All Artists Flashcards
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Grew up in New York City
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Gaia
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Graduated 2011, Maryland Institute College of Art bachelor in fine arts
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Gaia
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Listed as 2015 Forbes 30 under 30 in Art and Style
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Gaia
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Makes Murals all around the world
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Gaia
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Family ran a waste management facility in Chelsea
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Gaia
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His name means mother earth in greek
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Gaia
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Second in his family to go to college
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Gaia
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Would paint on walls throughout town to show to other artists and first worked on murals illegally
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Gaia
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Art contains realism, sense of color, and strong narratives
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Gaia
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Helps young muralists in the city
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Gaia
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Assisted Megan Lewis
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Gaia
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Has been arrested and on probation for graffiti related reasons
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Gaia
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Gaia’s favorite city
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Baltimore
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Featured in Beyond the Street: The 100 Leading Figures in Urban Art
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Gaia
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Born Nov 15, 1887 Second of seven children
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Georgia O’Keeffe
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Grew up on a farm in Sun Prairie, WI
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Georgia O’Keeffe
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graduated in 1905 and studied at Art Institute of Chicago and Art Students League in New York
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Georgia O’Keeffe
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Studied under Arthur Wesley Dow and taught her abstract painting
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Georgia O’Keeffe
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Mailed drawings to a friend who showed Alfred Stieglitz her future husband
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Georgia O’Keeffe
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1920’s most recognized successful and important artists
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Georgia O’Keeffe
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Suffered from macular degeneration and failing vision
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Georgia O’Keeffe
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Painted her last unassisted painting at 72
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Georgia O’Keeffe
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Painted until she died and used assistants to help her continue to paint
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Georgia O’Keeffe
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Died in Santa Fe on March 6, 1986 at age 98
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Georgia O’Keeffe
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Work is in many museums and galleries and is recognized globally
Georgia O'Keeffe
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Dutch and a draftsman, book illustrator, tapestry designer, and muralist
M.C. Escher
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Full name is Maurits Cornelis Escher
M.C. Escher
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Born in Leeuwarden Holland, and the son of a civil engineer
M.C. Escher
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Wanted to be an architect, but shifted to drawing
M.C. Escher
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Married Jetta Umiker in 1924 and moved to Rome for 11 years
M.C. Escher
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Moved to Switzerland and Belgium in 1941 to get away during WWII
M.C. Escher
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Spent his time traveling Rome and drew what he saw (a lot of nature)
M.C. Escher
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Played with vanishing points and contrast
M.C. Escher
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Shifted to mental imagery once he left Rome
M.C. Escher
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Developed metamorphosis prints-one shape or object turning into something completely different
M.C. Escher
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This place prompted M.C. Escher to change his art style
Alhambra in Granada, Spain
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Never technically completed high school
M.C. Escher
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his architect professor that got him into drawing
Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita
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He combined realism with optical illusions by working with wood engraving and woodcut
M.C. Escher
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Father of modern tessellations
M.C. Escher
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Made 450 lithographs and 2,00 drawings and sketches in his lifetime
M.C. Escher
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Born 1984 in Kyoto Japan
Toru Kurokawa
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Coil built hollow coil geometric forms
Toru Kurokawa
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Pots are based on mathematical calculations and have a coral like shape
Toru Kurokawa
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Studied sculpture before ceramics
Toru Kurokawa
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Won Choza Grand Prix in 2007
Toru Kurokawa
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Has a passion for horticulture
Toru Kurokawa
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Wants to merge art and architecture
Toru Kurokawa
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Said to be the poet of clay and a philosopher of form
Toru Kurokawa
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Graduated in 2009, Kyoto City University of Arts
Toru Kurokawa
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Got the 2022 Rising Talent Awards Craft and the 2017 Special Judges Award
Toru Kurokawa
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Does work with musicians, florists, and physicists
Toru Kurokawa
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Works with merging two separate things together into one cohesive piece of art
Toru Kurokawa
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Studies the relationship between human spirit and sculpture
Toru Kurokawa
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Creates many forms of media that confront questions of home, physical space, displacement, memory, individuality, and collectivity
Do Ho Suh
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Best known for his fabric sculptures in homes
Do Ho Suh
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Is very interested in homes and how people inhabit space
Do Ho Suh
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Graduated from Seoul National University, Rhode Island School of Design in 1994 and Yale in 1997
Do Ho Suh
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Describes his fabric sculptures an act of memorization
Do Ho Suh
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Migration in both a spatial and psychological sense has been one of his themes
Do Ho Suh
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Explores the relationship between individuality, collectivity, and anonymity
Do Ho Suh
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Made a replica of his bedroom at his parents house that he could bring with him wherever he went
Do Ho Suh
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Positive movement in art during WWI and WWII
Surrealism
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Goal was to destroy rationalism culture
Surrealism
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combing conscious and unconscious/dream and fantasy
Surrealist manifesto-1924
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Full of expulsions, defections, and personal attacks along with being painted realistically but no rational sense
Surrealism
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rubbing graphite over grained substances
Frottage-Max Ernst
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Scraping the canvas
Grottage
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Master of American architecture and coined his Prairie Style
Frank Lloyd Wright
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Changed his middle name to Lloyd, his mothers maiden name
Frank Lloyd Wright
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Left madison early to chicago in 1887 to do architectural detailing
Frank Lloyd Wright
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Worked under Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan
Frank Lloyd Wright
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Created Prairie School where he taught architects how to create modern homes in a radical new way
Frank Lloyd Wright
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Used mass produced materials to create bold, plain, and comforting spaces
Frank Lloyd Wright
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His house was named Taliesin
Frank Lloyd Wright
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Had two mistresses and one of them died in a house fire
Frank Lloyd Wright
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Imperial Hotel in Japan was one of his most lavash works
Frank Lloyd Wright
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Moved to Arizona and created Usonians, that were cheaper, flat roofed, and had heated concrete floors/foundation mat
Frank Lloyd Wright
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Fallingwater is one of his most acclaimed works
Frank Lloyd Wright
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Creates visual metaphors, exploring the relationship between the observer and the observed
Susan Derges
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Captures moving water by using the moonlight and light sensitive paper
Susan Derges
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Wants to capture both visible and invisible natural processes
Susan Derges
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themes in her work are Physical appearance of sound, evolution of frogspawn, or the reflection of moon and stars on water
Susan Derges
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Combines contemporary art with old art
Susan Derges
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Trained as a painter before getting into photography
Susan Derges
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One of britain's most groundbreaking photographers
Susan Derges
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Most of her work is made at night
Susan Derges
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Founder of Studio Ghibli
Hayao Miyazaki
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Has a love of flying, father built parts for zero fighter planes
Hayao Miyazaki
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Studied economics at Gakushuin University in 1963 and work for Toei until 1971
Hayao Miyazaki
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Style first became apparent in a monthly manga he wrote (Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind)
Hayao Miyazaki
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Movies feature growing young people and their relationships with the natural and spiritual world
Hayao Miyazaki
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won best Asian film as Hong Kong Film Awards and best animated feature 2003 Academy Awards in us and japan
Spirited Away
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Received an honorary Oscar from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Hayao Miyazaki
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Came back out of retirement to release The Boy and the Heron
Hayao Miyazaki
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Won a golden globe award, BAFTA Award, and and OScar for best animated feature in 2024
Hayao Miyazaki
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Assemblages that lampoon racist attitudes about African Americans and mystical themes
Betye Saar
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Studied design and printmaking at the university of california
Betye Saar
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In early 60s created etching and intaglio
Betye Saar
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began working in assemblage and three-d works after seeing...
Joseph Cornell
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Incorporate prints and painting, and found objects
Beyte Saar
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Challenge racist myths and stereotypes
Betye Saar
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Creates shrines and asks the viewer to contribute to the piece
Betye Saar
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First experimented with digital art at age 6
Cornelius Dammrich
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Most important elements are the feeling and atmosphere along with Focuses on creating visuals that evoke emotion and draw the viewer into the narrative
Cornelius Dammrich
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Works for NASA and Atlantic Records and BMW
Cornelius Dammrich
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Played around with Cinema 4D and Photoshop
Cornelius Dammrich
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Works for NASA and Atlantic Records and BMW
Cornelius Dammrich
