10. Janet Echelman

Janet Echelman builds living, breathing sculpture environments that respond to the forces of nature — wind, water and light— and become inviting focal points for civic life. Exploring the potential of unlikely materials, from fishing net to atomized water particles, Echelman combines ancient craft with cutting-edge technology to create her permanent sculpture at the scale of buildings. Experiential in nature, the result is sculpture that shifts from being an object you look at, to something you can get lost in.

Recent prominent works include “Her Secret is Patience”, which spans two city blocks in downtown Phoenix,  “Water Sky Garden”, which premiered for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, and “She Changes”, which transformed a waterfront plaza in Porto, Portugal.  Her newest commission creates a “Zone of Recomposure” in the new Terminal 2 at San Francisco International Airport.

She has received fellowships from John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, New York
Foundation for the Arts, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Japan Foundation, Rotary
International Foundation, Harvard Graduate School of Design Loeb Fellowship, Aspen
Institute Henry Crown Fellowship, and a Fulbright Senior Lectureship. Echelman will serve as a 2011-2012 Resident in Visual Arts at the American Academy in Rome.

She currently serves on the board of directors of the U.S. Fulbright Association.

See more work by Janet HERE