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Julie Rotblatt-Amrany | |
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| Nationality | American |
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Julie Rotblatt-Amrany is an American sculptor and painter, whose work explores the resurgence of the figure in modern art.
Rotblatt-Amrany was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in Highland Park, Illinois. She completed a B.A. in Art at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and spent her junior year abroad at the University of Bordeaux in France. Influenced by the works of Michelangelo, Rotblatt-Amrany developed an artistic interest in the human figure at a time in which that study was not favored in academia.
After college, Rotblatt-Amrany trained at the Art Institute of Chicago in figure drawing, painting, and sculpting from life. After moving to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1982, she focused on figurative studies at the College of Marin. As part of her studies, Rotblatt-Amrany dissected cadavers at the Indian Valley campus in a program intended for medical students. She also studied from the model under sculptor Manuel Neri at the University of California, Davis.
Rotblatt-Amrany participated in several art projects in the Bay Area, including assisting with a mural for the Oakland Art Museum.
Under Neri, Rotblatt-Amrany developed an interest in carving marble. In 1985, she traveled to Perugia in Italy as part of a program offered by Boston University, drawing from life and experimenting with stone.
Rotblatt-Amrany moved to Pietrasanta, the site of marble quarries that Michelangelo used for many of his sculptures. She began work at Studio Sem, which executed commissions for major sculptors such as Henry Moore. There she created Transference in Time, which reflected her growing fascination and exploration of space and time and the eternal nature of consciousness. Switching to Santoli's Studio, she devoted several months to the creation of a large bas-relief on a one-ton block of rose-colored slate from Assisi. Titled "Holding the Source," the work was shipped to Northern California, where it was later destroyed in an earthquake.
While in Pietrasanta, Rotblatt-Amrany met her future husband, Israeli artist Omri Amrany. The couple married in 1987 and lived for two years at the Kibbutz Ashdot Ya'akov Meuhadin in Northern Israel. Their son was born in Israel in 1989. That same year, the couple moved to Chicago.
In the United States, Rotblatt-Amrany pursued teaching positions and other roles.
In 1992, Rotblatt-Amrany and Amrany established the Fine Art Studio of Rotblatt-Amrany. [1] This studio aimed to replicate the facilities they encountered in Italy, functioning as both an educational center and a workspace. The studio also took on commissioned projects. They received a commission to create a bronze statue of basketball player Michael Jordan at Chicago's United Center. [2] Their work on this project was recognized with an Award of Excellence from the Chicago Bar Association.
Only days away from completing the clay of the Jordon sculpture, Rotblatt-Amrany was diagnosed with breast cancer. Her healing process inspired her to create Healing Energy for the Kellogg Cancer Care Center at NorthShore University HealthSystem in Evanston, Illinois, and Dancing Electrons for the Simmons Cancer Institute at Southern Illinois University in Springfield, Illinois. Her serious illness deepened Rotblatt-Amrany's interest in consciousness and how it integrates with matter, on how matter and energy transform, and on the evolution of human intelligence.
Following on from her recovery from chemotherapy, Rotblatt-Amrany took part in the Beaux-Arts Invitational Exhibition in Paris and the Shanghai Art Fair 2000. In 2001, she was invited to mount a one-woman exhibition at the historic Château d'Amboise in Amboise, France. Rotblatt-Amrany's "Theatre of the Soul" exhibition featured 30 sculptures and paintings and attracted media and public attention.
In 2002, Rotblatt-Amrany completed her largest project of the decade; Veterans Memorial Park (2002), a nine-acre site in Munster, Indiana. The project comprised six vignettes that included bronze sculptures, bas reliefs, laser-engraved images, and found object art. [3]
Other notable works of the 2000s were:
Rotblatt-Amrany helped create The Julia Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to establishing a sculpture garden in historic Fort Sheridan in Lake County, Illinois.
In the 2010s, Rotblatt-Amrany continued to focus on figurative art, creating Jerry West (2011) for Staples Center in Los Angeles, [4] and Scottie Pippen (2011) for Chicago's United Center. Regarding her figurative public art, she said, "I believe we are giving something hopeful and energizing back, as we explore the lives of heroic figures and hold up parts of their human and soulful experience that can inspire others." [5]
In 2014, the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science unveiled a bronze statue of Rosalind Franklin created by Rotblatt-Amrany, near its front entrance. [6]
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