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Biography
Born in Los Angeles. Began his career in California in the early 1966’s as one of the leaders of a new group of artists working with light and space. His artworks make manifest the physical presence of light and heighten our visual perception. Over the past two decades, Turrell’s work has been recognized in exhibitions in major museums around the world. Selected exhibitions: Light and Space, Whitney, 1983. In 1992; Fundació Caixa de Pensiones, Madird; Israel Museum, Jerusalém, Kunsteverin, Düsseldorf; 1993, Hayward Gallery, London, ICA, Philadelphia, 1994, Magasin 3, Konsthalle, Stockholm, 1998, Menil Museum, Houston. In 1989 he also bought Liss Ard Estate in the South Coast of Ireland, that he is transforming into The Irish Sky Garden.
Exhibitions
James Turrell: Light and Space Whitney Museum of American Art, USA 01-01-1981 ~ 31-12-1981
James Turrell: Light Projections from the Sixties Anthony d'Offay Gallery, United Kingdom 12-05-1993 ~ 16-06-1993
Building/Unbuilding/Inhabit - works of The Berardo Collection Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal 29-04-2005 ~ 15-01-2006
The Berardo Collection Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 17-05-1997 ~ 31-08-1997
James Turrell Anthony d'Offay Gallery, United Kingdom 04-09-1991 ~ 05-10-1991
Light Projections Main and Hill Studio, Mendota Hotel, USA 01-01-1968 ~ 31-12-1968
Face - a - Face Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 02-10-2001 ~ 30-04-2001
Allgarve 2008 Museu Serralves - Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Portugal 12-06-2008 ~ 07-09-2008
Observers Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 14-02-2011 ~ 29-05-2011
Bibliography
James Turrell, 2004 Published by IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez
James Turrell: Light and Space, 1981 Published by Whitney Museum of American Art
The Berardo Collection – Sintra Museum of Modern Art, 1996 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9729739105
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