1. Janet Echelman is an American fiber artist who creates large-scale, aerial sculptures that blend art, architecture, and engineering.
10 Facts About Janet Echelman
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Janet Echelman's works are often installed in public spaces and are created using lightweight, flexible materials like fiber, netting, and rope.
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Janet Echelman's father is an endocrinologist, and her mother a jewelry designer.
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Janet Echelman traveled to Hong Kong on a Rotary International Fellowship to study Chinese brush painting and calligraphy.
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Janet Echelman later returned to Harvard University as an artist-in-residence and was given an old squash court to use as her studio.
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In 1997, Janet Echelman won a Fulbright Senior Lectureship and traveled to India with the intention of giving painting exhibitions.
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In collaboration with the fishermen, Janet Echelman created a series of netted sculptures, her "Bellbottoms" series.
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Janet Echelman's Earthtime Series is a collection of large-scale, aerial sculptures created between 2019 and 2021, designed to interact with their environment.
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Janet Echelman was commissioned to build one of her aerial net sculptures for a one-night light festival, GLOW, in Santa Monica on the night of September 28,2013.
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Janet Echelman was married to David Feldman, and they had two children together.