ARTIST BIO
Falon Mihalic is a sculptor and landscape architect who began making art with watercolor paintings in 2007. Their projects investigate our perception of landscapes and ecology through site specific works in light art, ceramics, and large scale public art installations. Falon is a licensed landscape architect (TX, FL, IL) with a Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design and a B.A. in Natural Sciences from New College of Florida. Their work has been supported by the Kaboom Foundation, the Houston Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, the Houston Arts Alliance, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Center for Spatial Studies at Rice University. Falon has presented widely, including a recent international talk at the Center for Metropolitan Planning in Prague. They currently have multiple permanent public art commissions underway across the US.
Falon is the founder of Falon Land Studio, a landscape architecture and public art firm.
CONDENSED RESUME, UPDATED 2024
EDUCATION
2012 Master of Landscape Architecture, Rhode Island School of Design
2006 Bachelor of Arts, Natural Sciences. New College of Florida
SELECT EXHIBITIONS
2025 forthcoming solo show: Verdant Laboratory. Architecture Center. Houston, TX
2024 Lawndale Lending Library Group Show. Lawndale Center. Houston, TX
2023 Olio. Ceramics Group Show. Front Gallery. Houston, TX
Flux. Clay Houston. Gallery 100 at Sawyer Yards. Houston, TX
Small Works. Group Show. Strata Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Contemporary Sculpture. Group Show. City of Miami, Planning Department Gallery. Miami, Florida
Skies. Group Show. La Mecha Contemporary Gallery. El Paso, Texas
Fauna Y/O Flora. Group Show. Carlotta Petrina Cultural Center. Brownsville, Texas
Border Run. Texas Art Exchange. Group Show. Brownsville Museum of Fine Art. Brownsville, Texas
2022 PUSH, curated by Matt Manalo. The Alta Arts. Houston, Texas
2021 The Bayou Beacon, at Spring Biennial. Sawyer Yards. Houston, Texas
2019 Natural Abstraction. Group Show. Understory’s Public Atrium. Houston, Texas
The Deeper the Blue Becomes. Solo Show. Dillon Kyle, Houston, Texas
2018 Grounding. Solo Show. M Architects Gallery, Houston, Texas
2017 Selected Artist, Two Person Show, Joybird Flagship Store, Houston, Texas
2016 Monsoon Season, Group Show, Sojourn Studios. Houston, Texas
2015 Future Clouds Group Show, Muir Fine Art Gallery. Houston, Texas
What ought to be: Envisioning the Impossible Group Show, Box13 Gallery. Houston, Texas
2014 Expand Hybrid Drawing Group Show. BEB Gallery. Providence, Rhode Island
2012 Dig Deep, RISD Graduate Show, Rhode Island Convention Center. Providence, Rhode Island
SELECT HONORS & AWARDS
2023 Best Sculpture Award. Flux Clay Houston. Houston, TX
2020-2021 Individual Artist Grant, Houston Arts Alliance, Houston, Texas
2019 Selected Artist in Residence. Mauser Foundation, Costa Rica
2018 Play Everywhere Project Grantee, Kaboom Foundation, Washington DC
Let Creativity Happen! Grantee, Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, Houston, Texas
2016 Winning Competition Entry, Bastrop Culture Walk, Art in Public Places, Bastrop, Texas
Selected Artist in Residence, Sojourn Studio, Houston, Texas
2015 Emerging Artist Grant, Houston Arts Alliance. Houston, Texas
2012 Dan Tuttle Endowed Scholarship for Design Excellence. Rhode Island School of Design
2012 RISD School of Architecture Travel and Research Award
2011 RISD Graduate Studies Grant for New Work
SELECT PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
2024 Collaborating Artist. Meow Wolf Houston. Houston, Texas
2022 Seagrass. Permanent Public Art Commission. City of Miami Art in Public Places. Miami, Florida
2021 Windbloom. Permanent Public Art Commission. Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs. Alief Community Center. Alief, Texas
2020 Meander. Permanent Public Art Commission. Historic Market Square Park. Downtown Houston, Texas
2019 Topo. Corporate Commission. Outdoor Voices. Houston, Texas
Rain. Corporate Commission. Capital Tower. Skanska Development Corporation. Houston, Texas
Inuksuit Environmental Art Installation. Humanities Research Center. Rice University. Houston, Texas
2018 Climate Pulse Weather Responsive Light Art. Emancipation Park. Houston, Texas
Playshapes Interactive Public Art for Kids. East End Esplanade. Houston, Texas
Esquina de Musica Interactive Musical Sculpture. Castillo Community Center. Houston, Texas
2016 Periscope Percent for Art Permanent Commission, Pratt & Central Avenue. Baltimore, Maryland
2015 Color Clouds Public Art, Harrisburg Blvd. Presented by the East End Foundation. Houston, Texas
2011 Compost Grove Environmental Art Installation, Tillinghast Farm. Barrington, Rhode Island
SELECT PRESS
“Falon Mihalic’s Sculpture Maps the Atmospheric forces that bind us”. by Zach Mortice. Landscape Architecture Magazine Online. September 29, 2022
“An Environmental Revelation” by Ross Wienert. Cite Digital, Rice Design Alliance. July 12, 2021
“Making the Meander: Falon Land Studio’s Prototype Practice”. Haniya Rae. Landscape Architecture Magazine. February 2021
“Market Square Park glows with newest Public Art Installation” by Sam Byrd. Houston Press. January 6, 2021
“New Public Art in Houston’s outdoors brings cheer to a somber Year” by Molly Glentzer. Houston Chronicle. December 15, 2020
“Immersive new bayou-themed artwork takes Houstonians down meandering trail downtown. CultureMap. December 10, 2020
“Interactive and Immersive Art” Project Feature in CODA Worx Magazine. April 18, 2019
“A Map to the Music of the Place” by Zach Mortice, Landscape Architecture Magazine Online March 14, 2019
“You must experience the environmental wonder of Inuksuit” by Hannah Che, Houstonia Magazine February 13, 2019
“Gulfton Greens: Gulfton Park Master Plan” by Tim Schuler, Landscape Architecture Magazine September 2018
“The 5 must-haves Millennials look for when buying a home” Garden Design feature. Culture Map September 26, 2018
“the PINK sink by Falon Land Studio” World Landscape Architecture Magazine. June 2016
“Top Ten Arts Events- Artist Talk by Falon Mihalic”. Houston Chronicle. July 17 2015.
TEACHING & INVITED LECTURES
Lecturer, Rice School of Architecture at Rice University. Autumn 2022-present
Art as a Tool for Data Expression: Bayou Beacon. Prague City Data Congress, Center for Architecture and Metropolitan Planning. Prague, Czech Republic. October 26, 2021
Supporting Environmental Resilience and Health Equity through Green Playgrounds. Upswell Summit. October 20, 2021
Cultures of Place Invited Lecture, University of South Florida. Department of Architecture & Community Design. July 7. 2021
Alumni Speaker, Landscape Architecture Awards Ceremony, Rhode Island School of Design. June 4. 2021
Facilitator, Light Art Installations for Emerging Designers. Interactive Workshop. April 9, 2021
Opening Speaker, Oregon ASLA Design Conference “Nourish”. August 12. 2020, Portland, OR
Inside Falon Land Studio. Invited Speaker. DLR Group Design Days. July 15. 2020, Dallas, TX
The Business of Innovation: Three Case studies in unconventional practice. Invited Talk with Nina Chase and Sara Zewde. National Conference on Landscape Architecture. San Diego, CA November 15, 2019
Deep Work | Play | Time. Invited Talk. Texas Society of Architects Annual Conference. Galveston, TX October 24, 2019
Feeling the Weather. Next Practices in Landscape Architecture. Land8 Lightning Talks. June 26, 2019
Music of the Place, Inuksuit Roundtable. Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. February 15, 2019
Climate Pulse. CODA Summit: New Technologies in Art and Design. September 20, 2018 Santa Fe, New Mexico
Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, Prairie View A&M University. August 2016-May 2017
Sublime Landscape Experience. Invited Artist Lecture, Department of Art and Art History, University of Missouri. Kansas City, Missouri. April 21, 2016
Florida Edible Landscape Design. Course Presenter. Annual Conference, Florida Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Key Largo, Florida. July 2014