Artist

Liz Larner

born Sacramento, CA 1960
Born
Sacramento, California, United States
Active in
  • Los Angeles, California, United States
Nationalities
  • American
Biography

Larner's sculptural work uses the formal roots of modernism to question traditional notions of space and volume. In her early work, Larner examined issues of transformation and decay in a series of petri dish cultures that she also photographed. Her subsequent installations and sculptures address the way an object defines the space it occupies and transforms the viewer's perception of that space. The silhouette created by two intersecting arcs of nylon cord in her Bird in Space recalls the shape of Constantin Brancusi's classically modern 1928 sculpture of the same title. Larner's work has been widely shown in the United States and Europe, particularly in Austria, Germany, and France. In 1999 she won a Guggenheim Fellowship. The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles organized a retrospective of her work in 2001.

Larner was born in Sacramento, Calif. in 1960. In 1985, she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the California Institute of Arts, Valencia. Currently she lives and works in Los Angeles and teaches at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Regen Projects in Los Angeles and 303 Gallery in New York City represent Larner.

Larner was the Smithsonian American Art Museum "Lucelia Artist Award" recipient in 2002

https://americanart.si.edu/about/artist-awards/larner

Videos

Exhibitions

Media - 2002.46 - SAAM-2002.46_1 - 61332
Celebrating the Lucelia Artist Award, 2001 – 2006
September 20, 2007June 21, 2008
The Lucelia Artist Award, established in 2001, has been an important new initiative at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The award annually recognizes an exceptional American artist younger than 50.