Mosaika Art & Design is a mosaic

Mosaic

Mosaic is the art of creating images with an assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials. It may be a technique of decorative art, an aspect of interior decoration, or of cultural and spiritual significance as in a cathedral...

 company specializing in public art fabrication, based in Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. Creative Director Saskia Siebrand and Business Director Kori Smyth founded the company in 1998. They have become “one of the world’s leading manufacturers of large-scale commissioned art”. Their mosaic materials include custom-glazed ceramic tile, imported marble, glass tiles, and byzantine glass smalti. They are one of four companies world-wide that is a mosaic fabricator for New York City’s “Art for Transit” Program.

Awards

- Public Art Network: Year in Review 2011. Category: “Tradition (& Craft) Renewed and Experienced”, fabricator. Artwork: “Building the Iron Horse” by Owen Smith, Laguna Honda Hospital, San Francisco, CA. (2011)

- Public Art Network: Year in Review 2011. Category: “Tradition (& Craft) Renewed and Experienced”, fabricator. Artwork: “Urban Oasis” by artist Sonia Romero. Commissioned by the LACMTA, Los Angeles, CA (2011)

- Award of Excellence from the Architectural Commission of Claremont, California. Category: Public Art. Artwork: “Grove” by artist Lynn Basa. Commissioned by the City of Claremont (2008)

Public Art Commissions (United States)

- World Food Prize

World Food Prize

The World Food Prize is an international award recognizing the achievements of individuals who have advanced human development by improving the quality, quantity or availability of food in the world.-The Prize:...

 Headquarters (Des Moines, Iowa). Artist: Kinuko Y. Craft (2011)

- LACMTA Expo Line – Jefferson/USC (Los Angeles Metro station)

Jefferson/USC (Los Angeles Metro station)

Jefferson/USC Station is a future at-grade light rail station in the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system. It will be located on Flower Street at Jefferson Boulevard, in the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. When it opens, this station will be served by the Expo Line. This station is...

 (Los Angeles, CA). Artist: Samuel Rodriguez (2011)

- LACMTA Expo Line – Vermont/Expo (Los Angeles Metro station)

Vermont/Expo (Los Angeles Metro station)

Vermont/Expo Station is a future at-grade light rail station in the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system. It will be located on Exposition Boulevard at Vermont Avenue, in the West Adams District of Los Angeles. When it opens, this station will be served by the Expo Line. This station is currently...

 (Los Angeles, CA). Artist: Jessica Polzin McCoy (2011)

- LACMTA Expo Line – Western/Expo (Los Angeles Metro station)

Western/Expo (Los Angeles Metro station)

Western/Expo Station is a future at-grade light rail station in the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system. It will be located at the intersection of Western Avenue and Exposition Boulevard, in the West Adams District of Los Angeles. When it opens, this station will be served by the Expo Line. This...

 (Los Angeles, CA). Artist: Ronald J. Llanos. (2011)

- LACMTA Expo Line – La Cienega/Jefferson (Los Angeles Metro station)

La Cienega/Jefferson (Los Angeles Metro station)

La Cienega/Jefferson Station is a future elevated light rail station in the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system. It will be located at the intersection of La Cienega Boulevard and Jefferson Boulevard in Los Angeles. When it opens, this station will be served by the Expo Line. This station is...

 (Los Angeles, CA). Artist: Daniel Gonzalez (2011)

- Kinzie West Building (Chicago, IL). Artist: Lynn Basa (2011)

- Gateway to the Health Sciences Secondary School (Queens, NY). Artist: Sarah Morris

Sarah Morris

Sarah Morris , is a British-born American artist.-Education and exhibitions:Morris double majored in Semiotics and Political Philosophy at Brown University, graduating magna cum laude...

 (2010)

- The Woodlands (The Woodlands, TX). Artist: Dixie Friend Gay

Dixie Friend Gay

Dixie Friend Gay is a U.S. visual artist who works in a variety of media and is noted for work that explores the power of nature.She was born as Dixie Friend in Oklahoma and raised on a cattle ranch. She taught art for three years at a rural school before moving to the East Coast. In 1989 she...

. (2010)

- A & M University (Galveston, TX). Artist: Dixie Friend Gay. (2010)

- LACMTA – Westlake McArthur Park Station (Los Angeles, CA). Artist: Sonia Romero. (2009)

- Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center

Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center

Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center is a city-owned acute care hospital providing long term care and rehabilitation services to seniors and adults with disabilities in San Francisco, CA.- Service population :...

 (San Francisco, CA). Artist: Owen Smith (2009)

- LACMTA – Civic Centre Station (Los Angeles, CA). Artist: Faith Ringgold

Faith Ringgold

Faith Ringgold is an African American artist, best known for her painted story quilts. She is professor emeritus in the University of California, San Diego visual art department.-Life and artwork:...

 (2009)

- The Villages at Santa Fe Springs (Santa Fe Springs, CA). Artist: Lynn Goodpasture. (2009)

- New York MTA - Valley Stream Station (New York, NY). Artist: Malin Abrahamsson (2008)

- City of Glendale Downtown Parking Structure (Glendale, AZ). Artist: Lynn Basa. (2008)

- Chevron Headquarters – (Covington, LA). Artist: Dixie Friend Gay. (2008)

- Early Childhood Center, District 24 (Queens, NY). Artist: Alex Sax (2008)

- New York MTA – Myrtle-Wyckoff Subway Station (New York, NY). Artist: Cadence Giersbach. (2007)

- Sun Valley Health Center (Sun Valley, CA). Artist: Terry Braunstein. (2007)

- Claremont Redevelopment (Claremont Village, CA). Artist: Lynn Basa. (2007)

- The Sienna Building (Montclair, NJ). Artist: Cadence Giersbach. (2006)

- Village of Key Biscayne (Key Biscayne, FL). Artist: Sarah Morris. (2006)

- Societe de transport de Montreal – Metro Station Place des arts (Montreal, QC). Artist: Saskia Siebrand. (2005)

- New York MTA - 191st Street Station (New York, NY). Artist: Raul Cohen. (2003)

Public Art Commissions (Canada)

- Trump International Hotel and Tower (Toronto)

Trump International Hotel and Tower (Toronto)

Trump International Hotel & Tower, Toronto is a mixed-use skyscraper currently under construction in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is being built by Talon International Development Inc., which is owned by Val Levitan and Canadian businessman Alex Shnaider....

 Ontario. Artist: Stephen Andrews (Artist)

Stephen Andrews (artist)

Stephen Andrews is a Canadian artist based in Toronto. Born in 1956 in Sarnia, Ontario, Andrews is known for making artworks that mediate between analogue technique and mass media imagery.- Art practice :...

(2011)

- Centre d’accueil Marcelle-Ferron (Brossard, QC). Artist: Shelley Miller (2011)

- Centre des Carrieres Western Quebec (Aylmer, QC). Artist: Pierre Blanchette. (2009)

- Cathedrale Notre-Dame de l’Assomption (Moncton, NB). Artist: Claude Roussel. (2006)

- Gelber Conference Centre, CJA (Montreal, QC). Artist: Devora Neumark. (1999)