MICHAEL ASHKIN . Michael Ashkin, born 1955, is an American artist who makes sculptures, videos, photographs and installations depicting marginalized, desolate landscapes. He is best known for his use... Read full biography
MICHAEL ASHKIN . Michael Ashkin, born 1955, is an American artist who makes sculptures, videos, photographs and installations depicting marginalized, desolate landscapes. He is best known for his use of miniature scale and modest materials. Ashkin also authored Garden State, a book which compares... Read full biography
MICHAEL ASHKIN . Michael Ashkin, born 1955, is an American artist who makes sculptures, videos, photographs and installations depicting marginalized, desolate landscapes. He is best known for his use of miniature scale and modest materials. Ashkin also authored Garden State, a book which compares the New Jersey Meadowlands to a formal garden. He is a contributing author to (Untitled) Experience of Place. Ashkin was born in Morristown, New Jersey, and received an M.A. in Middle East Languages... Read full biography
MICHAEL ASHKIN . Michael Ashkin, born 1955, is an American artist who makes sculptures, videos, photographs and installations depicting marginalized, desolate landscapes. He is best known for his use of miniature scale and modest materials. Ashkin also authored Garden State, a book which compares the New Jersey Meadowlands to a formal garden. He is a contributing author to (Untitled) Experience of Place. Ashkin was born in Morristown, New Jersey, and received an M.A. in Middle East Languages and Cultures from Columbia University. Before becoming an artist, he taught Arabic and worked as a computer programmer for investment banks. Ashkin's work was included in Documenta 11 in 2002, and in the 1997 Whitney Biennial. He is currently the... Read full biography
MICHAEL ASHKIN . Michael Ashkin, born 1955, is an American artist who makes sculptures, videos, photographs and installations depicting marginalized, desolate landscapes. He is best known for his use of miniature scale and modest materials. Ashkin also authored Garden State, a book which compares the New Jersey Meadowlands to a formal garden. He is a contributing author to (Untitled) Experience of Place. Ashkin was born in Morristown, New Jersey, and received an M.A. in Middle East Languages and Cultures from Columbia University. Before becoming an artist, he taught Arabic and worked as a computer programmer for investment banks. Ashkin's work was included in Documenta 11 in 2002, and in the 1997 Whitney Biennial. He is currently the Director of Graduate Studies of Art at Cornell University College... Read full biography
Michael Ashkin - Artist Info
About Michael Ashkin: Books
Books & Publications (6)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
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
Garden State
2000
Ashkin, Michael
22 pages (color)
Small World: Dioramas in Contemporary Art (Exhibition catalog)
2000
Davies, Hugh; Toby Kamps, Ralph Rugoff (Editor); Hugh M. Davies
64 pages (color)
Sites Around the City: Art and Environment
2000
Jones, Ronald; H Lineberry
64 pages (color)
Young Americans 2: New American Art at the Saatchi Gallery