ART/SCULPTURE
Since 2005, Freyja Bardell and Brian Howe have worked together as Greenmeme, creating public artworks that connect communities, celebrate shared spaces, and bring a touch of nature into urban environments. What started as a shared love for thoughtful, hands-on design has grown into a practice rooted in collaboration, curiosity, and a commitment to making art that resonates with people and place. Together, they combine their skills to design and build artworks that are deeply connected to the environments and communities they serve.
PERMANENT COMMISSIONS:
2024 “Community Canyon”
Wilmington Waterfront Park, Port of Los Angeles Wilmington, CA
2022 “Secluded Cars In The Distant Outer Zagged Circle”
Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department” Charlotte, NC
2019 “Beverly Boulevard Gathering Place”
West Hollywood , CA Currently In Development
2018 “Faces Of Elysian”
Riverside Roundabout, Los Angeles, CA
2017 “Rise and Shine Garden”, AC Bilbrew Library, Willowbrook, Los Angeles, CA
2016 “Concrete Wallpaper”, I-405 Sepulveda Pass Widening Project, Los Angeles Metro, Kiewit.
2015 “Lupe The Mammoth”, San Jose office of Cultural Affairs / Parks and Recreation Trails Dept,
2014 “The Blue Tree Project”, 5’ glass Art Panels set into a Bus Station, sbX Bus Rapid transit, CSUSB.
2011 “Hyperion: Son of Uranus”, Hyperion Wastewater Treatment plant. Commissioned by the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles and LA BOE.
2011 “Wired Wilderness”, San Jose Office of Cultural Affairs In Partnership with UC Berkeley.
FILM
IATSE LOCAL 800 Production Designer/Art Director. Always willing to lend a hand as an occasional Set Designer, Prop Fabricator and Grunt for projects I find interesting. Able to work locally in both Los Angeles and Atlanta.
COMMERCIAL / MUSIC VIDEO
2024 “Not Like Us” Kendrick Lamar
2024 “Die With a Smile” Bruno Mars X Lady Gaga
2024 “Eternally Reborn” Bulgari Brand Film
2023 “Renergie” Lancôme
2022 “Differentiator” Asana Brand Film
2021 “Manic Tour” Halsey
2021 “Not My Responsibility” Billy Eilish
2021 “Team Up For Excellence” Usher X Remy Martin
2019 “Spirit” Beyonce
2019 “Pixel 4” Google
BIO:
For as long as I can remember, I have had a passion to create things and make my own environment. In my youth, it was making treehouses and forts where I would go do my drawing/sketching/painting.
Around 15, I also discovered a passion for music, played bass in a few bands and expanded on my passion for making things. Since that time, I have been on a lifelong pursuit of new and exciting collaborative opportunities, not just musically but visually, culturally and personally.
This pursuit led me to eventually study architecture at the Southern CA Institute of Architecture (Sci-Arc) from 2000-2005 in the BArch Program. While I thought I was going there to become an architect, the education revealed to me a myriad of other possibilities I never thought possible in Art, Film and Experiential Design. After SCI-Arc, I worked at a firm for a year, saw a project from start to completion and then decided to pursue my passions, setting up Greenmeme with my partner Freyja Bardell and working all manner of Art Department jobs in between to make things work. I eventually got into the ADG Local 800 as a Production Designer in 2022.
I enjoy being a part of projects that are quick bursts of creativity (like my work in film), as well as more engaged (like my public artworks, which can take years to complete).
Beyond my work as an Artist and Art Director, I am passionate about my work in Lone Pine,CA, where Greenmeme is in the process of setting up the Tuttle Creek Arts Club & Residency program. The first of its kind for the Owens Valley. Aside from permitting and restoration efforts needed for the Arts Club, I am also working with other artists, local politicians and community members to create a new Eastern Sierra Arts Festival, set to debut in 2026.
I am always learning new skills which keep me creatively on my toes. Recent obsessions have been analog synthesizers, learning Unreal Engine/UEFN as tools for developing my interests in Virtual Art Direction and Game Design.