Painted Pompano

Painted Pompano

In 2015, the City of Pompano Beach completed its first large Public Art installation, Painted Pompano. The pompano fish is the City’s namesake and a symbol of the identity of Pompano residents. The original project consisted of twelve five-foot tall pompano statues that were placed in various locations throughout the City. Each of the Painted Pompano sculptures has been individualized by local artists in a variety of styles and finishes.

Due to the original project’s success, the City completed a second round of Painted Pompano fish focusing on an art history theme entitled School of Art in 2018. The project consisted of twelve additional five-foot tall fish sculptures, each sculpture has been individualized by artists in varieties of styles and finishes focusing on themes of periods of art history.

As the project continues to grow over the years, many more Painted Pompano sculptures have been created with various themes. Due to South Florida climate, some of the sculpture have also been decommissioned.

The design of the sculpture was created and copyrighted through the City. Each sculpture is constructed out of foam with three coats of polyurethane by using the molds which are on display and consist of the fish mold itself and its base. Once the molds are fabricated, the selected artist, whom was selected through a Call to Artists that was circulated, creates their approved design onto the sculpture. Then the Public Art Committee approves the artwork and it is installed!

Location Name Artist
George Brummer Park Decotropolis Ivette Cabrera
Bridge near Herb Skolnick Community Center (SW 36th Ave & Palm Aire) PEZ Nouzeau Alejandra Abad
Beach (N. Pompano Beach Blvd.) Go Fish Mary Fragapane
North Pompano Park Celtic Fish Gregory Dirr
Dog Park Geo-ikhthus Chann Shephard
Community Park/Aquatic Center Endless Apogee Amir Shakir
Civic Plaza Something Fishy Missy Pierce
1600-1698 NW 3rd Terr. Cubist Fish Magnus Sebastian
Fire Station 11 (109 N. Ocean Blvd.) Klimt Fish Carlos Inocente Gonzalez
Pompano Citi Centre Homage to Joan Miro Beth Dubow
Hillsboro Inlet Park Anatomy of Pompano Timothy McClellan
Commission Chambers Poseidon Marcos Conde
McNair Park Reaching for the Stars Darcy Roberts
Weaver Park Coral Dance Adriana Marquez
Kester Park Pompano Pop Ageta Ren
Herb Skolnic Civic Center Splash of Splendor William Braemer
The Great Lawn Yellow Polka Dots Brenda Gordon
220 E. Atlantic Blvd. Mermaid Carol Bowman
Beach Library Rusty Guppy Magnus Sebastian
Annie Adderly Gillis Park Pompano Romp Missy Pierce
Beach Library Silver Streak Gene Shurakov
Entrance to Cypress Bend off Powerline Rd. Lucky Leo Sitka Dogan
Installed: October 2015 & April 2017

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Sculptures Schools of Art