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  • Artist: Barbara Edelstein
  • Medium(s): Sculpture & Mixed Media
    Installation
  • Born in: California, USA
  • Exhibitions List 

Barbara Edelstein, a native of Los Angeles, was exposed to diversity on the two shores of the Pacific in her early years. The geographical proximity and cultural blending of the Asian and the American traditions had a significant impact on her way of thinking, and later cultivated in her a unique style of Zen artistry. Barbara‘s artworks continually reflect water as both a concrete material and an abstract concept， a dualism that bridges the natural and the artistic worlds. The flow of water in her artworks communicates a motion that transcends time, an elevation of spirituality, and a delicate form of expression that is the epitome of feminism.

“To me, sculpture is very much a body in space. I see all of my sculptures as relating to the human body and our senses, so that the person is actually there. The object that I create may not physically represent a person, but it is a surrogate for a human body. Therefore, when I am looking at a tree, what I actually see and feel in my body is the tree as a dancer taking a pose.”

“I find that as a sculptor, I am drawn to shapes, and I find the contours of leaves so completely varied and amazing. Also, by using leaves from around the world in the same artwork, in my own way I am unifying the world, bringing everyone and everything together into one.”

Barbara graduated from the University of California in Santa Cruz with a Bachelor of Arts, and from the University of California Claremont Graduate University with a Masters of Fine Arts. She has exhibited her works in solo exhibitions since 1975. Barbara Edelstein’s works are part of the permanent collections of such esteemed institutions as the National Museum of Women in the Arts of Washington D.C., the Shanghai Art Museum, the Guangdong Museum of Art, the Connemara Conservancy of Dallas, Texas, the Jing‘an Sculpture Park of Shanghai, China, and The Djerassi Foundation of California, among just a few.

works

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  • Indoor

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  • 2010

    "Flowing Leaf • Floating Water", Elisabeth de Brabant Art Center, Shanghai, China

  • 2010

    “City Fantasy”, Jing’An International Sculpture Project, Shanghai, China
    “Inaugural Exhibit”, 1933 Art Pavilion, Elisabeth de Brabant Art Center, Shanghai, China
    “Story”, Ming Yuan Art Center, Shanghai, China
    “Women on Women”, Hong Miao Gallery, Shanghai, China

  • 2007

    "Alternative Landscape", 140 sqm Gallery, Shanghai, China
    "Mirage Garden Part 6", South Beauty Garden, Shanghai, China (in collaboration with Jian-Jun Zhang)

  • 2005

    "Garden of Wishing Trees", Maiden Lane Exhibition Space, New York, New York, USA (in collaboration with Jian-Jun Zhang)

  • 2002

    Museum of the Shenzhen Art Institute, Shenzhen, China
    Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China

  • 1989

    "Sayan", Intersection for the Arts Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA

  • 1988

    "Il Segreto Nascosto Sotto i Rami", P.S.1, New York, New York, USA

  • 1987

    "Cala dell’ Elefante", P.S.1, New York, New York, USA
    "Morteratsch", P.S.1, New York, New York, USA
    "Pantelleria", P.S.1, New York, New York, USA

  • 1985

    "Romantic Notations", Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA
    "Sculpture as Fountains", 3rd Street Mall, Santa Monica, California, USA

  • 1984

    "Installation/Corrugations", Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, USA

  • 1977

    "Fiber", University of California, Santa Cruz, USA

  • GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 2009

    "Miniature Artists’ Books", part of the 4th Baku Biennial, Azerbaijan Museum, Baku, Azerbaijan
    "Ink Society", Sunshine International Museum, Song Zhuang, Beijing, China
    "In-Situ: A Dialog with Space and Time", River South Art Center, Shanghai, China
    "Contemporary Ink Painting 2009: Shanghai New Ink Painting Art Exhibition", Shanghai
    Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
    "A Starting Point: Intrude 366 - Dynamics of Change and Growth", Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China

  • 2008

    "3rd XiHu International Sculpture Exhibition", Hangzhou, China
    "HongKou Stones" part of "Intrude: Art & Life 366", Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
    "Inaugural Exhibit Volume 2" Uwantart Gallery, Shanghai, China

  • 2007

    "3rd International Art Festival", Rajamangala University, Poh-Chang, Bangkok, Thailand
    "Language/Environment", Museum of Contemporary Art Beijing, Beijing, China

  • 2006

    "Entry Gate: Chinese Aesthetics of Heterogeneity", 1st Envisage, Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, Shanghai, China
    "Close to Home", BlockParty Brooklyn, New York, USA

  • 2005

    "100 Years of Chinese Sculpture", Shanghai Sculpture Center, Shanghai, China
    "1st International Sculpture Biennale", Xu Jia Hui Park, Shanghai, China
    "Poles Apart Poles Together: Markers V", Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy

  • 2004

    "Artists Do a Book", Plum Blossoms Gallery, New York, New York, USA
    "A Grain of Dust A Drop of Water", The 5th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea
    "Urban Sculptures for Shanghai Pudong", (Finalists), Urban Design Museum of Shanghai, Shanghai, China
    "Urban Sculptures for Shanghai Pudong", (Semifinalists), New International Center, Shanghai, China

  • 2003

    "Milestones for Peace", Stadtmuseum Wiesbaden, Germany
    "5=1", L.A. Artcore Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA

  • 2002

    "Markers", Orensanz Art Center, New York, New York, USA
    "Wegziehen" (“movingAway”), Speicherstadt Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
    "Markers II", EAM Gallery, Kassel, Germany
    "Wegziehen" (“movingAway”), Kommunale Galerie Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany

  • 2001

    "2nd XiHu International Sculpture Exhibition", Hangzhou, China
    "Wegziehen" (“movingAway”), Frauen Museum, Bonn, Germany
    "Markers", Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
    "Milestones for Peace", Weill Art Gallery, New York, New York, USA
    "Markers", Givataim Teatre, Tel Aviv, Israel

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