Jean Blackburn (artist)

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Jean Blackburn
Education Rhode Island School of Design,
Yale School of Art
Occupation(s)Visual artist, illustrator, educator
Known forSculpture, installation art, painting, collage, illustration, scientific illustration
Website Official website

Jean Blackburn is an American artist and educator known for her paintings, sculptures, installation arts, and illustrations. [1] [2] She is also a professor in the Illustration department at Rhode Island School of Design, since 1982. [3] She has lived in New York City, [4] and Rhode Island.

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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; [5] "Working in Brooklyn: Domestic Transformations. Ann Agee, Ron Baron, Jean Blackburn, Andy Yoder" (1999) at Brooklyn Museum; [6] [7] and "Against the Tide: Artists and the Water Cycle" (1992) at Pelham Art Center in Pelham, New York. [8] 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 Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut. [9]

Blackburn has also worked as an archaeological illustrator on excavations. Her artwork can be found in the museum collections at the Rhode Island School of Design Museum, [10] The Tang Museum, and the Mint Museum. [11]

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  3. ↑ "Jean Blackburn, Artist & Professor At RISD". natfluence.com. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  4. ↑ Johnson, Ken (1999-04-02). "Art in Review; Jean Blackburn". The New York Times . ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-06-26. Jean Blackburn, a New York sculptor
  5. ↑ "Seeing real objects in an unreal way". The Journal News. 2006-09-24. p. 49. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  6. ↑ Johnson, Ken (1999-01-15). "Art In Review: 'Domestic Transformations'". The New York Times . ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  7. ↑ Smith, Roberta (1999-02-26). "Art Guide: Domestic Transformations". The New York Times . ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  8. ↑ Raynor, Vivien (1992-06-14). "Art; Artistic Visions Make a Case For a Troubled Environment". The New York Times . ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  9. ↑ Bernstein, Fred A. (2004-06-06). "Art/Architecture; This Old Museum". The New York Times . ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  10. ↑ "Jean Blackburn, Template, 2002". RISD Museum . Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  11. ↑ "Mint Museum of Craft + Design in Charlotte, NC, Features Exhibit Focused on the Vessel from Museum's Collection". CarolinaArts.com. October 2004. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
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