Scott Troxel creates dynamic, retro-futurist wooden sculptures that draw on the aesthetics of bygone technology and the forward-looking designs of the Atomic Age and mid-century modernism. His work evokes a dual sense of nostalgia for the past and anticipation for the future. Troxel’s most recent series, Small Pops, explores compact, minimalist-inspired sculptures that embody his mid-century sensibility. Built from solid 2” deep wood and finished with bold color palettes, natural wood grain, and occasional surface textures, the works are designed to be both playful and impactful. “I developed the Small Pops series as a reaction to the very large commissions I produce for public projects,” Troxel explains. “Those works often take weeks or months of fabrication. With Small Pops, I can experiment more quickly, creating several in a week. They’re small in scale but command space with their chunky forms, retro color palettes, and strong mid-century influence.” Troxel has exhibited widely across the United States and internationally, including The Other Art Fair New York, Texas Contemporary, SCOPE Miami, SOFA Chicago, LA Art Fair, Seattle Art Fair, Affordable Art Fair Austin, Aqua Miami, 4C Art Fair, DIAF (South Korea), and Art Wynwood. His works are held in corporate, hotel, and private collections across North America, Europe, Asia, and South America. Notable installations include The Hotel del Coronado (San Diego) and The Shard (London). His commissioned clients include Georgia Power, Live! Casino, The Palms Singapore, Capital One, Northrop Grumman, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and The Four Seasons Vail. Before becoming a full-time artist in his early forties, Troxel worked as an industrial designer, product developer, graphic artist, and brand manager. This background in commercial design continues to inform his artistic practice, echoing the path of artists like Andy Warhol, who also translated real-world visual language into fine art. Today, Troxel works from his studio and woodshop on the southern coast of New Jersey. Scott works primarily with wood because of its strength, depth, and organic nature. The inherent texture of wood, combined with paint and man-made materials, allows me to capture a sense of time in his work—often blending the feeling of different eras within a single piece. To him, this mirrors human life: we grow older, carry traces of the past, and exist in conversation with other generations. Scott's work is strongly inspired by mid-century modernism, where organic shapes and natural materials were fused with synthetic ones to suggest futurism—designs that felt forward-looking in their time, but are now viewed as vintage. He wants his sculptures to hold that duality: nostalgic and aged, yet suggestive of an imagined future. As Frank Stella once said, “What you see is what you see.” Ultimately, Scott leaves it to the viewer to bring their own experiences and context to his works, allowing the pieces to resonate in personal and unexpected ways