Resume

• Large Art in Small Places: Discovering the California Mural Towns – Kevin Bruce, 2009
• Masters of Deception: Escher, Dalí & the Artists of Optical Illusion – Al Seckel, 2007
• The Murals of John Pugh: Beyond Trompe l’Oeil – Kevin Bruce, 2006

• Urban Mirage (Documentary) – Kevin Bruce, Ten Speed Press
• John Pugh Murals / Trompe l’oeil

• Taranaki Daily News Online, Plaza mural unveiling to open festival, October 2011
• ArtWeek Review
• Time Magazine, Can You Trompe This?
• Tahoe Quarterly, Truckee muralist paints to trick the eye, May 2013
• Modesto Bee, More to Mural than Meets the Eye, September 2003
• Chico Statements, Big as Life: John Pugh, master of illusion on a grand scale, Fall 2002
• Willow Glen Resident, Willow Glen resident paints pretty perfect pictures that mirror reality, November 2001
• Focus UK, Optical Delusions: The ingenious works of art that confuse our eyes and brains, September 1999
• LA Times, Fooling the Eye: Trompe L’oeil murals expand on a room and its occupants’ conceptions of reality, November 1998
• Rocky Mountain News, A Living Illusion, May 1995
• Metro, Santa Clara, Illusions of Grandeur, February 1992

• Distinguished Alumnus – California State University, Chico
• Master Muralist – Precita Eyes Mural Art Center – San Francisco, CA
• Most Successful Mural Artist – California Mural Symposium

Partial Listing

• MCAAD – Milken Foundation, Washington D.C.
• Gravity 2 Development, Columbus, OH

• Bijou Theater Mural, City of Hermosa Beach, CA

• Denver Zoo/City Park, Denver Arts Commission, CO
• Aquarium on the Boardwalk, Branson, MI

• Montclair Mural Project, City of Oakland, CA
• Central Life Building, Ottawa Mural Program, IL

• Theater in the Round, Minneapolis, MN
• City Walk Mural Project, Government of UAE, Dubai, UAE

• State Library, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, WI

• Quetzalcoatl Mural Project, Government of Mexico – Mexico City, Mexico

• Jean Cocteau Theater, George RR Martin – Santa Fe, NM
• LidoTown Art Project – Shanghai, China
• Promega Corporation – Madison, WI

• City of La Crosse, National Endowment for the Arts & Arts Commission – La Crosse, WI
• Lennox Mural with Elastic TV Production – Santa Monica, CA
• Sacramento Water Tank Project – Sacramento Arts Commission, CA

• GE Wonderground Mural Project – Los Angeles, Boston, San Francisco, Chicago, New York
• State Library, Wisconsin Historical Society – Madison, WI
• Wonderworks Science Museum – Syracuse, NY  

• City of Hermosa Beach – Los Angeles, CA
• Speightstown Mural Project – Speightstown, Barbados

• Taranaki Gardens Mural Project – New Plymoth, New Zealand
• Universal Studios – Japan
• Beach Boardwalk – Santa Cruz, CA
• Assumption Church – Truckee, CA
• Sacramento Water Tank Project, Sacramento Arts Commission, CA

• Westside Recreation Centre, Calgary Arts Commission – Calgary, Canada
• United Oil – Pacific Palisades, CA
• Alameda Funeral Home – Saratoga, CA
• Pepsi Cola International – New York, NY
• Skyline College, Art in Public Places – Burlingame, CA

• Santa Cruz Redevelopment Agency – Santa Cruz, CA
• Aquatic Center, City of Fremont Arts Commission – Fremont, CA
• Del Oro Theater, Redevelopment Agency, Grass Valley, CA

• Mana Nalu Plaza, Honolulu Arts Commission – Honolulu, HI
• Madera Police Station – Madera, CA
• Juvenile Hall Visitors Lobby, Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission, CA

• Dimond High School, Anchorage Arts Commission – Anchorage, AK
• Star Reacher, Private, Carmel, CA

• Downtown Breezeway, Chandler Arts Commission – Phoenix, AZ
• Wonder Works Science Museum, Gatlinburg, TN
• Palo Alto Medical Foundation (Two Projects)– Palo Alto, CA

• Rotorua Public Library, Arts Commission – Rotorua, New Zealand
• Sarasota Health Department, Florida Art in State Buildings – Sarasota, FL

• Bishop Mural Society (two projects) – Bishop, CA
• Crossroads Mural Project, Dublin Arts Commission – Dublin, CA

• Mainplace Merced, Redevelopment Agency – Merced, CA
• Berryessa Community Center, San Jose Arts Commission – San Jose, CA

• El Camino Hospital – Mountain View, CA
• Opa Locka Health Services, Florida Art in State Buildings – Miami, FL
• Hayward City Hall,Hayward Arts Commission – Hayward, CA

• Debra Winger – (private) New York, NY
• Global Mural Conference Project – Twentynine Palms, CA

• University of North Florida, Florida Art in State Buildings  – Jacksonville, FL
• Levi Strauss – Dayton, NV & Jacksonville, OR

• University of Alaska, 1% For Art Commission – Fairbanks, AK
• Kaiser Permanente Hospital – Santa Clara, CA
• Victor Valley College Library, Arts Commission – Victorville, CA

• Standin’ on a Corner in Winslow, Arizona Park – Winslow, AZ
• Downtown Breezeway, South San Francisco Arts Commission, CA
• Barbi Benton – (private) Honolulu, HI

• ICTV, California Design International  – San Francisco, CA
• Silicon Graphics, Inc. – Mountain View, CA