Janet Echelman ( born Janet Echelman ; born February 19, 1966 ) is an American sculptor specializing in public art and installation art. The artist ’s works are located in open areas in different parts of Europe and North America ; she uses ultralight material and innovative technologies in the field of software design for her creations.
| Janet Echelman | |
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| English Janet echelman | |
 “She's Changing,” Janet Echelman at the Port , 2005 | |
| Date of Birth | February 19, 1966 (53 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Tampa , Florida , USA |
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| Genre | sculpture |
| Study | |
| Style | public art |
| Site | echelman.com |
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| The first sculpture in Porto (view + comments of passers-by) / YouTube |
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Biography
Born February 19, 1966 in Tampa , Florida , USA . In 1983 she began college, while studying in 1985 - 86 she took part in the program of the International School of America, conducted comparative studies in Bali , Japan , Australia , India , Hungary , Yugoslavia , Austria , England and France . In 1987, she graduated with honors in visual and environmental studies from Harvard University .
In 1987 she moved to Hong Kong to study Chinese calligraphy and landscape painting at the University of Hong Kong , which she graduated in 1988 .
In 1988 - 1993, Echelman lived and worked in Bali , Indonesia , where she collaborated with artisans, combining traditional textile techniques with modern painting .
After a fire in a bamboo house in Bali, she returned to the United States and began teaching at Harvard University .
On March 3, 2011, she spoke at the regular session of the TED conference with a message “ On Serious Attitude to Imagination ”, which was later translated into 33 languages of the world.
Currently, the artist lives in Brooklyn ( Massachusetts ) with her husband, David Feldman, and two children.
Career
After seven years as a resident artist, she returned to Asia , starting to lecture at Fulbright in India . Promising to arrange an exhibition of paintings, she sent her paintings and herself arrived in Mahabalipuram . Upon arrival in India, it turned out that the artist’s paintings did not arrive in the fishing town and the exhibition did not take place, Echelman, inspired by local materials and culture, began working with bronze casting in the village famous for her sculpture.
It seemed to the artist that nets could be a new approach to sculpture. Watching the fishermen folding their nets in the sand, she came up with the idea of creating three-dimensional shapes without heavy and hard materials, which were unreasonably expensive for the Fulbright budget.
The first self-portrait sculpture “ Full Hips ” was created in collaboration with fishermen from the coast of India. Janet began a deeper study of the craft , held meetings with lace manufacturers in Lithuania .
Returning to India, she resumed work with fishermen. Together, one and a half million hand-made knots were woven into a canvas, which she put on display in Madrid . Urban planner Sola-Morales , who was engaged in the reconstruction of the coastline in Porto , asked if the artist could do something like this as a permanent city installation . During the design of the porous movable sculpture by aviation engineer Peter Hepell , special software was developed that lifted a 20-meter ring above the ground. The first permanent street sculpture, She Changes, was installed in 2005 in Porto , Portugal . According to the magazine “ ”, her work “in a new, bold direction” is “one of the truly significant public works in recent years.”
Today, Janet is developing the construction of sculptures from environmentally friendly materials in various parts of the world. According to her, she sees folk art as a team sport , and also collaborates with a number of professionals, including mechanical engineers , architects , landscape designers , lighting specialists and aeronautical engineers. She created the studio of the same name, which specializes in the construction of complex structures in the style of public art .
Gallery
Every beating second
Water, Sky, Garden
Her secret is patience
She is changing
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Rewards
- 2011 : Fellowship in the Art of the Guggenheim Fellowship (John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation) category
- 2010 : Resident in Fine Arts - American Academy in Rome
- 2010 : Overview of the Year : “ Her Secret Is Patience ” - Public Art Network
- 2009 : Artist Scholarship in Sculpture - Massachusetts Cultural Council
- 2009 : Artist Scholarship Holder in Craft Artist - Massachusetts Cultural Council
- 2009 : Best Public Art : “ Her Secret Is Patience ” - Phoenix New Times
- 2009 : Art in Public : “ Her Secret Is Patience ” - Valley Forward Association
- 2006 - 09 : Henry Crown Scholarship - The Aspen Institute
- 2006 : International Achievement of Excellence in Architectural Structures Award: “ It Changes ” - International Association of Industrial Fabrics
- 2005 : Overview of the Year : “ It Changes ” - Public Art Network
- 2006 : New York Foundation Award for Architecture and Environmental Structures - Foundation
- 2001 : Grant of a Visual Artist - Japan Foundation (sculpture in Kyoto , Japan )
- 1996 - 97 : Fulbright Award - National Institute of Design
- 1987 - 88 : One-year scholarship - Rotary International
Links
- Janet Echelman at TED
- Video channel Janet Echelman on YouTube
- Echelman, Janet Giant billowing sculptures ( inaccessible link) (June 2011). - presentation at the TED conference. Date of treatment August 8, 2012. Archived August 3, 2012.
- Up in the air ( February 7, 2010). Date of treatment August 8, 2012.
- Robert C. Morgan. Janet Echelman's She Changes ( inaccessible link) (August 2005). Date of treatment August 8, 2012. Archived on February 5, 2012.
- Art Attack ( inaccessible link) (December 27, 2007). Date of treatment August 8, 2012. Archived on September 5, 2012.
- Patricia C. Phillips. Scaling Public Space: Janet Echelman ( inaccessible link) (September 2009). Date of treatment August 8, 2012. Archived September 11, 2012.
- Chloe Veltman. Airport Art Is Not an Oxymoron, at Least Not at SFO . The New York Times (March 31, 2011). Date of treatment August 8, 2012. Archived October 2, 2012.
- Ted Reed 6 Most Beautiful US Airport Terminals ( link unavailable) (September 4, 2011). Date of treatment August 8, 2012. Archived June 10, 2012.
- “Exploring the creative overlap”: Q&A with Janet Echelman (inaccessible link) (June 8, 2011). - interview. Date of treatment August 8, 2012. Archived on August 14, 2011.
- Regina Frank. Sculpting Urban Airspace: Janet Echelman ( link unavailable) (September 2011). Date of treatment August 8, 2012. Archived June 29, 2012.
- Valerie Nahmad Schimel. Inside Janet Echelman's Dilworth Plaza art commission (inaccessible link) (May 1, 2012). Date of treatment August 8, 2012. Archived May 10, 2012.
- Card (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment August 8, 2012. Archived November 11, 2011. on the Henry Crown Award site
- List of all publications and bibliographies in the media (English) (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment August 8, 2012. Archived July 13, 2010.