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James Turrell(b.1943)

BIOGRAPHY

1965              BA Psychology, Pomona College

1965-1966    Art Graduate Studies, University of California, Irvine

1973              MA Art, Claremont Graduate School

EXHIBITION

2013      Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, and DelMonico Books, Prestel, Munich, London,

    New York

2012      James Turrell: The Light Inside. Järna, Sweden: Kulturforum

    Kosky, Jeffrey L. Arts of Wonder: Enchanting Secularism−Walter De Maria, Diller + Scofidio,

    James Turrell, Andy Goldsworthy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press 

2011      Clark, Robin, ed. Phenomenal: California Light, Space, Surface. San Diego: Museum of Contemporary

    Art, San Diego

     Crosman, Christopher B., ed. Celebrating the American Spirit: Masterworks from Crystal Bridges

     Museum of American Art. Bentonville, AR: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

     54th International Art Exhibition: ILLUMInations, Venice, Italy: Fondazione La Biennale di Venezia

     Malevich and the American Legacy. New York: Gagosian Gallery

2010      Biennale für Internationale Lichtkunst. Berlin: Revolver

     Fifty Years at Pace. Texts by Arne Glimcher et al. New York: Pace Gallery

     Haldemann, Matthias, ed. James Turrell: Zug Zuoz. Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje Cantz

     James Turrell. London: Gagosian Gallery

     Kamien-Kazhdan, Adina, ed. Modernism in Dialogue: Twentieth-Century Painting and Sculpture in the

     Israel Museum. Jerusalem: Israel Museum

2009      Artist’s Editions for Parkett: 200 Artworks, 25 Years. Text by Susan Tallman and Deborah Wye.

     Zurich: Parkett Publishers

     Hess, Donald M., and Myrtha Steiner, eds. Hess Art Collection. Germany: Hatje Cantz

     Innovations in the Third Dimension: Sculpture of Our Time. Texts by Nancy Hall-Duncan and Joan

     Pachner. Greenwich, CT: Bruce Museum

     James Turrell. Milan: Edizioni Charta

     Kirschner, Esther Barbara, and Markus Brüderlin, eds. James Turrell: The Wolfsburg Project. Ostfildern,

     Germany: Hatje Cantz

     Land and Light: From Gurfa Caves to James Turrell’s Roden Crater. Milan: Skira Editore

     Louis Vuitton: Art, Fashion, and Architecture. New York: Rizzoli

     Marzio, Peter C. Director’s Choice: Masterpieces from the Museum of Fine of Arts, Houston.

     Houston: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

2008      The Broad Contemporary Art Museum at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles:

     Los Angeles County Museum of Art

     The Hague Sculpture 2008: Freedom−American Sculpture. The Hague: Foundation the Hague Sculpture

     Hot Spots: Rio de Janeiro/Milano–Torino/Los Angeles, 1956 bis 1969. Göttingen, Germany: Steidl

2007      Collection art contemporain. Paris: Éditions du Centre Pompidou

     Collins, Judith. Sculpture Today. London: Phaidon Press Limited

     Dreishpoon, Douglas, and David Bonetti. The Panza Collection: An Experience of Color and Light.

     Buffalo, NY: Abright-Knox Art Gallery

     Geometries of Light: The Roden Crater Project by James Turrell. Milan: Electa, University IUAV of

     Venezia

     Harper, Glenn, and Twylene Moyer, eds. Conversations on Sculpture. Hamilton, NJ: International

     Sculpture Center Press

AWARDS

1968      National Endowments for the Arts

1974      Guggenheim Fellowship

1984      Katherine T. and John D. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship

1992      Freidrich Prize, Frankfurt, Germany

1998      Wolf Foundation, Wolf Prize, Israel

2006      National Arts Club Medal of Honor for Art

2006      Commandeur de L’Ordre des Arts et des Letters

2013      National Medal of Arts

COLLECTIONS

구겐하임 미술관(뉴욕), 지추 미술관(나오시마), 베네세 하우스(니가타), LA 현대미술관(로스앤젤레스), 스카이스페이스(휴스턴) 등 세계적인 유수의 미술 기관에서 소장하고 있습니다.

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