Béatrice Coron (b. 1956)
is a French born American artist known for her public art installations and paper art.
She attended the
École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon
The École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon is a school of art and design in Lyon, located in Les Subsistances, in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon, in the Rhône-Alpes region of France. It is part of the École des Beaux-Arts tradition, ...
and the
Jean Moulin University Lyon 3.
In 2011 Coron delivered a TED talk ''Stories cut from paper''. In 2013 Coron and fellow story-teller James Stewart created the animated film ''Daily Battles''.
In 2020 her hand-cut installation ''Hi Five! Stories from the Five Boroughs'' was exhibited at the
New-York Historical Society.
She has created pieces of public art including ''Roots and Wings'' in
Washougal, Washington,
and ''Cultivate Your Mind in the Orchard of Knowledge'' in
San Jose, California.
Her mural ''Dreams'' is in the
Los Angeles Metro Rail
The Los Angeles Metro Rail is an urban rail transit system serving Los Angeles County, California, United States. It consists of seven lines, including five light rail lines (the A Line (Los Angeles Metro), A, C Line (Los Angeles Metro), C, E Li ...
system,
and her series of screens entitled ''On the Right Track'' is in the 104 Street station of the
New York MTA
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is a public benefit corporation responsible for public transportation in the New York City metropolitan area of the U.S. state of New York. The MTA is the largest public transit authority in th ...
.
Her work is in the collection of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
the
Walker Art Center,
and the
National Museum of Women in the Arts
The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), located in Washington, D.C., is "the first museum in the world solely dedicated" to championing women through the arts. NMWA was incorporated in 1981 by Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay. Since openin ...
.
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1956 births
Living people
Women book artists
Book artists
20th-century American women artists
21st-century American women artists