James Turrell

Installation art, Visual Artist

1943 –

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Who is James Turrell?

James Turrell is an American artist primarily concerned with light and space. Turrell was a MacArthur Fellow in 1984. Turrell is best known for his work in progress, Roden Crater, a natural cinder cone crater located outside Flagstaff, Arizona that he is turning into a massive naked-eye observatory.

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Born
May 6, 1943
Pasadena
Also known as
  • James A. Turrell
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Bachelor of Arts, Pomona College
    Perceptual psychology
    ( - 1965)
  • Master of Arts, Claremont Graduate University
    Art
    ( - 1973)
  • University of California, Irvine
    (1966 - )
Lived in
  • Flagstaff

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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