In developing Mobile Sign Systems, much time has been spent researching a wide array of public art. There is so much more work to be done in this area, but there is also a great deal of work that has been done already. The following list is included to encourage further research and discussion. Some of these artists work primarily in public space, others have produced only one or two public projects but they were interesting enough to warrant mention. There is a bias toward temporary works but some artists that produce permanent public art have also been included when their work raises important issues and problems.

This list is by no means complete.

Vito Acconci, Dennis Adams, Adbusters, John Ahearn & Rigoberto Torres, Ant Farm, Art Attack, The Art Guys, Michael Asher, David Avalos, Barbie Liberation Organization, Robert Barry, Bill Beirne, Joseph Beuys, Billboard Liberation Front, Marinus Boezem, Christian Boltanski, Stephanie Brooks, Chris Burden, Daniel Buren, Scott Burton, Mel Chin, Christo & Jeanne-Claude, Cicada Corps of Artists, Clegg & Guttman, James Collins, Papo Colo, Robbie Conal, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Guy Debord, Agnes Denes, Carmela Castrejon Diego, Peggy Diggs, Dispensing With Formalities, Marcos Ramirez Erre, Ron English, …yvind Fahlstršm, FastwŸrms, John Fekner, Fluxus, Katharina Fritsch, Gran Fury, Coco Fusco, Anya Gallaccio, Andy Goldsworthy, Guillermo G—mez-Pe–a, Felix Gonzales-Torres, Dan Graham, Dennis de Groot, Group Material, Guerilla Art Action Group (GAAG), Guerilla Girls, Hans Haacke, Haha, David Hammons, Keith Haring, Mags Harries, Edgar Heap of Birds, Robert Hienecken, Thomas Hirschhorn, Louis Hock, Hocus Focus, Abbie Hoffman & the Yippies, Nancy Holt, Jenny Holzer, Rebecca Horn, Douglas Huebler, Robert Huot, Robert Irwin, Alfredo Jaar, Kim Jones, Joyous Sounds of Cacophony, Allan Kaprow, Scott Kessler, Carla Kirkwood, Joseph Kosuth, Barbara Kruger, Suzanne Lacy, Les Levine, Maya Lin, Lucy Lippard, Chick Loehr, I–igo Manglano-Ovalle and Street Level Youth Media, Gordon Matta-Clark, Daniel J. Martinez, Ana Mendieta, Olaf Metzel, Antoni Miralda, Mary Miss, N55, N. E. Thing Co., Max Neuhaus, NEWA R.A.V., Maria Nordman, Claes Oldenburg, Dennis Oppenheim, Gabriel Orozco, Oscar Ortega, Tom Otterness, Paint the Town Red, Mark Pauline, PESTS, Dan Peterman, Robert Peters, Patricia C. Phillips, Adrian Piper, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Anne Pitrone, Jan van Raay, Simon Rodia, Tim Rollins & Kids of Survival, Aura Rosenberg, Ellen Rothenberg, Erika Rothenberg, Ben Rubin, Christy Rupp, Martha Rosler, Michael Schnorr, Richard Serra, Bonnie Sherk, Roman Signer, Charles Simonds, Elizabeth Sisco, The Situationists, Joey Skaggs, Deborah Small, Robert Smithson, Marjorie Strider, Rirkrit Tiravanjia, Christopher True, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Pierre Vivant, Wolf Vostell, WAC, Robert Watts, Lawrence Weiner, Rachel Whiteread, Krzysztof Wodiczko, David Wojnarowicz, Zadik Zadikian, Bob Zoel.

And the many unknown or forgotten artists that have created anonymous temporary public works that were not documented or publicized, but undoubtedly impacted those that experienced them.

And the countless uncredited commercial sign builders and painters that shape and color our urban landscape. This project is in part a homage to their work.