American, b. 1929
Born in Detroit, MI in 1929, sculptor and public artist Jackie Ferrara lives and works in New York City. Since the seventies, she has been using the forms and materials usually associated with architecture to enrich the definition of sculpture and challenge the assumptions and conventions of the typical built environment. Her public works include courtyards, plazas, fountains, walkways, pools, arcades, lobbies, walls, floors, seating, towers, amphitheaters, performance stages and sundials. They are sited at universities, museum grounds, corporations, parks, the banks of a canal, a transit station, airport, convention center, and many city and state public spaces. Ferrara has received awards and grants from many organizations including the American Society of Landscape Architects, Stone Institute's Tucker Award of Design Excellence, American Institute of Architects, Art Commission of the City of New York, New York State Council on the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, and John Simon Guggenheim Foundation.
