Minimalist architectural and landscape artist Jackie Ferrara, born in Detroit, Michigan in 1929, has, since the 1970s, incorporated concrete and natural elements like rock, wood, water, trees and... Read full biography
Minimalist architectural and landscape artist Jackie Ferrara, born in Detroit, Michigan in 1929, has, since the 1970s, incorporated concrete and natural elements like rock, wood, water, trees and grass in the construction of courtyards, terraces, walkways and other structures emphasizing geometric... Read full biography
Minimalist architectural and landscape artist Jackie Ferrara, born in Detroit, Michigan in 1929, has, since the 1970s, incorporated concrete and natural elements like rock, wood, water, trees and grass in the construction of courtyards, terraces, walkways and other structures emphasizing geometric design. An early work in 1973 at the Storm King Art Center in Mountainville, New York was the eight foot high wood structure, "Stacked Pyramid." Other characteristic works include a limestone... Read full biography
Minimalist architectural and landscape artist Jackie Ferrara, born in Detroit, Michigan in 1929, has, since the 1970s, incorporated concrete and natural elements like rock, wood, water, trees and grass in the construction of courtyards, terraces, walkways and other structures emphasizing geometric design. An early work in 1973 at the Storm King Art Center in Mountainville, New York was the eight foot high wood structure, "Stacked Pyramid." Other characteristic works include a limestone courtyard at the General Mills headquarters, an acre of tile flooring for the Pittsburgh Airport, and a lobby for a Seattle convention center. Widely commissioned, exhibited, honored and awarded, Ferrara has shown at the Whitney Museum of American Art and... Read full biography
Minimalist architectural and landscape artist Jackie Ferrara, born in Detroit, Michigan in 1929, has, since the 1970s, incorporated concrete and natural elements like rock, wood, water, trees and grass in the construction of courtyards, terraces, walkways and other structures emphasizing geometric design. An early work in 1973 at the Storm King Art Center in Mountainville, New York was the eight foot high wood structure, "Stacked Pyramid." Other characteristic works include a limestone courtyard at the General Mills headquarters, an acre of tile flooring for the Pittsburgh Airport, and a lobby for a Seattle convention center. Widely commissioned, exhibited, honored and awarded, Ferrara has shown at the Whitney Museum of American Art and many other venues, including ten times at the Max Protech Gallery in New York City,. She received a Guggenheim fellowship in 1976, grants... Read full biography
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About Jackie Ferrara: Books
Books & Publications (35)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Landmarks: Sculpture Commissions for the Stuart Collection
2002
Beebe, Mary; Robert Storr
264 pages (color)
Masterworks of American Painting and Sculpture from Smith College Museum
1999
Editor, Smith College Museum
307 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997
Marquis Who's Who
1,515 pages
Art of the Postmodern Era From the Late 1960s to the Early 1990s
1996
Sandler, Irving
636 pages (color)
North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary
1995
Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller
612 pages
Art Today
1995
Lucie-Smith, Edward
512 pages (color)
Karo Dame/Konstruktive, Konkrete und Radikale Kunst von Frauen von 1914 bis heute
1995
Wismer, Beat
424 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
Jackie Ferrara Sculpture A Retrospective (Exhibition catalog)
1992
Bourdon, David (others)
108 pages (color)
Contemporary Art 1965-1990
1992
Kurtz, Bruce D
256 pages (color)
Contemporary Artists (3rd Edition)
1989
Naylor, Colin (editor)
1,059 pages
The American Collections Columbus Museum of Art
1988
Columbus Museum of Art
271 pages (color)
Making Their Mark: Women Artists Move Into the Mainstream
1988
Rosen, Randy, et al
300 pages (color)
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987
Cummings, Paul
653 pages
National Mus of Women in the Arts
1987
National Museum of Women
253 pages (color)
Postminimalism into Maximalism American Art 1966-1986
1987
Pincus-Witten, Robert
429 pages
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
The Art Dealers The Powers Behind the Scenes Tell How
1984
DeCoppet, Laura/Alan Jones
320 pages
New Art
1984
Freeman, Phyllis
207 pages (color)
Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
656 pages
Art at Work The Chase Manhattan Collection
1984
Severinghaus, J Walter
333 pages (color)
American Art Since 1945
1982
Ashton, Dore
224 pages (color)
Jackie Ferrara (Exhibition catalog)
1982
Ratcliff, Carter
27 pages
Drawing Acquisitions, 1978-1981 Whitney Museum of American Art