Ruth Asawa American artist
Ruth Asawa is a 87 years old American artist from Norwalk, California. Ruth Asawa was born on January 24, 1926 (died on August 05, 2013, she was 87 years old) in Norwalk, California. Her nickname was Asawa Ruth Aiko.
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Biography
Ruth Asawa was a American sculptor. Known in San Francisco as the fountain lady her work is included in prominent art collections such as those of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the Whitney in New York. She was a driving force behind the creation of the San Francisco School of the Arts which was renamed the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts in 2010 in tribute to her.
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No, she died on 08/05/2013, 9 years ago. She was 87 years old when she died. She died in San Francisco
Awards (1)
Awarded Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award in 1992 .
Education
She graduated from University Of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Wisconsin State College Of Milwaukee and Black Mountain College
What was Ruth's zodiac sign?Ruth Asawa zodiac sign was aquarius.
Other facts about Ruth Asawa
| Alias | Asawa Ruth Aiko |
|---|---|
| Place of death | San Francisco |
| Nationality | United States |
| Has works in the collection | Art Institute Of Chicago |
| Languages spoken, written or signed | English |
| Google Doodle | Celebrating-ruth-asawa |
| Country of citizenship | United States Of America |
| Represented by | David Zwirner Gallery |
| Work location | San Francisco |
| Europeana entity | Agent/base/106979 |
| Given name | Ruth |
| Family name | Asawa. Show people with the surname Asawa |
| Ethnic group | Japanese American |
| CLARA-ID | 158 |
| Date of death | 2013-08-05T00:00:00Z |
| Archives at | Stanford University Libraries, Department Of Special Collections & University Archives |
| On focus list of Wikimedia project | Art+Feminism |
| Student of | Josef Albers |
| Field of work | Art Of Sculpture |
| CiNii author ID (books) | DA16379262 |
| Copyright status as a creator | Oeuvre Copyrighted , applies to jurisdiction: countries with 50 years pma or longer |
