About Andrea Zittel

  • Biography

    In 1999, Andrea Zittel, born in Escondido, California, created a large sculpture of oversize boulders for the entrance to Central Park in New York City. It is sculpture that mimics the park's rocky outcroppings, a sort of a frame for the real thing.

    She has participated in the Whitney biennials and has had her Utopian installations at the Paine Webber gallery among many others.

    Known for her quirky reinventions of domestic environments, she has created installations including 10 stacking rooms, a playful comment on how people compartmentalize their lives. In 2002, she, who grew up in Southern California, joined a growing number of East and West coast artists living in Joshua Tree, California.

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