Chris Burden

Active on the international art scene since the early 1970s, his early work emphasized the ephemeral and addressed political, social, environmental and technological change. His current work involving monumental sculptures and large-scale installations addresses the politics of social change, the role of cultural institutions in contemporary society, and the boundaries of science and technology. Retrospective exhibitions include the Newport Harbor Art Museum (1988), the MAK-Austrian Museum of Applied Arts (1996) and the New Museum in New York (2013). Exhibited at the 48th Venice Biennale and the Tate Gallery, London. Sculpture of a 65-foot tall skyscraper made of one million Erector set parts was installed in front of Rockefeller Center, New York (2008). Exhibited art at: Dallas Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, Wexner Center for the Visual Arts, Ohio State University, Whitney Museum of American Art, and Yale University. Recipient, Distinguished Artist Award, College Art Association, Skowhegan Medal in Sculpture, National Endowment of the Arts Grant, and a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship.