Lou Cella
Lou Cella | |
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| Alma mater | Illinois State University Fine Art Studio of Rotblatt-Amrany |
| Known for | Sculpture |
Lou Cella is an American sculptor based in Chicago. He studied at Illinois State University and the Fine Art Studio of Rotblatt-Amrany before beginning a 30-year career in sculpture, particularly bronze works of sportspeople in Seattle.[1]
Cella's works include four statues commissioned by the Seattle Mariners and displayed at T-Mobile Park. They depict Dave Niehaus (2011), Ken Griffey Jr. (2017), Edgar Martínez (2021), and Ichiro Suzuki (2026).[2] He was also commissioned to create a statue of Don James in 2017 for the Washington Huskies football program. His fifth major work in Seattle, a statue of former Seattle SuperSonics player and coach Lenny Wilkens, was unveiled in 2025 at Climate Pledge Arena, the site of the former Sonics home arena.[1] In 2018, Cella received the United States Sports Academy's Sport Artist of the Year Award for sculpture.[3]
References
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- ^ a b Allen, Percy (June 26, 2025). "Meet the man who made Lenny Wilkens' statue and others around Seattle". The Seattle Times. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
- ^ Jude, Adam (April 10, 2026). "Mariners unveil broken Ichiro statue outside of T-Mobile Park". The Seattle Times. Retrieved April 10, 2026.
- ^ Blake, Corey. "Sculptor Lou Cella Presented Academy's Sport Artist of the Year Award". United States Sports Academy. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
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