Janet Echelman
64-R Coolidge St, Brookline MA 02446 • 617.566.0770 • 212.864.1001 • janet@echelman.com • www.echelman.com
Education
1992-95
1992-95
1991
1987-88
1985-86
1983-87
Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Bard College, New York. M.F.A. in Visual Art.
Independent -study interdisciplinary graduate program.
Lesley University, Massachusetts. M.A. in Counseling Psychology.
New York School of Visual Arts, New York, 1991, independent studio program.
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Rotary Graduate Scholar. Studied Chinese calligraphy
and landscape painting.
International School of America, International Honors Program. Comparative study in
Japan, Bali, Australia, India, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Austria, England, and France.
Harvard College, Harvard University, Massachusetts. A.B., with Highest Honors in Visual &
Environmental Studies. Minor field: History.
Awards, Grants, Residencies
2015
2014
2013
2012
2012
2012
2012-13
2011-12
2011
2010-11
2010
2009
2009
2009
2008
2007-08
2006-09
2006
2006
2005-08
2005
2003-04
2001
2000
1999
2015 Design Stars, Travel+Leisure Magazine. “Six Visionary firms whose designs are
transforming cities around the world.” With Diller Scofidio, Selgascano, AvroKo, and Commune.
Public Art Network, Year in Review Award to Unnumbered Sparks, Vancouver, Canada.
Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Recipient of the Woody English Distinguished Artist
and Writer's Chair honors
Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award, in Visual Arts “honoring “the greatest innovators in
America today.”
Oprah Magazine, Ranked #1 on “50 Things That Will Make You Say WOW!” List, Sept. issue.
Boston Society of Architects, Women in Design Award of Excellence.
Architectural Digest Innovator: “eight cutting-edge talents challenging received wisdom and
conjuring a bold new world.”
Knight Foundation, 2012 Philadelphia Arts Challenge winner.
Loeb Fellowship Alumni Council, Harvard University.
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Fellowship in Fine Arts.
Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence, Biennial Medal, for Phoenix Civic Space Park.
American Academy in Rome, Resident in the Visual Arts.
Public Art Network, Year in Review Award to Her Secret is Patience, Phoenix AZ.
Readers' Choice Award: Best Public Art, for Her Secret is Patience, Phoenix New Times.
Environmental Excellence Awards, Art in Public Places Crescordia Award, for Her Secret is
Patience, Valley Forward Association.
Massachusetts Cultural Council, Artist Fellowship, dual award: Sculpture/Installation & Craft
Award for Excellence in Structural Engineering, AZ Structural Engineering Assoc.
Loeb Fellowship, grant for practicing professionals affecting the built and natural environment
to pursue independent research and study, Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
The Aspen Institute, Henry Crown Fellowship.
International Achievement Award of Excellence, Architectural Structures, for She Changes
to Janet Echelman Inc., Industrial Fabrics Association International.
New York Foundation for the Arts, Lily Auchincloss Fellow. Category: Architecture &
Environmental Structures.
Public Art Network, Elected to PAN Council, a 16-member national board.
Public Art Network, Year in Review Award to She Changes, Portugal.
9-11 Memorial Design Competition, Hoboken, NJ. Winning Team.
Japan Foundation, Major Visual Artist Grant to make sculpture in Kyoto, Japan.
Bogliasco Foundation, Residency in Genoa, Italy.
American Institute of Indian Studies, Senior Creative Artist Grant.
Kohler Arts/Industry Fellowship, Metal residency at Kohler Factory in Wisconsin.
Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, NY.
Massachusetts Cultural Council, Individual Artist Grant, highest level.
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Janet Echelman
64-R Coolidge St, Brookline MA 02446 • 617.566.0770 • 212.864.1001 • janet@echelman.com • www.echelman.com
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1997-98
1997
1995, 96
1993-99
1993-94
1987-88
1987
Art/Omi International Artists Residency, Omi, New York.
America Center, Lithuania. Grant for permanent sculpture at Museum of Central Europe.
Museum of the Centre of Europe, Grant for residency and permanent sculpture.
Fundacion Valparaiso, Grant for artist’s residency in Spain.
Fulbright Senior Lectureship in Visual Art, Extension Grant.
G.V. Memorial Trust, Grant for building permanent sculpture in South India.
Fulbright Senior Lectureship in Visual Art, Researched and lectured in India.
Harvard University Art Museums, Grant for installations: Fogg & Sackler Museums.
Office for the Arts of Harvard-Radcliffe College, Multiple grants for Art.
MFA Program Scholarship, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.
Rotary International Foundation, One-year Graduate Art Scholarship, Hong Kong.
Harvard Film Archive, Permanent Collection’s Finishing Grant for 16mm film.
One-Person Exhibitions & Major Sculptural Commissions & Installations
2015
2014
2013
2012-13
2010-15
2011
2011
2010
2009
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C., Renwick Gallery, 1.8.
Lumiere Festival, Durham, UK, 1.26 Durham.
Signal Festival, Prague, UK, 1.26 Prague.
Rose Kennedy Greenway, Boston, MA, As If It Were Already Here.
Quartier des spectacles, Montreal, Canada, 1.26 Montreal.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA, Impatient Optimist, (permanent).
Matthew Knight Arena, Eugene, OR, Allegory, (permanent).
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TED 30 Anniversary Conference, Vancouver, Skies Painted with Unnumbered Sparks.
Stuttgart Ballet, Dance Collaboration for A. Memory, May 2014.
iLight Marina Bay Festival, Marina Bay, Singapore, 1.26.
GLOW, Santa Monica Beach, CA, The Space Between Us.
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia, The Expanding Club.
Amsterdam Light Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1.26.
Dilworth Plaza, City Hall, Philadelphia, PA, Pulse (in construction).
SFO Airport Terminal 2, San Francisco, CA, Every Beating Second, (permanent)
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney Australia, Love Lace Exhibition, 1.26.
Biennial of the Americas, Denver Museum of Art, CO, 1.26 (commission for Biennial).
Richmond Olympic Oval, Water Sky Garden, 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics (permanent).
Phoenix Civic Space, Phoenix, AZ, Her Secret is Patience (permanent).
Hoboken 9-11 Memorial Island, Hudson River, Hoboken, NJ (won design contest).
William F. Poe Garage, Tampa, FL, Line Drawing, Lights on Tampa Commission.
Porto Waterfront, Portugal, She Changes (permanent).
Walnut Street Bridge, Chattanooga, TN, Portugal Prototype.
Art Rotterdam, Netherlands, Target Swooping V, project attaching Cruise Terminal to Port.
Venice Biennale- Fifty Plus, Venice, Italy. Venice Project, curated by Florence Lynch Gallery.
Florence Lynch Gallery, NY, NY, One-person exhibition.
Bass Museum of Art, with Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami Beach, FL, Target Swooping IV
The Armory Show, Piers 88 and 90, NYC, NY. Roadside Shrine II.
Florence Lynch Gallery, NY, NY, Target Swooping III.
Caja De Cordon, Burgos, Spain, Target Swooping II, in courtyard built in 1485 A.D.
ARCO, Madrid, Spain, Target Swooping Down…Bullseye!,
Florence Lynch Gallery, NY, NY, Gravity’s Angel.
I-45, National Interstate Highway, Houston, TX, Buffalo Bayou Artpark, Roadside Shrine 1
Randolph Courtyard, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Floating.
Atrium Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs-Mansfield, CT, Site-specific sculpture.
Randolph Courtyard, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Eye of the Storm.
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Inside-Outside.
Museum of the Centre of Europe, Vilnius, Lithuania, Trying to hide with your tail in the air.
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64-R Coolidge St, Brookline MA 02446 • 617.566.0770 • 212.864.1001 • janet@echelman.com • www.echelman.com
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1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1989
1989
1988
1985
G.V. Memorial Trust, Coimbatore, India, South India Project: in the garden of earthly delights.
Birla Museum, Calcutta, India.
Birla Century Bhavan Gallery, Bombay, India.
National Institute of Design Gallery, Ahmedabad, India.
Sackler Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Wax Hands installation.
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Casa De Luz: a sculptural
collaborative project produced with HIV+ mothers.
Adams Artspace, Harvard College, Cambridge, MA, The Invisible Figure.
Harvard Graduate School of Design, Lobby Gallery, Cambridge, MA. Currents: Faculty
Exhibit Series.
Josh Kligerman Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
Avery Art Center, Bard College, NY, Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition.
Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL, Janet Echelman: New Vision (painting).
Jakarta Cultural Torch Museum, Two Worlds, One Artist: Works from Indonesia & America.
Adams Artspace, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, From Boston to Bali: Recent Work.
Nations Bank Plaza, Atlanta, GA, Recent Paintings from the Bali Studio.
Fung Ping Shan Museum, Hong Kong, China, Acrylic-Batik-Crayon: Works from Bali.
BMPAH, Ft. Myers, FL. One person exhibition curated by artist Robert Rauschenberg.
USF Contemporary Art Museum at One Tampa City Center, Tampa, FL.
Hong Kong University, Fine Arts Gallery, Recent Work from the Bali Studio: Acrylic Paint on
Dyed Canvas by Janet Echelman.
Central Gallery, The Fringe Club, Hong Kong, China.
Mather House Atrium Gallery, Harvard University, Paintings by Janet Echelman.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2014
2013
2011
2009
2008
2007
2004
2002
2001
2000
1999
Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, B.C., City as Site: Public Art in Richmond, Sept 6 - Oct 26.
Boston Society of Architects (BSA) Space, Boston, MA, Women in Design: Urban
Interventions, Oct 4 - Nov 15.
OMI International Arts Center, Ghent, NY, Urban Gesture: Janet Echelman Sculpts the
Space In Between, June 15 - Oct 31.
McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC, Connectivity Exhibition, The Expanding Club,
curated by Cynthia-Reeves Projects, April 26 - June 15.
Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowship Winners, Massachusetts.
AA⏐FAB, Architectural Association, London, UK, September 21st - 26th.
SIGGRAPH 2009, New Orleans, LA. August 4 - 6.
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ.The Expanding Club, Sept 20,
2008 - Jan 4, 2009.
Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis, IN. The Expanding Club, April 25 - Aug 24, 2008.
Museum of Arts and Design, NYC, NY, Radical Lace Exhibition, The Expanding Club.
Center for Contemporary Non-Objective Art (CCCNOA), Brussels, Belgium. Convergence
Exhibition, curated by Florence Lynch Gallery.
William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Storrs-Mansfield, CT, Massala:
Diversity and Democracy in South Asian Art.
Art Projects, Art Basel, Miami Beach, FL, Curated by James E. Rondeau, Contemporary Art
Curator, Art Institute of Chicago.
Open Spaces: Esculturas e Intervenciones en El Espacio Publico, ARCO, Madrid, Spain,
Curated by Alicia Murria and Mariano Navarro.
Boston Sculptors at Chapel Gallery, Newton, MA. Invitational: Winners of the
Massachusetts Cultural Council Awards.
OMI International Arts Center, Ghent, NY.
Fuller Art Museum, Brockton, MA, Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition by Environmental Inc.
Curated by Susan Stoops.
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64-R Coolidge St, Brookline MA 02446 • 617.566.0770 • 212.864.1001 • janet@echelman.com • www.echelman.com
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1993
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1988
1987
DeCordova Museum, School of Art Gallery, Lincoln, MA, Faculty Exhibition Inauguration.
Luis Sert Gallery, Carpenter Ctr. for Visual Arts, Harvard University, 30th Anniversary
Exhibition, juried selection of alumni works.
Tampa Museum of Art, Florida State University Museum of Art, Univ. of Florida Art
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Museum, Vero Beach Art Center, Daytona Beach Museum of Fine Art. 40 Anniversary
Juried Exhibition of Florida Craftsmen.
Hong Kong, Kowloon, and New Territories Sites, traveling exhibition,
Philippe Charriol Foundation: 1988 Modern Art Competition Winners.
Carpenter Center Main Gallery, Harvard University. Senior Theses & Projects.
Selected Lectures/Speaking Engagements
2015
2014
2013
2012
Architecture Boston Expo, Design of the Greenway’s Echelman Public Art Installation, and
Rational Exuberance, Boston, MA.
Summit at Sea, Artist Talk, waters off Miami coast.
Harvard University, “Art and the City,” Cambridge, MA.
RISD, Design Week RI, Artist Talk, Providence, RI.
Truro Center for the Arts Castle Hill, Artist Talk & residency, Truro, MA.
Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, Inter/Sections Artist Talk & panel, Boston, MA.
Fuller Craft Museum, Artist Talk, Brockton, MA.
Boston University, Artist Talk, Boston, MA.
Bard College, “Public Art for Urban Spaces,” Annandale-On-Hudson, NY.
Dubai Roads & Transportation Authority, Innovation Week, Keynote Lecture, Dubai, UAE.
Zayed University, International Symposium on Electronic Art, Keynote Lecture, Dubai, UAE.
Appalachian State University, “Reshaping Public Space”, Boone, NC.
University of Oregon, “Reshaping Public Space”, Eugene, OR.
Yale University, Yale World Fellows Discussion, New Haven, CT.
INST-INT Conference, “Reshaping Public Space”, Minneapolis, MN.
Moore College, Artist Conversation, Philadelphia, PA.
Aspen Ideas Festival, “Competing for the Future: Culture and the Successful City” and
“Faces of Creativity”, Aspen, CO.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Annual Meeting, “A Cultural Approach to the Spaces
Where We Work”, Seattle, WA.
Amherst College, “Imagination Taken Seriously: Reshaping Urban Airspace”, Amherst, MA.
University of Pennsylvania, School of Design, “Collaboration with Art”, Philadelphia, PA.
TED2014 The Next Chapter, Vancouver, Canada.
LVMH Moët Hennessy, Artist Talk, New York City, NY.
International Sculpture Symposium, Keynote Lecture, Miami, FL.
Harvard University, Lowell House, Artist Lecture, Cambridge, MA.
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Council of Michigan Foundations, 41 Annual Conference, “Big, Bold, Creative Ideas
Become Reality,” Grand Rapids, MI.
NBBJ Architecture and Design, Artist Talk, Seattle, WA.
OMI International Arts Center, “Urban Gesture: Sculpting the Space In Between”, Gent, NY.
Momentum: Women: Women/Art/Technology, Whitney Museum, New York, NY.
International Surface Design 17th Annual Conference, Artist Lecture, San Antonio, TX.
University of Georgia, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Artist Lecture, Athens, GA.
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, “Taking Imagination Seriously”,
Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
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International City/County Management Association (ICMA) 98 Annual Conference,
“Revitalizing Urban Spaces with Public Art”, Phoenix, AZ.
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Annual Meeting and Expo, “Merging
Art and Landscape”, Phoenix, AZ.
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2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
Sogn og Fjordane Museum of Fine Arts, International Hands On Textiles Conference,
“Contemporary Textile Art and Design”, Forde, Norway.
University of Toledo, Lifeplan for Teens of Toledo ‘Taking Imagination Seriously’
Conference, “Taking Imagination Seriously”, Toledo, OH.
TED2011 The Rediscovery of Wonder, “Taking Imagination Seriously,” Long Beach, CA.
Northeastern University, Presidential Speaker Series: Profiles in Innovation, “A New Way of
Creating Art”, Boston, MA.
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Artist Lecture, Boston, MA.
Wentworth Institute of Technology, Artist Lecture, Boston, MA.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Artist Lecture, Cambridge, MA.
Fairmount Park Art Association, “Shaping Public Space,” Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA.
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Westmont College 10 Annual Conversation on the Liberal Arts Conference, “The Fine
Art of the Liberal Arts”, Santa Barbara, CA.
The ArtScience Prize Water Panel, Boston, MA.
Texas State University, “Artist Lecture”, San Antonio, TX.
Aspen Ideas Festival, “Public Sculpture and Private Creativity” moderated by Adele
Chatfield-Taylor, Aspen CO.
Denver Art Museum, Artist Lecture, Denver, CO.
Public Art Network Preconference Roundtable Workshop, “Temporary Public Art”,
Baltimore, MD.
University of Pennsylvania, “Cities and the Creative Economy”, Philadelphia, PA.
Art Chicago: NEXT Speaks, “The Fabric of Sculpture: Texture, Textile, Text”, Chicago, IL.
Western New England College, “The Creative Mind”, Springfield, MA.
International Sculpture Center London Conference, “Language of Sculpture”, London, UK
Biola University Annual Symposium, “Artist in the City”, La Mirada, CA.
ArtTable, Guest Speaker, New York, NY.
Build Boston Conference, “Visionary Public Spaces”, Boston, MA.
Boston Society of Architects Lecture Series, “Fluid Movement”, Boston, MA.
Azusa Pacific University, Guest Lecture, Los Angeles, CA.
Transcultural Exchange, “Exploring Careers in Creative Arts”, Boston, MA.
Next American City URBANEXUS Salon, “Urban Art in Public Spaces”, Boston, MA.
Montclair State University, “Shaping Public Space”, Montclair, NJ.
The City University of New York, Macaulay Honors College Seminar, New York, NY.
University of North Carolina Public Art 360 Symposium, “Art and Public Art: What’s the
Difference: The Artist’s Roundtable”, Chapel Hill, NC.
Tampa Museum of Art, Visiting Artist Lecture, Tampa, FL.
Textile Study Group of New York, Inc., Visiting Artist, New York, NY.
Woodbury University, Visiting Artist Lecture, Burbank, CA.
Museum of Arts and Design, “Air is Fluid” Exhibiting Artist Lecture, New York, NY.
Vancouver Architecture League, Visiting Artist, Vancouver, Canada.
Americans for the Arts Annual Convention, “Risk & Reward: Balancing Acts in Arts &
Community”, Las Vegas, NV.
Rhode Island School of Design, Visiting Artist Lecture, Providence, RI.
New York Foundation for the Arts, Visiting Artist Lecture, New York, NY.
Catalogues Pulished
2011
2002
Shaping Public Space: The Sculpture of Janet Echelman
Published in conjunction with the sculpture, 1.26
Commissioned by the Denver Office of Cultural Affairs, 80 pages.
Janet Echelman: Sculpture.
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Florence Lynch Gallery, 531 W 25 St, NY, NY 10001, 32 pages.
Texts by critics Denise Carvalho and Joan Lebold Cohen.
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1995
1993
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1990
1988
Bellbottoms: Sculpture Combining Bronze and Net by Janet Echelman.
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India 380007.
Two Essays on the Painting of Janet Echelman.
Harvard University, Bow and Arrow Press, Cambridge, MA. Essays by Prof. John Welchman
(Harvard) & Prof. Adrian Randolph (Dartmouth).
Janet Echelman: New Vision. Tampa Museum of Art.
Color Reproduction, Tampa, FL. Essay by critic Stephen Westfall.
Two Worlds, One Artist: Works from Indonesia and America by Janet Echelman.
Bentara Budaya, Jakarta (Jakarta Cultural Torch), 40 pages. Jakarta, Indonesia. Text by U. S.
Ambassador Barry, Indonesian Minister of Culture and Education Fuad Hasan, and art critic
Jim Supangkat.
Acrylic-Batik-Crayon: Works by Janet Echelman.
Fung Ping Shan Museum of Art, 16 pages, Pokfulam, Hong Kong. Texts by Joan Lebold
Cohen, Dr. Michael Lau.
An Artist's Journal from Bali: Notes by Janet Echelman.
Department of Fine Arts, Hong Kong University, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
Selected Collections
Agung Rai Museum of Fine Art, Bali, Indonesia.
Art/Omi Foundation Permanent Collection, New York City, NY.
Birla Academy Museum/ U.S.E.F.I. Calcutta, Calcutta, India.
Fung Ping Shan Museum of Art, Hong Kong.
French Ambassador’s Residence, Jakarta, Indonesia.
G.V. Memorial Trust, Coimbatore, India.
Harvard Film Archives (16mm film), Cambridge, MA.
Harvard University Library Collection, Cambridge, MA.
Hong Kong University, The University Collection, Hong Kong.
John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI.
Kohler Factory Collection, Kohler, WI.
Museum of the Centre of Europe, Vilnius, Lithuania.
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India.
Robert Black College, Hong Kong.
Robert Rauschenberg, New York/ Captiva Island.
Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL.
The Fields Sculpture Park- Omi, New York City, NY.
United States Ambassador's Residence, Jakarta, Indonesia.
United States Educational Foundation in India, New Delhi, India.
United States Consulate, Bombay, India.
Selected Bibliography: Reviews/Articles/Books
2015
Washington Post, Newly scrubbed Renwick Gallery opens Friday, by Philip Kennicott, Nov. 12, 2015,
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/newly-scrubbed-renwick-gallery-opensfriday/2015/11/12/cd486116-88ad-11e5-9a07-453018f9a0ec_story.html
Special Event Production: The Process, by Doug Matthews. New York: Routeledge. Creativity, pp. 59.
Travel + Leisure Magazine, Design Stars 2015, Sept. 2015, pp. 103.
TIME Magazine, The Culture, Rope Floats, June 8, 2015, pp. 60-61.
Boston Globe, Sculpture Fills Greenway Skies, by Malcolm Gay, May 4, 2013, cover, pp. A6.
The Experience of Modern Sculpture, by Phiip Palmedo. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing. Material
Matters, cover, pp. 83.
Harvard Magazine, Net Effects, by Olivia Schwob, May/June 2015, pp.1, 57-58.
ArtScope Magazine, Knitting Together the Urban Fabric, by Donna Dodson, May/June 2015, cover,
pp.12-14.
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2013
Art New England Magazine, Blowin’ in The Wind, by Cate McQuaid, May/June 2015, pp. 32-35.
Designed for the Future: 80 Practical Ideas for a Sustainable World, by Jared Green. New York:
Princeton Architectural Press. Park(ing) Day, pp. 132-133.
ArchDaily, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Unveils Janet Echelman’s Latest Work: “Impatient
Optimist” in Seattle, by Holly Giermann, Feb. 12, 2015, http://www.archdaily.com/598378/the-bill-andmelinda-gates-foundation-unveils-janet-echelman-s-latest-work-impatient-optimist-in-seattle/
Manufacturing Processes for Textile and Fashion Design Professionals, by Rob Thompson.
London: Thames & Hudson. Introduction, pp. 12-13.
Smithsonian Magazine, The 2014 American Ingenuity Awards Issue, High Wire, by Max Kutner, Nov.
2014, pp.1, 34-39.
Embroidery Magazine, Catching the Air, by Susan Moss, Nov/Dec. 2014, cover, pp.4, 34-39.
Harvard Crimson, Painting the Town: Boston's Big Art, by Virginia Marshall, Sept. 30, 2014, Arts
Section, pp. 8-11.
ARTnews, Working the Crowd, by Trent Morse, Sept. 2014, pp. 80-88.
Gray Magazine, Sky’s the Limit, by Laura Goldstein, Issue 17, Sept. 2014, cover, pp. 22, 24.
Architectural Record, The Engineering of Art, by Joann Gonchar, Aug. 2014, pp.122-123.
Boston Globe, A Whirl of Public Art for the Greenway, by Geoff Edgers, June 25, 2013, cover, pp. A8.
Launching the Imagination: A Comprehensive Guide to Basic Design, 5th Edition, by Mary
Stewart. New York: McGraw Hill. Three-Dimensional Design Elements, pp 192.
Urban Furniture, by Li Juan. Hong King: Artpower. pp 54-67.
Wired Online, This Shimmering Sculpture Is Actually a Giant Google Chrome Tab in the Sky, by Kyle
Vanhemert, Mar. 25, 2014, http://www.wired.com/2014/03/tab-in-the-sky/
TED Blog, Skies Painted with Unnumbered Sparks: Janet Echelman at TED2014, by Kate Torgovnick
May, Mar. 17, 2014, http://blog.ted.com/2014/03/17/skies-painted-with-unnumbered-sparks-janetechelman-at-ted2014/
Smithsonian Online, A Massive Aerial Sculpture Is Hoisted in Downtown Vancouver, by Megan
Gambino, Mar. 21, 2014, http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/massive-aerial-sculpture-hoisteddowntown-vancouver-180950207/?no-cache&no-ist
Huffington Post, 745 Foot Sky Sculpture Hovers over TED Talks in Vancouver, by Heidi Legg, Mar. 20
2014, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/heidi-legg/745-foot-sky-sculptureho_b_5001185.html?utm_hp_ref=media&ir=Media
Google Official Blog, A Browser That Paints the Sky, Mar. 17, 2014,
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2014/03/a-browser-that-paints-sky.html
Fortune Blog, Dispatch from TED: Ingesting Information and Sampling Celebrity, by Adam Lashinsky,
Sr., Mar. 18, 2014, http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2014/03/18/dispatch-from-ted-ingesting-information-andsampling-celebrity/
Specialty Fabrics Review, Weaving Magic in ‘The Space Between Us’, by Galynn Nordstrom, Feb.
2014, pp.12.
Colossal, Giant Suspended Net Installations by Janet Echelman, by thisiscolossal.com, Feb. 18, 2014,
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/02/giant-suspended-net-installations-by-janet-echelman/
Vancouver Sun, Aerial sculpture to be suspended at Vancouver’s waterfront, by Kelly Sinoski, Feb. 12,
2014,
http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Aerial+sculpture+suspended+Vancouver+waterfront/95011
47/story.html
New York Times, An Interactive Art Festival Illuminates a California Beach, by Ian Lovett, Sept. 30,
2013, Arts Section, pp. C1.
LA Times, Glow is back, bringing all-night art to Santa Monica, by Jeremiah Bogert, Sept. 29, 2013,
http://framework.latimes.com/2013/09/29/glow-is-back-bringing-all-night-art-to-santa-monica/#/0
The Guardian, Glow festival lights up Santa Monica, Sept. 30, 2013, by theguardian.com,
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2013/sep/30/glow-festival-santa-monica-inpictures#/?picture=418616241&index=1
Illuminator Magazine, Sept. 2013, Vol. 2, pp. cover, 33-38, back cover.
L+D Magazine, 1.26, by Andre Becker, Sept. 2013, Vol. 45, pp. 24, 34.
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2011
2010
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Textile Forum Magazine, Taking Imagination Seriously: Janet Echelman Takes Off, by Beatrijs Sterk,
Sept. 2013, pp.32.
Harvard Business Review, Spotlight on Women in Leadership, by Adi Ignatius, Sept. 2013, Vol. 91, No.
9, pp. 5, 59-62, 68-69, 78-79.
Oprah Magazine, Nothing but Net, by Zoe Donaldson, Aug. 2013, Vol. 14, No. 8, pp. 90-91.
Public Art Review, International Projects, by Jack Becker, Spr/Summer 2013, iss. 48, pp.72, back cover.
Boston Home Magazine, Innovators: Obsessions, by Christine Liu, Summer 2013, pp. 50, 52.
Surface Design Journal, Interview: Janet Echelman, by Marci Rae McDade, Vol. 37, No. 3, cover,
pp.14-19.
Landscape Installation Art, Phoenix Publishing & Media Group, Signature Landscape Installations, by
Cathy Zhang, pp. 18-21.
Specialty Fabrics Review, Net Gains for Amsterdam: fiber art, by Galynn Nordstrom, Feb. 2013, pp.16.
Huffington Post, Imagination Becomes Reality op-ed by Janet Echelman, on TED Weekends:
Imagination Innovation, Dec. 14, 2012, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/janet-echelman/imaginationbecomes-reality_b_2296215.html
Urban Landscape Furniture, Hong Kong: Hi-Design Publishing, Artworks, by Elaine Chou, pp.14-15,
25, 32.
Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Magazine, Intersection of Engineering and Public Art, by
Meredith Holmes, Vol. 58, No. 4, pp. 30-34.
Architectural Digest Magazine, 2012 AD Innovators, by Patricia Leigh Brown, Sept. 2012, pp. 91-92.
Design 360˚ Magazine, 90˚ Vision: Knit it Together, by Annie Lai, July 2012, pp. 34-47.
Design New England, Luminaries, by Katie Gleysteen, Nov./Dec. 2011, pp. 69.
Sculpture Magazine, Sculpting Urban Airspace: Janet Echelman, by Regina Frank, Vol. 30, No. 7,
cover, pp. 22-27.
New York Times, Innovation of a Terminal, Keyed to San Francisco, by Todd Woody, Apr 12, 2011.
Structure Magazine, “1.26”: From Tsunami to Abstract Net Form, by Shane McCormick, Charles Keyes,
Peter Heppel, Feb. 2011, cover, pp. 30-32.
Preble’s Artforms: 10th Edition, Claremont: Pearson, The Nature of Creativity and Art, by Patrick
Frank, pp, 1-2.
Textile Futures: Fashion, Design and Technology, by Bradley Quinn. New York: BloomsburyAcademic. Contemporary Art – Feature Interview: Janet Echelman, pp. 166.
CBS4 Denver, ‘Flowing Art’ Piece in Denver Connects Countries, by Greg Moody, Jul. 9, 2010,
http://cbs4denver.com/news/Biennial.Echelman.art.2.1796849.html
Urban Art Projects, Marker: Water Sky Garden, Janet Echelman, Jun. 3, 2010,
http://uapmarker.com.au/2010/06/03/water-sky-garden-janet-echelman/
Denver Post, Just In: Mass. Artist Janet Echelman to create public work for Biennial of the Americas, by
Kyle Macmillan, May 6, 2010, http://blogs.denverpost.com/artmosphere/2010/05/06/just-in-mass-artistjanet-echelman-to-create-public-work-for-biennial-of-the-americas/
Discover News, Colossal Net Sculpture Floats Over Olympic Stadium, by Tracy Staedter, Feb. 24, 2010,
http://news.discovery.com/tech/colossal-net-sculpture-floats-olympics.html
NPR Word of Mouth, Boston Artist’s Olympic Art Makes a Splash in Vancouver, by Virginia Prescott,
Feb. 22, 2010 http://www.nhpr.org/node/29944
Fast Company, What Will Vancouver Look Like When the Winter Games are Gone?, by Jess Ashlock,
Feb. 12, 2010, http://www.fastcompany.com/1548754/winter-olympics-to-transform-vancouver-for-good
Boston Globe Magazine, Up in the Air, by Cate McQuaid, Feb. 7, 2010, Boston Uncommon pp. 5.
Landscape Architecture, Feb. 2010.
Architectural Record, by Jane F. Kolleeny, Feb. 2010, Vol. 198, No. 2, Snapshot pp. 124.
Boston Magazine, Urban Magician, Feb. 2010.
Art in America, Art Takes the Olympic Podium, Feb. 2010, Vol. 98, No. 2, pp. 136.
Phoenix New Times, Best of Award: Best Public Art, 2009,
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/bestof/2009/award/best-public-art-1453528/
The Cronkite Journal, New in ’09 / Civic Space Provides Tranquil Spot in Middle of City, by James King,
Vol.1 No.4, 2009-10, pp. 26-27, photos pp. 1, 7.
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Next American City, City Study: Phoenix, by Rachel Somerstein, Issue 24, 2009, pp. 28-29.
Sunset Magazine, Phoenix, On the Edge, by Nora Burba Trulsson, Dec. 2009, pp. 34.
Fiber Arts Magazine, Big as All Outdoors, by Kathleen Vanesian, Nov/Dec. 2009, pp. 34-37, cover .
Sunset Magazine, She’s Like the Wind, by Nora Burba Trulsson, Nov. 2009, pp. 21.
Sculpture Magazine, Scaling Public Space, by Patricia C. Phillips, Sept. 2009, pp. 30-37.
Embroidery Magazine, Look to the Skies and Dream, Sept/Oct. 2009, Vol. 60, Commissions pp. 17.
Fiber Arts Magazine, The Desert in Bloom, Sept/Oct. 2009, News & Notes pp. 16.
Urbanland Magazine, Art Overhead, May 2009, pp. 19, images cover, pp. 7.
Public Art Review, 20th Anniversary Issue, Can Art Save the World?, by Janet Echelman, Issue 40
Spring/Summer 2009, pp. 34-35.
Architectural Design, Her secret is patience and She Changes, by Janet Echelman, Vol. 79 No. 2,
Mar/Apr. 2009, pp. 76-79.
The Cronkite Journal, Coils are her Calling Card, by Ryan Kost, 2008-09 Vol.1 No.3, pp. 30.
Surface Design Magazine, Casting a Wide Net: How Janet Echelman Makes it Big, by Leesa Hubbell,
Summer 2008, pp. 20-25, images pp. 5.
Sculpture Magazine, Reprieve for Echelman Work in Phoenix, Mar. 2008, News pp. 20.
Public Art: A World's Eye View, Integrating Art Into the Environment, 2008 ICO America, She
Changes, by Lilly Wei pp. 8-9, images pp. 162-179, back cover.
Newsweek Magazine, Art Attack, by Roxana Popescu. Dec. 28, 2007.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/82186
The Arizona Republic, Art Triumphs, Dec. 20, 2007, cover.
Embroidery Magazine, Net Work, by Jessica Hemmings, Nov/Dec. 2007, pp. 14-17.
Public Art Review, Spring/Summer 2007, back cover.
Tampa Bay Times, Lighten Up, Nov. 17, 2006, cover pp. 18.
St. Petersburg Times, Tonight a parking garage will be a thing of beauty, by Erika Vidal, Nov. 17, 2006,
Neighborhood News pp. 7.
Tampa Tribune, Net Art Catches Spotlight Tonight, by Susan Hemmingway, Nov. 17, 2006, pp. 6.
Matter, High Net Worth, by Jacquelyn Gray, Winter 2005 Volume 2, Issue 4, pp. 32-33, cover.
Architectural Record Innovation, Catching Air, by Diana Lind, An Artist’s Mind at Work, Nov 2005, Vol.
193, No. 11, pp. 5, 8-14.
Sculpture Magazine, She Changes Janet Echelman’s Porto Princess, by Robert Morgan and Lilly Wei.
July/Aug. 2005, pp. 46-51.
Public Art Review, She Changes, Spring-Summer 2005, pp. 68.
Metropolis, Motion and Change, by Lara Kristin Lentini, Jun. 2005, pp. 45-46.
Art In America, News Section, Portugal Commission, by David Ebony, Feb. 2005, pp. 35.
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Wall Street Journal, September 11 Memorials, by Alex Frangos, Sept. 10, 2004.
New York Times, 4 Finalists For Memorial to 9/11 in Hoboken, by Maria Newman, Mar. 5, 2004, pp. 4.
Publico (Portugal), Prace Cidade de S. Salvador recebe escultura que evoca tradicoes maritimas, by
Margarida Gomes, Apr. 30, 2004, pp. S9.
The Hoboken Reporter, Four Finalists for Sept. 11 Memorial, by Tom Jennemann, Mar. 7, 2004.
The Jersey Journal, Mar. 5, 2004.
Art Rotterdam Magazine, Living Forms of Janet Echelman, by Danielle Hofmans, Feb. 2004, pp. 28-30.
NRC Handelblad, Feb. 24, 2004.
Rotterdam Dagblad, Wind blaast geluid in ‘visnetkunst’.
Jornal Arquitectos, Publication of the Portuguese Architectural Association, Article on Echelman
Commission for Oporto, Portugal, Apr. 2003.
Grande Porto, Escultura marca a fusao entre Porto e Matosinhos, Apr. 2003, by Virginia Alves.
Publico (Porto, Portugal), Uma gigantesca anemona vai ficar a entrada de Matosinhos da Escultora
Janet Echelman, by Nuno Corvacho, Feb. 16, 2002, p. 44.
Sculpture Magazine, Janet Echelman: Integrating Form and Space, by D. Carvalho, Jan/Feb. 2002,
pp.12-13.
NY Arts Magazine, Nomadic Installations: Janet Echelman, by Deborah Frizzell, Feb 2002, pp. 20-21.
World Sculpture News, Space Sculptor of Urban Air Garments, by Joan Lebold Cohen, Autumn 2001,
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El Correo de Burgos, Echelman relaciona el espacio con la escultura, by Cristina Martinez, Jun. 12,
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Diario de Burgos, Arte: Janet Echelman, Artists norteamericana, by Victoria Romero, Jun. 12, 2001.
El Correo De ARCO, Arte Publico, by Santiago B. Olmo, Feb. 15, 2001, p. 2.
El Pais, La Escultura ya no es lo que era, by Enriqueta Antolin, p. 8 Babelia.
The Harvard Gazette, by K. Snibbe, May 11, 2000, p.14.
The Boston Globe, Review: Boston Sculptors Exhibit, Massachusetts Cultural Council Sculpture Award
Winners, by C. Temin, Feb. 2000.
ART India, Collector, by Samira Sheth, Quarter 1, 2000, pp. 52-55.
The Boston Herald, Fuller Museum Environmental Arts, by Mary Jo Palumbo, Jun. 1999.
The Boston Globe, Sight To See, Dec. 13, 1998.
The Harvard Crimson, Artist, Students Design Sculpture, Dec. 1, 1998, by Molly J. Moore.
The Boston Phoenix, Inside Out, Dec. 1998.
The Times of India, Illusions of Space, by Sureth Sheth, Apr. 6, 1997.
The Indian Post, Ringing In, Apr. 6-12, 1997, All India Edition.
The Afternoon Dispatch and Courier (Bombay), Sculpture Combining Bronze and Net: The experience
of living in a human body, by Hubert Vaz, Apr. 17, 1997.
The Metropolis, Caught in the Net, by Narendra Panjwani, Apr. 19-20, 1997.
The Indian Express, Bell Bottoms and Netty Tales, by Esther David, Mar. 29, 1997.
The Boston Globe, Wax Gloves, by M. Howard. Photo B. Versoy, Dec. 8, 1996.
Cambridge Chronicle, Breast Art: Body Parts in Daily Life, by Kathleen Powers, Jun. 1996, p. 15.
Harvard Crimson, Casting Breasts, Apr. 1996.
Boston Globe, Weekend Column, by Clea Simon, Dec. 2, 1995.
Harvard Gazette, Cover Photograph and Box, Dec. 1, 1995.
Boston Herald, Creating Hope, by Mary Jo Palumbo, Nov. 30, 1995.
Harvard Gazette, Surprisingly Balinese, by Ken Gewertz, Oct. 27, 1994, p. 10.
Tampa Bay Magazine, A Different View, by Aron Fodiman, Jan/Feb. 1994, pp. 20-22.
The Times, Tampa Edition of The St. Petersburg Times, Art diversity exemplified at Tampa Museum, by
M.A. Marger, Dec. 24, 1993, p. 20.
Do-er Profile/Echelman, by M.A. Marger, Nov. 19, 1993, p. 25.
The Tampa Tribune, Art and Artists: Janet Echelman, by Amy Sherzer, Nov. 1993.
Harvard Magazine, Janet Echelman, The Balinese Effect, Mar-Apr. 1993, p. 22.
The Jakarta Post, American Painter explores art, life through metatextual works, by Jim Supangkat, Jan.
21, 1993, p. 7. Two Worlds of artist Janet Echelman, by M. Morrison, p. 7.
The Boston Phoenix, Artists Abroad: Searching the World for Inspiration, by G. Sussman, May 29, 1992
The Radcliffe Quarterly, Metamorphosis of a Painter, the artist in Bali, by J. Echelman, Mar. 1992, pp.
30-1.
The Tampa Tribune, Editorial, Lessons learned from engaging in a simpler life, by P. Breckinridge, Mar.
31, 1991.
Tampa Bay Upscale, From Harvard yard to Bali rice fields, by Amy Scherzer, Mar. 1991.
Ft. Myers News Press, All things bright and beautiful: Color is key in new exhibits, by Angela Savko,
Dec. 1990.
The Wall Street Journal, Asian edition, Paradoxes in Paradise, by Jeffrey Hantover, Jun. 20, 1990.
Discovery Magazine (Cathay Pacific Airlines) An American in Bali, by Jeffrey Hantover, Aug. 1990,
p.123.
South China Morning Post, Weekly Guide, Art From a Colourful Life, by Sue Heady, Jun. 10-16, 1990.
ARTTENTION Magazine, Batik Images, by Vernon Ram, Jun. 1990, pp. 48-51.
The Hong Kong Standard, A Brush with Balinese Batiks, by Vernon Ram, Dec. 17, 1989.
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