ELISE BREWSTER

Brewster Design Arts

e-mail: landsite@brewsterdesignarts.com

Elise Brewster at Brewster Design Arts is the only person to complete a dual masters degree in Landscape Architecture and Fine Arts from the University of California, Berkeley. As a sculptor, Brewster has built and exhibited numerous environmental and public art installations in America and Rome, Italy. Her drawings have been published in books, and numerous journals. As an associate with the San Francisco Estuary Institute, she researches and maps Historical Ecology for the eco-atlas. Brewster was awarded the 1997-1998 Garden Club of America Rome Prize in Landscape Architecture from the American Academy in Rome.
"I work with the conviction that the site has a story to tell through the people of the place: there are voices in the landscape worthy of witness."

EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts: University of California, Berkeley, 1991
Master of Landscape Architecture: University of California, Berkeley, 1991
Bachelor of Arts: Fine Arts and English: Amherst College, 1984

WORK IN PROGRESS
The Center for World Consciousness at Ground Zero, New York City
Monkey Bay Ecotourist Resort, with Arkin Tilt Architects, Malawi, Africa
YerbaBuena/Treasure Islan Master Plan, with CMG Landscape Architects, SF, CA
Ohlone College Master Plan, with CMG Landscape Architects, Newark, CA
Charrappani Landscape, Millbrook, New York
Innovative Product Design for Powerlight: Solar Power Company, Berkeley, CA
Bay Area Landscape Change Research with the San Francisco Estuary Institute , CA
Bayboards/Stillhere, an Art/Science collaborative with SFEI, CA

RECENT PUBLIC WORK and AWARDS
Creative Work Fund Grant for BayBoards an Art/Science collaboraton, 2002
Finalist for East Bay Shore Park Master Plan with CMG Landscape Architects, 2001
Historic Port of Oakland/transport: "A Room with a View", permanent exhibit, CA, 2001
Second Finalist for Berkeley Public Art Library Gates with DeStaebler, 2000
American Academy in Rome Fellowship in Landscape Architecture, Rome, Italy, 1997-1998
First Alternate, Gabriel Prize, Western European Architecture Foundation, 1997
Lead Artist, Riverwalk Utility Box Public Art Commission, Breckenridge, CO, 1996-1997
2nd and 3rd place, "International Urban Design Competition, Atlanta", GA, Team Big Dog, 1994

SELECTED ART INSTALLATIONS
VOICES of the RIVER: Napa Valley Miuseum Historical Landscape Change, 2003
AEROPHOTO: Stillhere: Townsend Center, University of California at Berkeley, 2002
PEWS: Mead Art Museum at Amherst College, Amherst, MA, 2001
STILLHERE/BACK TO THE BAY: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, 2001
RICORDI: Tiverton Four Corners Center for Arts and Education, Tiverton, RI, 1999
OPUS: American Academy in Rome, Italy, 1997-1998