Koko Bayer is a Denver-based artist who has been creating art in public spaces since 1983. Beginning in 2015, Bayer has installed thousands of temporary outdoor works through her “Temporary Structures” project reinterpreting the work of her grandfather, Herbert Bayer. Her studio practice explores folded paper sculptures using techniques pioneered in the Bauhaus preliminary course. These sculptures function as both standalone, three-dimensional works and integral components of Bayer’s large-scale public art. She is developing the educational series “head+hand+heart: Exploring the Genius of Herbert Bayer” and co-curated “Sculpting the Environment: The Three-Dimensional Art of Herbert Bayer,” currently on view at the Aspen Institute’s Resnick Center for Herbert Bayer Studies. Bayer is a leadership team member of Babe Walls, a mural festival mentoring women and nonbinary artists.