Janet_Goldner

Janet Goldner

Janet Goldner

American artist

Janet Goldner is an American visual artist who has exhibited her work widely on four continents. Goldner spends several months in Mali each year and lives and maintains a studio in New York City.[1][2] She has received numerous awards and grants, and her work is in several collections.[3][4]

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Work

Goldner's work bridges diverse cultures, and addresses issues of social justice and identity.[5] Her work has been influenced by numerous trips to West Africa, and Mali in particular.[6] Her work was included in the Global Africa exhibition at the Museum of Art and Design, curated by Lowery Stokes Sims.[2] Her Fences & Neighbors installation created on Governor's Island, in New York addresses border issues and migration.[7]

Honors and awards

In 1994-1995, Goldner received a Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship to Mali, as well as grants from the Ford Foundation, and UN Special Committee Against Apartheid.[8]

Collections

Goldner's work is in the permanent collections of the American Embassy in Mali, the city of Segou, Mali, and the Islip Museum in Long Island, NY.[8][9] Her work, Most of Us Art Immigrants, a large-scale sculpture installation, is in the collection of the Islip Museum on Long Island, New York.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    "South Africa: Janet Goldner and The Global Africa Project". Of Note Magazine. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  2. [2]
    Dobrzynski, Judith H. (November 24, 2010). "Africa and Its Spheres of Influence". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  3. [3]
    "Janet Goldner's Negelan, in Collection of American Embassy, Bamako, Mali". The Feminist Art Project. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  4. [4]
    "Here There and Everywhere: The Art Of Collaboration". TransCultural Exchange. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  5. [5]
    "Janet Goldner". Brooklyn Arts Council. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  6. [6]
    "JANET GOLDNER Welded Steel Sculpture Touched by the Culture of West Africa". Biddingtons. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  7. [7]
    "Traveling Home and Back - the works of Janet Goldner". State of the Arts NYC. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  8. [8]
    "Janet Goldner". International Sculpture Center. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  9. [9]
    "Janet Goldner: Zig Zags". About Place Journal. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
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