from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and is internationally recognized as a media artist exploring the intersection of robotic sculpture, installation, and performance.
[1] In 2004, MacMurtrie operated a material shift from working with metal to creating his sculptures out of high tensile fabric.
[4] MacMurtrie is a Guggenheim Fellow and has previously been awarded five grants from the National Endowment for the Arts.
[7][8][9][10] The artist's most notable public sculpture is Urge to Stand and permanently installed at Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco, California.
ARW's Artistic Director Chico MacMurtrie, describes his vision, "The work is an ongoing endeavor to uncover the primacy of movement and sound.