Jacques Terzian

Jacques Terzian was born as Hagop Terzian on August 31, 1921, in Fresno, California. and the University of California, Berkeley on the GI Bill. == Early career ==

Terzia and Margaret Banner married in 1949, and together they had five children. The family had lived in Palo Alto, and Terzian commuted by train to San Francisco. He co-founded the design firm of Chambers and Terzian, on Battery Street; the front of the building was retail, and in the back was where he made his furniture. Their marriage ended in divorce in the 1970s. == Hunters Point art colony ==

In the early 1970s, he was forced out of his business space in a shared warehouse, due to the development of Levi's Plaza. Terzian rented one of the decommissioned Hunters Point Naval Shipyard buildings in 1976 to use as his art studio. He recruited other artist, and by 1983, an artist community had formed. Terzian founded Patterns Ltd., where he designed and built sculptural art from industrial and found materials, as well as custom furniture. In 2016, The Point still is considered large, with some 250 artists. == Death and legacy ==

Terzian died at age 94 on August 6, 2016, in his home in Walnut Creek, California. He was survived by his two sons and three daughters, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. == References ==