Lara Schnitger (born 1969 in Haarlem,

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) is a Dutch- American

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable ...

and painter, living and working in

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and

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. Schnitger studied at the Royal Academy of Art (The Hague) from 1987 to 1991 and spent a year on a residency at the

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Centre for Contemporary Art in southern Japan. Schnitger works in knitted and sewn textile sculptures, videos and photographs, and has produced a book about art created from mundane materials such as fabric, titled ''Lara Schnitger: Fragile Kingdom.'' Schnitger has had over 40 solo exhibitions world wide and numerous group exhibitions. Her work has been shown internationally at galleries and museums such as Magasin 3 in Stockholm, the Chinese European Art Center in Xiamen, the

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, Kunstwerke in Berlin, the

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in Los Angeles, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center in New York, The Power Plant in Toronto, and the

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in London. Schnitger's work is in the permanent collection of several museums including the

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in Los Angeles and the

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in New York. She participated in the Liverpool Biennial in 1999 and the Shanghai Biennial in 2002.

References

External links

www.laraschnitger.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schnitger, Lara 1969 births Living people American sculptors Dutch sculptors Artists from Haarlem Dutch women artists Royal Academy of Art, The Hague alumni