Todd McGrain

Todd McGrain is a visual artist and documentary filmmaker in the United States. In 2021 it was revealed that he was the artist who installed, anonymously, the bust of York, on Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon. In 2018, he directed the documentary film, Elephant Path Njaia Njoku. The film was screened at festivals across the country and shown on PBS. His Lost Bird Project includes sculptures of extinct species lost as a result of human activity. He installed the bronze memorials at the site of each birds' last sighting. For the past 5 years the sculptures have been exhibited at museums and nature centers.


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Five of the sculptures are at the Smithsonian.[1] The sculptures include human sized bronzes of the Passenger Pigeon, the Carolina parakeet, the Heath Hen, the Great Auk, and the Labrador Duck.[2] McGrain [3]

[4]Elephant Path: Njaia Njoku

bust of York in Portland, Oregon.[5]

See also

References
  1. Gambino, Megan. "Bronze Sculptures of Five Extinct Birds Land in Smithsonian Gardens". Smithsonian Magazine.
  2. "Lost Bird art installation memorializes extinct species". August 25, 2021.
  3. https://www.democratandchronicle.com/amp/18660655
  4. Valys, Phillip. "Artist's 'Lost Bird Project' reanimates extinct species". sun-sentinel.com.
  5. Mesh, Aaron (August 31, 2021). "Sculptor of Mount Tabor's York Bust Reveals His Identity". Willamette Week.

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