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1929 Detroit, Michigan - 2025 Basel, Switzerland. Known for: Pyramid stacked sculptures.
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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Keywords (16)
Art Method
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Ink
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Mosaics, Intarsia
- •Wood for carving, sculpture, and/or surface
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
Awards/Recognition
- •John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
- •National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •The Stuart Collection
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
Exhibition of Museum
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art