Profile
BACKBill Mensching is an international expert in the design, production and installation of murals that grace large public spaces, houses of worship, building façades, and distinctive interiors. Trained as a mural painter and set designer, he understands how to translate artistic concepts to the scale and proportions of their architectural settings. Since 1987, Bill has led EverGreene’s talented staff of designers and fine artists in the creation of layouts, color schemes, maquettes, and samples, including many murals involving complex configurations to accommodate compound dome curvatures and other architectural requirements.
Bill is an accomplished landscape painter who works primarily en plein air. His paintings have been exhibited at the Heckscher Museum, the Nassau County Museum of Art, The Delaware Art Museum, Old Westbury Gardens, the Firehouse Gallery, Katrina Rich Perlow Gallery NYC, the Salmagundi Club, the Sky Art Gallery NYC, Long Island Art Museum, and the Grenning Gallery in Sag Harbor, NY. Bill showed his latest collection of oil paintings titled “New York Harbor Scenes” at The Waterfront Museum in Red Hook, NY in the fall of 2017.
Bill earned a B.F.A. from the School of Visual Arts in New York City, and studied at the Skowehegan School of Painting & Sculpture in Maine.
Awards
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Cathedral Of The Holy Cross2019Finalist - Public SpaceSociety of British & International Design
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Cathedral Of The Holy Cross2019Winner - Restoration & RenovationArchitecture Masterprize
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Cathedral Of The Holy Cross2019Religious Architecture - RenovationAIA, Interfaith Design / Faith & Form
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Cathedral Of The Holy Cross2019Gold in Interior Design: Religious, Symbolic and Spiritual Buildings / MonumentsInternational Design Awards (IDA)
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Cathedral Of The Holy Cross2020Winner- Community & CultureIIDA New England
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Cathedral Of The Holy Cross2020Honorable Mention, Best of Design Awards - Institutional ReligiousThe Architect's Newspaper
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Cathedral Of The Holy Cross2021Bulfinch Award Winner, EcclesiasticInstitute of Classical Architecture & Art, New England Chapter
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Cathedral Of The Holy Cross2020Honor Award- Historic PreservationSARA NY - Professional Design Awards
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Cathedral Of The Holy Cross2022Honor Award - Historic PreservationARCHITECT Magazine
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Cathedral Of The Holy Cross2022International Architecture Awards - Winner Restoration & RenovationThe Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design
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Cathedral Of The Holy Cross2021American Architecture Awards - Winner - Restoration & RenovationThe Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design
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Cathedral Of The Holy Cross2022Finalist – Architecture+ PreservationArchitizer A+ Awards
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St. Vincent de Paul2022Grand Jury Award WinnerPreservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia
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St. Augustine Cathedral Renovation2021Religious Architecture: Restoration AwardPartners for Sacred Places
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Dickies Arena2021John Russell Pope Awards - Commercial & Institutional DesignInstitute of Classical Architecture & Art Washington Mid Atlantic Chapter
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Tampa Theatre2020Honor AwardAmerican Institute of Architects (AIA) Cleveland
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Cathedral of the Holy Cross2020Preservation Achievement Award & Fan FavoriteBoston Preservation Allliance
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Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus2020New Design & Construction (less than 30,000 square feet)Traditional Building Conference
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Dickies Arena2020New Design & ConstructionTraditional Building Conference
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Butler Chapel2019Interior Liturgical DesignFaith and Form Magazine, International Awards for Religious Art & Architecture
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St. Mary Catholic Church2019The Award of ExcellenceAmerican Institute of Architects (AIA) Colorado
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Tampa Theatre Renovation2019AIA Florida/Caribbean Merit Award of Excellence for Historic Preservation & RestorationAIA Florida
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Missouri Botanical Garden2019JLT Build America AwardAssociated General Contractors of America
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Severance Hall2001National Preservation Honor AwardNational Trust for Historic Preservation
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940 Madison Avenue2019AIA Institute Honor Awards for Interior ArchitectureAmerican Institute of Architecture (AIA)
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Ohio Theatre, George Gund Foundation Lobby2017State Historic Preservation Office Awards - Ohio History ConnectionState Historic Preservation Office
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Old Executive Office Building, Secretary of the Navy's Office1987Excellence in Preservation of Historic ArchitectureAIA Washington, DC Chapter
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Radio City Music Hall1999Best of 1999 – Award of Merit: Restoration ProjectF.W. Dodge New York Construction News
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New York Public Library, Rose Reading Room19991999 Restoration Project of the YearF.W. Dodge New York Construction News
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Brooklyn Tabernacle2003Lucy G. Moses Preservation AwardNew York Landmarks Conservancy
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Brooklyn Tabernacle2004Religious Architecture Award for Plaster Restoration, Decorative Painting & MuralsFaith & Form
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Empire State Building Lobby Restoration2010Best RestorationThe Municipal Art Society of New York
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Empire State Building Lobby Restoration2010Excellence in Historic PreservationPreservation League of New York State
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Empire State Building Lobby Restoration2010Lucy G. Moses Preservation AwardNew York Landmarks Conservancy
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American Museum of Natural History - Roosevelt Hall Murals2010Lucy G. Moses Preservation AwardNew York Landmarks Conservancy
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The Church of St. Francis Xavier2010Interior Restoration Preservation AwardThe Victorian Society of New York
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Wellesley College, Diana Chapman Walsh Alumnae Hall2011Paul E. Tsongas AwardPreservation Massachusetts
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New York Public Library, Rose Reading Room2017Lucy G. Moses Preservation AwardNew York Landmarks Conservancy
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Private Club - Dining Room Ceiling2018Lucy G. Moses Preservation AwardNew York Landmarks Conservancy
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Old Executive Office Building, Washington, DC2012Excellence in Historic Preservation Chairman’s AwardAdvisory Council on Historic Preservation
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