Antonio Tobias Mendez


Antonio Tobias Mendez is an American sculptor.

Works

Mendez has produced over twenty public monuments: his sculptures include Thurgood Marshall, Don Shula, Mohandas Gandhi, Major Taylor, and part of the United States Navy Memorial. In 2011, Mendez was nominated as one of the three finalists to complete the Bill Russell statue in the city of Boston at the City Hall Plaza. He also created bronze sculptures of the six Baltimore Orioles greats whose uniform numbers were retired by the ballclub, which are located in the picnic area behind the bullpens beyond left-center field at Camden Yards.

Personal life

Toby Mendez is the son of former CIA operative Tony Mendez and half-brother of Jesse Mendez, son of Tony and Jonna Mendez.