Antonio Tobias Mendez
{{short description|American sculptor (born 1963)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1963}}
| birth_place = Denver, Colorado
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| occupation = Sculptor
| nationality = American
| parents = Tony Mendez
Karen Mendez
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Antonio Tobias Mendez (born 1963) is an American sculptor.{{cite web
|url=http://www.annmariegarden.org/ArtAndNature/Collection/Permanent/index.htm
|title=A Tribute to the Oyster Tonger, A Chesapeake Waterman
|publisher=Annmarie Garden
|year=1994
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827010933/http://www.annmariegarden.org/ArtAndNature/Collection/Permanent/index.htm
|archivedate=August 27, 2010
}}
Works
Mendez has produced over twenty public monuments: his sculptures include Thurgood Marshall,{{cite web
| url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/takomabibelot/2480641906/
| title= Antonio Tobias Mendez's 2006 Bronze Bust of Thurgood Marshall at the Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (Baltimore, MD)
| publisher= Flickr
| date= May 7, 2008
| url= http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdstatehouse/html/memorials_main.html
| title= The Maryland State House
| publisher= The State of Maryland
}} Don Shula, Mohandas Gandhi, Major Taylor,{{cite web
| url= http://www.adventurecorps.com/chronicles/2008/2008majortaylor/index.html
| title= Major Taylor Statue Dedication Ceremonies in Worcester, MA
| publisher= AdventureCorps
| date= May 21, 2008
}} and part of the United States Navy Memorial.{{cite web
| url= http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=4826
| title= The United States Navy Memorial
| publisher= Historical Marker Database
| date= January 19, 2008
}} In 2011, Mendez was nominated as one of the three finalists to complete the Bill Russell statue in the city of Boston at the City Hall Plaza.{{cite news |url=http://www.espn.com/boston/nba/news/story?id=6757823 |title=Site set for Boston's Bill Russell statue |last=Forseberg |first=Chris |publisher=ESPN |date=July 11, 2011 |accessdate=January 23, 2017}} He also created bronze sculptures of the six Baltimore Orioles greats whose uniform numbers were retired by the ballclub, which are located in the picnic area behind the bullpens beyond left-center field at Camden Yards.[http://citypaper.com/news/heavy-metal-man-1.1352570 Jensen, Brennen. "Heavy Metal Man," Baltimore City Paper, July 31, 2012.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826215054/http://citypaper.com/news/heavy-metal-man-1.1352570 |date=August 26, 2012 }}
Personal life
Toby Mendez is the son of author and former CIA operative Tony Mendez and half-brother of Jesse Mendez, son of Tony and Jonna Mendez (herself former CIA Chief of Disguise).[https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/let-a-former-cia-agent-tell-you-how-to-win-the-holiday-shopping-battle/2013/12/11/f6aa3840-4895-11e3-a196-3544a03c2351_story.html The Washington Post: CIA's former 'chief of diguise' has a new holiday job: 'Kids' Gift Detective' for Target]
References
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External links
- {{official|http://www.tobymendezstudios.com/}}
- [http://www.ipernity.com/tag/elvertbarnes/keyword/826611 ipernity: Tag Antonio Tobias Mendez, Sculptor]
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Category:20th-century American sculptors
Category:Hispanic and Latino American artists
Category:21st-century American sculptors
Category:Sculptors from Colorado
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