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James Turrell

(American, born 1943)

James Turrell

Elliptic Ecliptic A, 1999

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James Turrell

Elliptic Ecliptic B, 1999

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James Turrell

Elliptic Ecliptic C, 1999

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James Turrell

Elliptic Ecliptic D, 1999

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James Turrell

Elliptic Ecliptic A, B, C and D (Set of four), 1999

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Biography

Timeline

1943: Born May 6, 1943, Los Angeles, California
1961: Graduated from the Pasadena High School
1965 - 1966: Enrolled in Art Graduate Studies at the University of California in Irvine, CA, USA
1965: Earned a BA in Psychology from the Pomona College
1973: Earned a MA in Art from the Claremont Graduate School
1974: Received the Guggenheim Fellowship
1975: Received the Matching Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
1980: Received the Visual Arts Fellowship from the Arizona Commission for the Arts and Humanities
1981: Received the Lumen Award from the New-York Section Illuminating Engineering Society with the International Association of Lighting Designers
1984: Received the Katherine T. and John D. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship
1985: Received the 'Bessie' Award in New-York, for best collaboration with a Dance Company
1991: Became Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, France
1992: Received the Freidrich Prize in Frankfurt, Germany
1994: Received the Skowhegan Award for Sculpture
1997: Received the Governor’s Arts Award as Artist of the Year, Arizona
1998: Received the Wolf Prize from the Wolf Foundation, Israel
1999: Became Honorary Doctor of Arts at the Chicago Art Institute
2000: Received the Grande Médailles d'argent in Arts Plastiques from the Fondation Académie d'Architecture, Paris, France
Became Artist of the Year for the Scottsdale Cultural Arts Council, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
2001: Received a Honorary Doctorate from the Claremont Graduate School, California
2002: Received the Jefferson Medal in Architecture, University of Virginia, USA
Received a Honorary Doctorate from the Royal Academy of Art, London, England
2003: Distinguished Alumnus Award, Claremont graduate University, California, USA
: He currently lives and works in Flagstaff, Arizona

Exhibitions

2017: James Turrell Exhibitions 2017:
James Turrell, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA
James Turrell: Immersive Light, Long Museum, Shanghai, China
2016: James Turrell Exhibitions 2016:
James Turrell: Light Reignfall, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
James Turrell, Pace Prints, New York, NY
James Turrell: 67 68 69, Pace Gallery, New York, NY
James Turrell, Pace Palo Alto, CA
2015: James Turrell Exhibitions 2015:
James Turrell, Kayne Griffin Corcoran, Los Angeles, CA
LightScape: James Turrell at Houghton, Houghton Hall, Norfolk, UK
James Turrell: From the Guggenheim, Aten Reign, Häusler Contemporary, Zurich, Switzerland
2014: James Turrell Exhibitions 2014:
Jame Turrell: A Retrospective, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
James Turrell from the Guggenheim, Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX
James Turrell: Prints and Process, Pace Prints, New York, NY
James Turrell: Light Spaces, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
James Turrell, Pace London, UK
2013: James Turrell Exhibitions 2013:
A Retrospective, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA (solo exhibition)
A Retrospective, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA (solo exhibition)
2012: James Turrell Exhibitions 2012:
Twilight Epiphany, Skyspace, Rice University Houston, USA
Dissecting Nature, Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
It Happened at Pomona: Art at the Edge of Los Angeles 1969-1973 (Part 3), Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA
Prints, Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX
2011: James Turrell Exhibitions 2011:
See! Color!, der Vidar Foundation, Järna, Sweden (solo exhibition)
September 11, MoMA PS1, New York, NY, USA
Highlights of the Peter Blum Edition Archive, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX, USA
Venice in Venice, Nyehaus, New York, NY, USA
APANI, Arsenale, Venice Biennale, Italy
Present Tense, Kayne Griffin Corcoran, Santa Monica, CA (solo exhibition)
2010: James Turrell Exhibitions 2010:
James Turrell, Gagosian Gallery, London, England (solo exhibition)
ColorForms, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
2009: James Turrell Exhibitions 2009:
Dynamic Light Installation, Dornier Museum Friedrichshafen, Germany
The Wolfsburg Project, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany
James Turrell - Geometrie des Lichts, Zentrum für Lichtkunst Unna, Germany
Time & Place: Los Angeles, 1958-1968, Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland
2008: James Turrell Exhibitions 2008:
James Turrell, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO, USA
Time & Place: Los Angeles, 1958-1968, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
2007: James Turrell Exhibitions 2007:
James Turrell, Pomona College, Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA, USA
2006: James Turrell Exhibitions 2006:
James Turrell - A Life in Light, Louise T Blouin Foundation, London (England)
2005: James Turrell Exhibitions 2005:
James Turrell, Underground Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, West Yorkshire (England)
2004: James Turrell Exhibitions 2004:
Art 35 Basel, sant H10, June 16-21. (solo exhibition)
Brainstorming, topographie de la morale, Centre national d’art et du paysage,Vassivière en Limousin, France (20.03 - 27.06.2004). (solo exhibition)
Singular Forms (Sometimes Repeated): Art from 1951 to the Present, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NYC, USA (05.03 - 16.05). (solo exhibition)
Pace Wildenstein Gallery, New York, USA (03.12.2003 - 10.01.2004). (solo exhibition)
Kunsthaus Zug, Zug, Suisse (30.11.2003 - 29.02.2004). (solo exhibition)
2003: James Turrell Exhibitions 2003:
Galerie Cheryl Haines, San Francisco, USA, 4 septembre - 18 octobre. (solo exhibition)
Paik Hae Young Gallery & Galerie PKM, Seoul, Corée du Sud, du 30/10 au 31/11. (solo exhibition)
Inauguration du siège de la caisse des dépôts et Consignations dans le cadre de Nuit Blanche, Quai d'Austerlitz, Paris, France (4/5 octobre). (solo exhibition)
James Turrell : into the light, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, USA (2 juin 2002 - 30 avril 2003)
Sonoma County Museum, Californie, USA. (solo exhibition)
Nasher Sculpture Park, Dallas, Texas, USA, octobre – novembre
Mind Space, Galerie HoAm/ Sam Sung Museum, Seoul, South Korea, 28/02-18/05
Galerie Henry Art, Seattle, Washington, USA
2002: James Turrell Exhibitions 2002:
Moon and Architecture, INAX Gallery 1, Tokyo, Japan, December 7, 2001 to February 23, 2002
The Magic of Light, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York, February 1 to May 19, 2002
Moon and Architecture, INAX Gallery Osaka, Osaka, Japan, , March 7 to May 24
Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, 9 mars - 13 juillet. (solo exhibition)
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C, USA. (solo exhibition)
Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art, London, England. (solo exhibition)
The Autonomous Spaces,Galerie Ace, Los Angeles, USA. (solo exhibition)
2001: James Turrell Exhibitions 2001:
Changing Perceptions: The Panza Collection at the Guggenheim Museum, Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, November 16, 2000 to April 22, 2001
Collaborations with Parkett: 1984 to Now, Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, April 3, to June 5, 2001. (Catalogue)
Infinite Light, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona, February 11 to June 3, 2001. (Installations, Models, Drawings, Permanent Installation
2000: James Turrell Exhibitions 2000:
Inventional, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, California, August 11, 2000 to September 16, 2000
Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, Echigo-Tsumari Region, July 20, 2000 to September 10, 2000
The American Century: Art and Culture 1900-2000, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, September to February 2000
Lux et Tenebrae, Peter Blum Edition, Blumarts Inc. New York, New York, June 17, 2000 to September 9, 2000. (Prints)
Arte Californiana della Collezione Panza al Museo Guggenheim, The Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venezia, Italy, September 1 to December, 2000. (Installation)

Public Collections

: *Denotes permanent installation
* 21st Century Art Museum, Kanazawa, Japan, “Blue Planet Sky, 2004” (Skyspace)
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Denmark (The Dome)
Arizona State University, Tempe (Skyspace)
The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
* Bennesse Corporation, Naoshima, Japan (Architectural work)
* Louise T. Blouin Institute, London, “Light Raiment, 2006” (Architectural lighting)
*Center for International Lichtkunst, Unna, Germany, “Third Breath, 2005” (Skyspace)
Chateau De Rochechouart, France
*Chichu Art Museum, Naoshima Island, Japan, “Open Sky, 2004” (Skyspace); “Open Field, 2000”; “Afrum, Pale Blue, 1968”
* Cheekwood Museum of Art, Memphis, “Blue Pesher, 1999” (Skyspace)
* City Hall Annex, Barcelona
* Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto, Japan
* Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas (Skyspace)
* De Pont Stitching Foundation, Tilburg, The Netherlands
*Engadine Hotel Castell, Zouz, Switzerland, “Piz Uter, 2005” (Skyspace)
*Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de Young Museum, San Francisco, “3 Gems, 2005” (Skyspace)
Federal Office Building, San Francisco
Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami, “Third Eye, 2008”
Foundacion la Caixa, Madrid
Foundation Cartier, Pour L’Art Contemporain, Paris
* Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus, “Light Raiment II, 2008” (Architectural lighting)
* Fundación NMAC, Véjer de la Frontera, Cádiz, Spain, “Second Wind, 2005–2009” (Skyspace)
Greenwich Academy, Connecticut (Architectural work)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
*Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, “Light Reign, 2003” (Skyspace)
Hess Art Collection, Liebefel-Bern, Switzerland
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
* Indianapolis Art Museum, Indiana
* The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, “Space that Sees, 1992” (Skyspace)
* Kawanishi Town, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, “House of Light, 2000” (Skyspace and Architectural lighting)
* Kielder Partnership, Northumberland, United Kingdom (Outdoor work)
Kilfane Gardens Trust, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany, “Four Eyes, 2007” (Architectural lighting)
Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria, “Color to White, 1997” (Architectural lighting)
*Kunstsammlung für Nordrhein und Westfalen, Dusseldorf, Germany
Lannan Foundation, Santa Fe Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe
Leeum, Samsung Museum of Modern Art, Seoul
* Lenbachhaus, Munich
* Live Oak Meeting, Houston, “Live Oak Friends Meeting House, 2000” (Skyspace)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California
* Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh
Millennium Dome, London
Ministry of Culture, Le Crestett, France
* Munich Rucksversicherung, Germany
Musée d’art contemporain, Lyon, France
Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Quebec
Musée départemental d'art contemporain de Rochechouart, France
Museu Colecção Berardo, Lisbon
* Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
* The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, “The Light Inside, 2000” (Architectural lighting)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
* MoMA PS1, Long Island City, New York, “Meeting, 1986” (Skyspace)
Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Belgium (Outdoor work)
Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, “Tending Blue, 2003” (Architectural lighting)
*National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (Skyspace)
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California
Northern Arts, Caragill, United Kingdom (Outdoor work)
* Panza Collection, Varese, Italy
* Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona, “Mohl ip, 2008” (Tall Glass) (Largest Tall Glass ever made)
Peugeot Design Center, Velizy, France, “Ship of State, 2004” (Architectural lighting)
*Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, California, “Dividing the Light, 2007” (Skyspace)
Pont du Gard, Nimes, France (Architectural lighting)
* Principal Corporation, Des Moines
* Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, South Brisbane, Australia, 2017 (Architectural lighting)
*Rice University, Houston, “Twilight Epiphany”, 2012 (Skyspace)
*Salzburg Foundation, Austria, “Blue Pearl, 2006” (Skyspace)
San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla
Seattle Art Museum, Washington
* Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona, “Knight Rise, 2001” (Skyspace)
Skystone Foundation, Flagstaff (Outdoor work)
* Sprengel Museum, Hanover
Stroom, Den Haag, The Netherlands (Outdoor work)
Takarazuka University, Osaka (Architectural lighting)
*Turrell Museum, Colomé, Argentina (22 works)
* University of Illinois, Chicago, “Hard Scrabble Sky, 2005” (Skyspace)
* University of Texas, Austin, “The Color Inside, 2013” (Skyspace)
Verbundnetz Gas AG, Leipzig, “Massed Light, 1997” (Architectural lighting)
*Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, “Sky Pesher, 2005” (Skyspace)
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
* Yorkshire Sculpture Park, York, United Kingdom, “Deer Shelter, 2005” (Skyspace)
* Zentrum für Internationale Lichtkunst, Unna, Germany, “Floater 99, 2001” (Shallow space) and “Third Breath, 2005” (Skyspace) (First “camera obscura” type Skyspace ever built)
Zug Railway Station, Switzerland, “Light Transport, 2003” (Architectural lighting)

Literature

2017: Ways of Seeing (exhibition catalogue). Istanbul: Arter, Space for Art, 2017: 151.
2016: Agee, William C. Modern Art in America. London and New York: Phaidon Press Limited, 2016: 312–5, illustrated; Julliard, Julie Enckell ed. Nestlé Art Collection. Zurich: JRP|Ringier Kunstverlag AG, 2016: 148–9, illustrated; Pasti, Carolina. A Life with Artists: Hannelore and Rudolph Schulhof. Texts by Richard Armstrong, Tom Freudenheim, Carol Goldberg, Suzanne Landau et al. New York: Skira Rizzoli Publication, 2016: 216, illustrated.
2015: Falconer, Morgan. Painting Beyond Pollock. London: Phaidon Press Limited, 2015: 140; LightScape: James Turrell at Houghton (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Peter Murray and David Cholmondeley. Interview with the artist by Hiram C. Butler. Norfolk, United Kingdom: Houghton Hall, 2015.
2014: Bruno, Giuliana. Surface Matters of Aesthetics, Materiality, and Media. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2014: 54, 65, illustrated; Govan, Michael and Anna Bernardini. Robert Irwin, James Turrell, Villa Panza (exhibition catalogue). Varese, Italy: Fondo Ambiente Italiano, Villa e Collezione Panza, 2014; James Turrell: A Retrospective (exhibition catalogue). Texts by EC Krupp, Lucina Ward, Simeran Maxwell, and Jaklyn Babington. Interview by Michael Govan. Canberra: National Gallery of Australia, 2014; Schmidt, Jason. Artists II. Göttingen: Steidl Verlog, 2014, illustrated.
2013: Blanton Museum of Art: 110 Favorites from the Collection. Austin: Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas, 2013: 88, illustrated; The Contemporary Art Masters. Japan: Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha, 2013: 182–185, illustrated; Crump, James. James Welling: Monograph (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Mark Godfrey and Thomas Seelig. New York: Aperture Foundation, 2013: 81, illustrated; De Young: Inside and Out. San Francisco: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2013: 50–51, illustrated; Ferriani, Barbara and Marina Pugliese, eds. Ephemeral Monuments: History and Conservation of Installation. Text by Germano Celant. Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2013: 47, illustrated; James Turrell (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Carmen Giménez and Nat Trotman. New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 2013; James Turrell: A Retrospective (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Michael Govan, Christine Y. Kim, Alison de Lima Greene and E.C. Krupp. Los Angeles and Munich: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; DelMonico Books, imprint of Prestel, 2013; Light Show (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Cliff Lauson, Anne Wagner, and Philip Ball. London: Hayward Publishing, 2013: 157–162, illustrated; Moving: Norman Foster on Art (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Norman Foster and Jean-Marc Prevost. London: Ivorypress Architecture, 2013: 114–115, 384, illustrated; Pasina, Irene. Luce di Interni. Milan: FrancoAngeli s.r.l., 2013: 77, 83–86, illustrated.
2012: Decade: Contemporary Collection 2002–2012 (exhibition catalogue). Texts by David Pagel and Heather Pesanti. Buffalo, New York: The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, 2012: 339, illustrated; Diacono, Mario. Archetypes and Historicity. Paintings and Other Radical Forms 1995–2007. Milan: Silvana Editoriale, 2012: 106–116; Gielen, Denis. S.F. Art, Science & Fiction. Brussels: Musée des Arts Contmporains de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles au Grand-Hornu, 2012: illustrated; Klein, Kelly. Pools Reflections. New York: Rizzoli, 2012: illustrated; Tiberghien, Gilles A. Land Art. Paris: Dominique Carré éditeur, 2012: illustrated; James Turrell: Within Without. Text by Lucina Ward. Canberra: National Gallery of Australia, 2012.

James Turrell

(American, born 1943)

James Turrell

James Turrell

James Turrell

James Turrell

James Turrell

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

Literature

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