Lara Schnitger (born 1969 in Haarlem,

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) is a

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sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

and painter, living and working in

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and

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. Schnitger studied at the

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from 1987 to 1991 and spent a year on a residency at the Kitakyushu Centre for Contemporary Art in southern Japan. Schnitger works in knitted and sewn textile sculptures, videos and photographs, and has produced a book about art created from mundane materials such as fabric, titled ''Lara Schnitger: Fragile Kingdom.'' Schnitger has had over 40 solo exhibitions world wide and numerous group exhibitions. Her work has been shown internationally at galleries and museums such as Magasin 3 in Stockholm, the Chinese European Art Center in Xiamen, the

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, Kunstwerke in Berlin, the

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in Los Angeles,

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in New York,

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in Toronto, and the Royal Academy in London. Schnitger's work is in the permanent collection of several museums including the

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in Los Angeles and the

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in New York. She participated in the Liverpool Biennial in 1999 and the Shanghai Biennial in 2002.

References

External links

www.laraschnitger.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schnitger, Lara 1969 births Living people American sculptors Dutch sculptors Artists from Haarlem Dutch women artists Royal Academy of Art, The Hague alumni