Artist Collaborations
Fine Art for Hospitality
Where fine art meets custom manufacturing. Renaissance brings the work of acclaimed artists into hospitality spaces — fabricated at scale, finished to spec, and installed with care.
Steve Bickley
Professor Emeritus, Virginia Tech
Featured Artist
The Artist
Steve Bickley is a Professor Emeritus at Virginia Tech with over 40 years as a practicing artist and educator. Steve's artistic approach is deeply rooted in biophilic design, drawing inspiration from the natural world to create pieces that foster a connection between people and their environment. His work explores forms abstracted from the natural world — cloud formations, botanicals, birds — rendered in stainless steel, aluminum, corten steel, and bronze at scales from intimate tabletop pieces to monumental 10-by-40-foot installations. Steve has collaborated on major public sculpture projects with Beverly Pepper, Cy Twombly, and Santiago Calatrava, with works installed at Stanford University, Park Avenue in New York, and collections worldwide.
The Renaissance Partnership
Through his partnership with Renaissance, Steve's designs become accessible to the hospitality world. Renaissance handles the full production pipeline — engineering Steve's artistic vision into fabrication-ready drawings, manufacturing in metal at our 75,000 sq ft facility, applying custom finishes, and coordinating delivery and installation. This means designers and hotel brands can specify original fine art for their projects with the same confidence and production support they expect from our lighting and furniture lines. Whether it's a signature lobby sculpture, a series of wall reliefs for guest corridors, or archival prints for suites, Renaissance bridges the gap between gallery art and commercial-grade installation.
Available Through Renaissance
Collections
Four distinct bodies of work — each available for hospitality specification through Renaissance manufacturing and installation.
Sculpture
View GalleryFreestanding metal sculptures in stainless steel, corten, and bronze. From Steve's signature Cloud series to abstract figurative works — pieces that anchor lobbies, courtyards, and public gathering spaces.
Notable Works
Skycloud (11×20 ft, Stainless Steel), Blue Cloud (7×4 ft), Altos (Corten Steel)
Reliefs
View GalleryWall-mounted metal reliefs in painted aluminum and stainless steel. Botanical and avian forms — Royal Palm, Peacock, Orchid — ranging from 36-inch accent pieces to 6-foot statement walls.
Notable Works
Royal Palm (72×72", Painted Aluminum), Peacock (72×72"), Silver Phlox (36×36", Stainless Steel)
Prints
View GalleryArchival prints and silkscreens that bring Steve's sculptural sensibility to two-dimensional form. Ideal for guest rooms, corridors, and intimate dining spaces where original art sets the tone.
Notable Works
Regent Bird (48×48"), Magnolia (30×30"), Orange Sparrow (30×30")
White Thorn Studio
View GallerySteve's fabrication resources, where he has facilitated works for some of the most recognized names in contemporary sculpture — Beverly Pepper, Santiago Calatrava. This same craft and rigor applies to every hospitality commission.
Notable Works
Todi Columns (Beverly Pepper, Stanford), Constellation (Calatrava, Chicago)
Imagine the Possibilities
Art in Context
Steve's work reimagined at architectural scale in hospitality environments. These concept renderings show how gallery art translates into lobby installations, feature walls, restaurant centerpieces, and resort landscapes.
Concept renderings for visualization purposes. Every commission is custom — materials, scale, finish, and placement are tailored to your project.
For Designers & Specifiers
How We Bring Art to Your Project
The question designers ask most: how does a gallery piece become a hotel installation? Here's the full picture.
Select or Commission
Start from Steve's existing body of work — sculptures, reliefs, or prints — or commission something entirely new. Many hospitality projects begin with an existing piece that inspires a custom adaptation: a different scale, material, or colorway designed specifically for your space.
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Design Adaptation & Engineering
This is where Renaissance adds critical value. A 36-inch gallery relief doesn't simply scale up to 12 feet — the structural engineering changes, the mounting system changes, the material gauge changes. Our team translates the artistic intent into fabrication-ready CAD drawings with structural analysis, mounting details, material specifications, and finish samples — all while preserving the integrity of Steve's design.
Material & Finish Selection
Steve works in stainless steel, aluminum, corten, bronze, and painted HDF. For hospitality, we help you choose the right material for the environment — corrosion-resistant stainless for coastal resorts, powder-coated aluminum for high-traffic lobbies, weathering corten for exterior courtyards. Finish samples are provided and approved before production begins.
- 200+ powder coat colors and custom color matching
- Polished, brushed, and patina metal finishes
- Indoor vs. outdoor material considerations
- Integrated LED backlighting options for reliefs
Fabrication & Quality Control
Laser cutting, CNC forming, welding, grinding, and assembly — the same precision manufacturing we bring to our lighting and furniture lines, applied to fine art. Steve reviews and approves at key milestones. For complex pieces, a first-article prototype is produced before full production. Every piece is inspected and documented before it leaves our 75,000 sq ft facility.
Crating & Delivery
Art requires more care than standard FF&E. We provide custom crating and white-glove shipping to ensure every piece arrives in perfect condition. Detailed mounting specifications and structural documentation are included with each shipment so your GC or installer has everything they need. If questions come up on-site, our team is available to advise on mounting, electrical for integrated lighting, and positioning.
Bring Original Art to Your Next Project
From curated collections to fully custom commissions — Renaissance makes it possible to specify world-class fine art with the same production confidence as our lighting and furniture.
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