We are interdisciplinary artists, designers and researchers with backgrounds in installation, landscape, planning, architecture and graphic design.

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By design, A Gang of Three is a multidisciplinary arts and arts planning practice that operates within an ever-evolving gradient of public art, architecture, landscape architecture, installation, urban planning, ecology and advocacy. We leverage our unique perspectives and strengths to tackle such critical issues as human rights, social justice, climate change, data, resiliency, migration, gun violence, and memory, among others.

At its core, our work is intended to promote positive change and bring disparate peoples together. Intentionally subtle, our work takes its time to settle in, causing viewers/participants to have to think critically to meaningfully engage with it so as not to illicit immediate reactions – allowing for a true sense of discovery and often framing unexpected and differing perspectives.

We intentionally use perspective, natural systems, materials, wayfinding, and graphic design as ethereal yet critical tools to set conditions for people to engage with our work in entirely new ways during each visit – and by doing so, progressively opening their eyes to new possibilities. We believe this nuanced approach helps to break down cultural and ideological barriers allowing for meaningful understanding to occur.

Equally nuanced is the makeup of our highly multidisciplinary practice as it’s intentionally like having 10 toes within 10 different disciplines, all however deeply rooted in meaningful storytelling and with a deep focus on doing social good within the built environment.

While named A Gang of Three, our practice is made up of only 2 partners. This is intentional as we purposefully leave the “3rd spot” open for various rotating collaborators and project partners (architects, landscape architects, other artists, scientists, etc) on each of our projects who constantly bring fresh perspectives, skills and passions to play.

Whether these are individuals, small offices or large-scale firms depends on the project challenges and the client’s aspirations. Often we try to leverage our experience in a mentorship capacity to help younger designers/artists/firms who don’t yet have large scale project experience to build a more robust portfolio that they can then leverage to grow their own respective practices moving forward.

Ultimately, we seek to do great work that makes a difference and believe that our highly engaged, multidisciplinary and integrated approach adds significant value to every project that we work on and each of the communities that we work within.