Artwork copyright Mel Katz. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2022.

Artwork copyright Mel Katz. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2022.

Artwork copyright Mel Katz. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2022.

Artwork copyright Mel Katz. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2022.

Untitled #2, 1993

Mel Katz
American (born 1932)

Location: Walla Walla Community College, Walla Walla

About the Artwork

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Walla Walla Community College.

About the Artist

Portland, Oregon-based sculptor Mel Katz creates abstract sculptures comprised of geometric and organic shapes. His forms are combined to create visual ambiguities that play with dimension and scale. One of the founders of the Portland Center for Visual Arts and professor at Portland State University for over thirty years, Katz is a influential figure in the Pacific Northwest arts community.