Jean Blackburn (artist)
Jean Blackburn is an American artist and educator known for her paintings, sculptures, installation arts, and illustrations. She is also a professor in the Illustration department at Rhode Island School of Design, since 1982. She has lived in New York City, and Rhode Island. Biography Blackburn's work, both in painting and in sculpture, addresses domestic interiors and our relationship to both furniture and architecture. Some of her notable group exhibitions include "Transitional Objects: Contemporary Still Life" (2006) at Neuberger Museum of Art in Purchase, New York; "Working in Brooklyn: Domestic Transformations. Ann Agee, Ron Baron, Jean Blackburn, Andy Yoder" (1999) at Brooklyn Museum; and "Against the Tide: Artists and the Water Cycle" (1992) at Pelham Art Center in Pelham, New York. In 2002, Blackburn removed circular pieces from the floorboards from a 1783 house, glued the pieces into stacks and turned the stacks on a lathe to make bowls for The Aldrich Contemporary ...
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