Alan Sonfist
Alan Sonfist was born in 1946 in New York, where he came to prominence by creating that city's first urban forest, "Time Landscape, in 1965. Since his first solo exhibition at the Reese Palley Gallery in New York in 1970, he has exhibited extensively throughout the U.S. and abroad, including at the Corcoran Gallery, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and Leo Castelli Gallery. He is the editor of "Art in the Land: A Critical Anthology of Environmental Art and has received numerous grants and awards...See more
Alan Sonfist was born in 1946 in New York, where he came to prominence by creating that city's first urban forest, "Time Landscape, in 1965. Since his first solo exhibition at the Reese Palley Gallery in New York in 1970, he has exhibited extensively throughout the U.S. and abroad, including at the Corcoran Gallery, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and Leo Castelli Gallery. He is the editor of "Art in the Land: A Critical Anthology of Environmental Art and has received numerous grants and awards throughout his career. A mid-career survey was held at the University of Iowa Art Museum in 1997. See less
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