• Spanish, b. 1957 Lives and works in Paris, France and Barcelona, Spain Jaume Plensa is one of the world’s foremost...

    Spanish, b. 1957

    Lives and works in Paris, France and Barcelona, Spain

     
    Jaume Plensa is one of the world’s foremost sculptors working in the public space, with over 30 projects spanning the globe in such cities as Chicago, Dubai, London, Liverpool, Nice, Tokyo, Toronto, and Vancouver.  
     
    Over the past 25 years, the artist has produced a rich body of work in the studio and the public realm. By combining conventional culptural materials (glass, steel, bronze, aluminum) with more unconventional media (water, light, sound, video), and frequently incorporating text, Plensa creates hybrid works of intricate energy and psychology. From his delicately extured, intimate works on paper — like his 2005-06 series of ethnographic portraits that resemble worn, 19th century photographs — to monumental outdoor sculptures like Nomade (2007) and a range of cityscapealtering public projects like the Crown Fountain in Chicago (2000-05), Plensa’s work takes many forms.
     
    Plensa’s work is invested in evoking emotion and stimulating intellectual engagement. By posing conceptual dualities in his work (inside/outside, front/back, light/dark), he seeks to connect with his viewers on an intuitive level. Often, the viewer participation, or the object/viewer relationship, is what completes his work. The winner of many national and international awards, Plensa has had solo exhibitions at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, UK; Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX; Institut Valencia d’Art Modern, Spain; Musée Picasso, Antibes, France; Arts Club of Chicago, IL; Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI; Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain; Galerie National du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France; and Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, Spain.
     
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  • Blaire Dessent, "Jaume Plensa: Mirall," View Mallorca, October 1, 2024

    "Renowned Catalan artist Jaume Plensa opens new solo exhibition in Venice," Catalan News, April 19, 2024

    "Distinguished leaders to receive Notre Dame honorary degrees, Laetare Medal," Notre Dame News, April 8, 2024

    Tokunbo Salako, “Spanish artist Jaume Plensa prepares to take Macbeth opera beyond Barcelona,” EuroNews, February 23, 2023

    David J Markham, “In The Red Corner Robert Indiana. And In The Blue Corner - Jaume Plensa….,” Yorkshire Times, October 8, 2022

    Andrea Rodés, “New sculptural doors by Jaume Plensa at the Liceu de Opera in Barcelona,” Al Día News, September 6, 2022

    “New Installation by multi-award-winning sculpture Jaume Plensa,” The Shard, September 28, 2021

    Steve Johnson, “Sculptor Jaume Plensa on why he’ll never replicate Crown Fountain and how it led to his current Chicago gallery show,” Chicago Tribune, December 10, 2020

    Devorah Lauter, “Big Heads, Big Heart: Q & A With Artist Jaume Plensa,” Blouin ArtInfo, July 9, 2018

    Lisa Kocay, “Inside The Donum Estate: A Vineyard Merging Art And Wine,” Forbes, June 6, 2018

    Timothy A. Schuler, “Face Time,” Landscape Architecture Project, June 13, 2017

    Nel-Olivia Waga, "Art Basel 2017: Ruinart's Message In A Bottle And Jaume Plensa's Artistic Message To The World," Forbes, March 30, 2017

    Ayana Malaika Crichlow, "Jaume Plensa: Artist and Visionary," The Huffington Post, March 22, 2017

    David Bennett, “Crown Fountain Artist Jaume Plensa Brings Giant Sculpture to Museum Park,” Miami New Times, March 16, 2017

    “Toasting to Jaume Plensa’s Sculpture for Ruinart,” Whitewall, March 10, 2017

    Laila Pedro, “Jaume Plensa with Laila Pedro,” The Brooklyn Rail, February 1, 2017

    Sarah Rose Sharp, “Jaume Plensa’s Human Landscapes @ Toledo Museum of Art,” Detroit Art Review, July 18, 2016

    Marcelle Sussman Fischler, "How This Iconic Chicago Sculpture Ended Up in Miami," Ocean Drive, April 15, 2016

    Jessica Zack, "Plensa's 'Silent Faces' Speak Volumes," SF Gate, September 30, 2015

    Jenni Frankenberg Veal, "Field Excursions: Enchanting Human Landscape Exhibit at Cheekwood in Nashville," Nooga, June 5, 2015

    Skip Anderson, "Dramatic Sculptures Coming to Nashville," Nashville Arts Magazine, May 22, 2015

    Karen Wright, "Jaume Plensa, Sculptor: 'A Stone can Represent the Universe. A Boulder that Nature has Created,'" The Independent, May 14, 2015

    Harry Mount, "Artist Jaume Plensa Brings Majestic Installations to the Venice Art Biennale," Newsweek, May 8, 2015

    Sugar Rautbord, "Jaume Plensa's Four New Sculptures for Chicago's Millennium Park," The Huffington Post, July 22, 2014

    Karen Berkowitz, "Renowned Sculptor Unveils Pieces at Ravinia, Millennium Park," Chicago Tonight, June 17, 2014

    Erik Lacitis, "Head-turning Echo Sculpture in Seattle Raises Eyebrows," The Seattle Times, May 14, 2014

    Joel Henning, "The Man With a Thousand Faces," The Wall Street Journal, January 1, 2011

    Hilarie M. Sheets, "Man of a Thousand Faces," ARTnews, March 1, 2010