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This is a list of artworks made by James Turrell. Works are listed on the chart by chronology, the oldest first to the newest at the bottom.
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This is a list of artworks made by James Turrell. Works are listed on the chart by chronology, the oldest first to the newest at the bottom.
| Title | Year | Location and coordinates | Material | Details | Owner |
| Afrum I (White) | 1967 | ||||
| Prado (White) | 1967 | ||||
| Tycho (White) | 1967 | ||||
| Stufe (White) | 1967 | ||||
| Raethro (White) | 1967 | ||||
| Prado (White) | 1967 | ||||
| Pullen (White) | 1967 | ||||
| Porter Powell (White) | 1967 | ||||
| Enzu | 1967 | ||||
| Decker | 1967 | ||||
| Catzo (White) | 1967 | ||||
| Ashby | 1967 | ||||
| Carn White | 1967 | ||||
| Four Light Installations: [1] Iltar, Amba, Rayzor, House of Wax | 1982 | Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA), Seattle, Washington, United States | Drywall, paint, incandescent light | ||
| First Light | 1989-1990 | ||||
| Sky Garden [2] | 1992 | Liss Ard Estate Garden, Skibbereen, Co. Cork, Ireland | |||
| Aten Reign | 2013 | Guggenheim Museum, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States | |||
| Catso, Red (1967) | 1994 | The Mattress Factory Art Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States | Drywall, paint, xenon projector | [3] | |
| Pleiades | 1983 | The Mattress Factory Art Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States | Drywall, paint, incandescent light | [4] | |
| Danaë | 1983 | The Mattress Factory Art Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States | Drywall, paint, ultraviolet & incandescent light | [3] | |
| Celestial Vault | 1996 | Kijkduin, The Hague, the Netherlands | [5] | ||
| Akhob | 2013 | The Shops at Crystals, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Drywall, paint, ultraviolet & incandescent light | [6] | |
| Soros Fund Management | 2015 | Soros Family Office, New York, NY, United States | George Soros Family office contains a Turrell room for its employees. 400 W 59th St #4, New York, NY 10019 |
| Title | Year | Location and coordinates | Material | Details | Owner |
| Skyspace I [7] | 1974 | Panza Collection, Varese, Italy | Originally located at the Guggenheim in NYC [8] | Panza Collection, Varese, Italy | |
| Lunette [7] | 1974 | Panza Collection, Varese, Italy | Originally located at the Guggenheim in NYC [9] | Panza Collection, Varese, Italy | |
| Meeting [10] | 1986 | MoMA PS1, Queens, New York City, New York, United States | MoMA PS1, Queens, New York City, New York, United States | ||
| Second Meeting [11] | 1989 | Einstein Residence, Brentwood, California, United States | 20-foot-tall | Cliff and Mandy Einstein | |
| Space That Sees [12] | 1992 | Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel | Gray and white concrete, limestone, fluorescent light with dimmers, 700 x 1000 x 1000 cm | Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel (Gift of Hannelore and Ruda Schulhof, New York, to American Friends of the Israel Museum) | |
| House of Light [13] | 1997 | House of Light, Tokamachi, Japan | House of Light, Tokamachi, Japan | ||
| 6 M Skyspace [14] | 1998 | Museum of Modern Art, Antwerp, Belgium | Museum of Modern Art, Antwerp, Belgium | ||
| Blue Blood [15] | 1998 | Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States | Currently closed to the public while awaiting refurbishment and repairs [15] | Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico | |
| Blue Pesher [16] | 1999 | Carell Woodland Sculpture trail, Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art, Nashville, Tennessee, United States | Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art, Nashville, Tennessee, United States | ||
| The Light Inside [17] | 1999 | Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, United States | Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, United States | ||
| One Accord [18] | 2001 | Live Oak Friends Meeting House, Houston, Texas, United States | Architect: Leslie Elkins | Houston, Texas, United States | |
| Knight Rise [19] | 2001 | Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States | Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States | ||
| Unseen Blue [20] | 2002 | James Turrell Museum, Bodega Colomé, Salta, Argentina | James Turrell Museum, Bodega Colomé, Salta, Argentina | ||
| Plato's Eye [21] | 2002 | Private Residence: Vernon Faulconer, Dallas, Texas | Vernon Faulconer | ||
| Lunette [20] | 2002 | James Turrell Museum, Bodega Colome, Argentina | James Turrell Museum, Bodega Colome, Argentina | ||
| Milk Run Sky [22] | 2002 | Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan | Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan | ||
| Light Reign [23] | 2003 | Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington, United States | Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington, United States | ||
| Cat Cairn [24] | 2000 | Kielder Water, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom | Kielder Water, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom | ||
| Above Horizon [25] | 2004 | Sheats Goldstein Residence, Beverly Hills, California, United States | James Goldstein | ||
| Blue Planet Sky [26] | 2004 | 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan | 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan | ||
| Open Sky [27] | 2004 | Chichu Art Museum, Naoshima, Japan | Chichu Art Museum, Naoshima, Japan | ||
| Three Gems [28] | 2005 | de Young Museum, San Francisco, California, United States | de Young Museum, San Francisco, California, United States | ||
| Hard Scrabble Sky (UIC Skyspace) [29] | 2005 | Gateway Plaza, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States | University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States | ||
| Piz Utèr [30] | 2005 | Hotel Castell, Zuoz, Switzerland | Hotel Castell | ||
| Third Breath [31] | 2005, 2009 | Unna, Germany | Centre for International Light Art (CILA), Unna, Germany | ||
| Second Wind [32] | 2005 | Fundación NMAC Vejer de la Frontera (Cádiz), Spain | Fundación NMAC Vejer de la Frontera (Cádiz), Spain | ||
| Sky Pesher | 2005 | Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States | Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States (Gift of the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation) | ||
| Blue Pearl | 2005 | Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria | 9.20 x 7.20 x 8.36 meters | Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg Foundation, Austria | |
| Tending, (Blue) | 2005-2012 | Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas, United States | Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas, United States | ||
| Stone Sky | 2005 | Stonescape vineyard, Calistoga, California, United States | Architect: Jim Jennings | Norman and Norah Stone | |
| Deer Shelter | 2006 | Yorkshire Sculpture Park, England, United Kingdom | Yorkshire Sculpture Park, England, United Kingdom (commissioned by The Art Fund) | ||
| Revised Outlook [33] | 2004-2006 | Santa Monica Canyon, Los Angeles, California, United States | Dallas Price-Van Breda | ||
| Roden Crater | 2006 | Flagstaff, Arizona, United States | James Turrell | ||
| Dividing the Light | 2007 | Pomona College, Claremont, California, United States | Metal canopy with square aperture, lighting program, reflecting/continuous pool; includes courtyard space with granite bench seating and landscaping | Pomona College, Claremont, California, United States | |
| Within without [34] | 2010 | Australian Garden, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia | Lighting installation, concrete and basalt stupa, water, earth, landscaping 800 x 2800 x 2800 cm | National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia | |
| Outside Insight | 2011 | Ytterjärna, Sweden | When built it was the most northern Skyspace ever made. Seating for 22 | Ytterjärna, Stockholm, Sweden | |
| Joseph's Coat | 2011 | John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida, United States | 3,000 square feet with an aperture of 24 square feet, seating for 56 | John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida, United States | |
| The Way of Color | 2011 | Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas United States | Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, United States | ||
| Twilight Epiphany [35] | 2012 | Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States | The tower is shaped like a pyramid. Visitors gaze up at a 72-by-72 foot white roof with a 14-by-14 foot opening looking out into the sky. LEDs sync up with the sunrise and sunset. | ||
| Air Apparent [36] | 2012 | Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ | Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ | ||
| Twilight Resplendence | 2012 | Museum SAN, Oakvalley 2gil 260, Jijeong-myeon, Wonju-city, Gangwon-do, South Korea | Museum SAN, Wonju-city, Gangwon-do, South Korea | ||
| Gathered Sky [37] | 2012 | Temple Hotel, Beijing, China | Temple Hotel, Beijing, China | ||
| La Brea Sky [38] [39] [40] | 2013 | Kayne Griffin Corcoran, Los Angeles, California, United States | Maggie Kayne, James Corcoran, William Griffin | ||
| Greeting the Light [41] | 2013 | Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | Architect: James Bradberry | Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | |
| Tewlwolow Kernow [42] | 2013 | Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom [43] | |||
| The Color Inside [44] | 2013 | The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States | Architect: Overland Partners | The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas | |
| Raising Kayne [45] | 2013 | Kayne Residence, Santa Monica, California, United States | Richard and Suzanne Kayne | ||
| The Color Beneath [46] | 2013 | Ekebergparken Sculpture Park, Oslo, Norway | Ekebergparken Sculpture Park, Oslo, Norway | ||
| Amarna [47] | 2015 | Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia | Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia | ||
| Encounter [48] | 2015 | Jardín Botánico Culiacán, Culiacán, Mexico | Jardín Botánico Culiacán, Culiacán, Mexico | ||
| Seldom Seen [49] | 2015 | Houghton Hall, Norfolk, UK | |||
| Elliptic, Ecliptic [50] | 2016 | Venet Foundation, Le Muy, France | Venet Foundation, Le Muy, France | ||
| Skyspace [51] | 2016 | Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, the Netherlands | Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, the Netherlands | ||
| Ta Khut Skyspace [52] | 2021 | Posada Ayana, José Ignacio, Uruguay | Posada Ayana | ||
| Green Mountain Falls Skyspace [53] | 2022 | Green Mountain Falls, Colorado, United States | Green Box Arts | ||
| Skyspace [54] | 2023 | Friends Seminary, New York, United States | Friends Seminary | ||
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James Turrell is an American artist known for his work within the Light and Space movement. He is considered the "master of light" often creating art installations that mix natural light with artificial color through openings in ceilings thereby transforming internal spaces by ever shifting and changing color.
The Mattress Factory is a contemporary art museum located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was a pioneer of site-specific installation art and features permanent installations by artists Yayoi Kusama, James Turrell, and Greer Lankton. The museum's roof itself is a light art installation and part of Pittsburgh's Northside evening skyline.
Kielder is a small, remote village in western Northumberland, England. Located at the head of Kielder Water and in the north west of Kielder Forest, the village is within three miles of the Scottish border.
The UIC Skyspace, officially titled Hard Scrabble Sky, is an art installation by James Turrell on the South Campus of the University of Illinois at Chicago, located there since 2005. Hard Scrabble Sky is a Skyspace, part of a series of site-specific installations by Turrell that present a constrained view of the sky.
Kielder Observatory is an astronomical observatory located in Kielder Forest, Northumberland, Englandupon Black Fell overlooking Kielder Water near the Scottish border. It is accessible from James Turrell's Kielder Skyspace via a half-mile long forest track.
The Sheats–Goldstein Residence is a home designed and built between 1961 and 1963 by American architect John Lautner in the Beverly Crest neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, a short distance up the hill from the Beverly Hills city limit. The building was conceived from the inside out and built into the sandstone ledge of the hillside; a cave-like dwelling that opens to embrace nature and view. The house is an example of American Organic Architecture that derives its form as an extension of the natural environment and of the individual for whom it was built. Typical of Lautner's work, the project was approached from an idea and a structure was derived that addressed the challenges of the site.
William Griffin Gallery was a contemporary art gallery located in Santa Monica, California, which operated between 1997-2011. In 2011, Griffin merged with Jim Corcoran and Maggie Kayne to create a new gallery, Kayne Griffin Corcoran.
A skyspace is an architectural design in which a room, which is painted in a neutral color has a large hole in its ceiling which opens directly to the sky. The room, whose perimeter has benches, allows observers to look at the sky in such a way as though it were framed. LED lights which surround the hole can change colors to affect the viewer's perception of the sky.
Acton is an artwork created by American artist James Turrell in 1976, located in the Indianapolis Museum of Art. It consists of two rooms with an aperture between them, carefully illuminated such that the rectangular hole appears to be a flat, gray canvas until closer inspection reveals its three-dimensional nature.
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Ekebergparken Sculpture Park is a sculpture park and a national heritage park close to Ekebergrestauranten with a panoramic view of the city at Ekeberg in the southeast of the city of Oslo, Norway.
The Museum SAN is located in Oak Valley, in the mountains of Wonju, South Korea. It was designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando and is under the administration of the Hansol Cultural Foundation. Ando said he designed the museum to express gratitude for the architecture and its beautiful natural environment. The museum, which is composed of a welcome center, flower garden, water garden, meditation hall, stone garden, main building, and James Turrell exhibition hall, focuses on the interaction of art and nature. Other facilities include a print shop, cafe, and museum shop.
Live Oak Friends Meeting House is a Quaker meeting house located at 1318 West 26th Street in the Heights area of Houston, Texas, United States. The meeting house, which was completed in December 2000, was designed and built to house the Live Oak Friends Meeting, which was formed in 1954. The building features a permanent installation by the artist James Turrell, known as the Skyspace or One Accord. It has been described as an architectural "idealization of Quaker testimonies like peace and equality."
The Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting is a monthly meeting (congregation) of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). First meeting in 1924, they were the first "United" monthly meeting, reconciling Philadelphia Quakers after the Hicksite/Orthodox schism of 1827. The original Meeting House, built in 1931, was located at 100 E. Mermaid Lane in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was replaced in 2012-2013 by the current meeting house, located at 20 E. Mermaid Lane, which incorporates a Skyspace designed by Quaker light artist James Turrell, the second such installation to be incorporated into a working religious space. The new Quaker meeting house is the first to be built in Philadelphia in eighty years.
Suzanne Deal Booth is an American art director, collector, philanthropist, and vintner. She has worked as an arts advisor and is the Founder and the Director of Friends of Heritage Preservation (FOHP).
Kayne Griffin is a contemporary art gallery based in Los Angeles. The gallery represents and works with artists such as James Turrell, Mary Corse, David Lynch, Tomoharu Murakami, Peter Shire, Rosha Yaghmai, Jiro Takamatsu, Anthony Hernandez, Mika Tajima, Mary Obering, Liza Ryan, Hank Willis Thomas, Llyn Foulkes and Beverly Pepper.
The Skyspace Lech is a walk-in art installation by James Turrell in Tannegg/Oberlech in Vorarlberg (Austria).
Dividing the Light, colloquially the Pomona College skyspace, is a 2007 skyspace art installation by James Turrell at Pomona College, his alma mater. It consists of a courtyard with a fountain nestled between two academic buildings with an illuminated canopy framing the sky above.