vanessa german[1] (born 1976)[2] is an American sculptor, painter, writer, activist, performer, and poet based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Her sculpture often includes assembled statues of female figures with their faces or heads painted black, and a wide range of attached objects, including fabric, keys, found objects, and toy weapons.[3] german is an activist, addressing problems like gun violence and prostitution.[4]
Her work is held in numerous permanent collections, including the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art; and has been reviewed by Sculpture[5] and discussed in The New York Times,[6] O, The Oprah Magazine,[7] and on NPR's All Things Considered.[8] Her art has been featured in a wide range of galleries, museums and traveling exhibits, including the 2012 "African American Art 1950–present" touring exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution.[9] She was a 2015 recipient of the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Biennial Grant.[10] She was the winner of the 2018 Don Tyson Prize, a biannual $200,000 award from the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.[11]
^Beckerman, Jim (March 21, 2023). "'Washington Crossing the Delaware,' reimagined, at Montclair Art Museum". The Record. Archived from the original on August 26, 2023. Retrieved August 26, 2023. vanessa german, who styles her name all-lowercase, like bell hooks and e. e. cummings ("it is a way I level myself without hierarchy")
^Rao, Mallika (October 6, 2014). "This Sculptor Is Using Trash To Inspire One Of Pittsburgh's Toughest Neighborhoods To Make Art". HuffPost. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
^"Artist Vanessa German displays her love for Homewood in NYC". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
^"Exhibition: Vanessa German Bitter Root – MSU Billings | MSU Billings". www.msubillings.edu. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
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^Rosenberg, Karen (March 6, 2014). "Booths Devoted to Women Multiply at the Art Show". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
^"A Sculptor Creates a Bright Spot in a Struggling Community". Oprah.com. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
^"Young Artists Find Home And Healing at Pittsburgh Art House". NPR. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
^Villarreal, Ignacio. "African American art since 1950 from The David C. Driskell Center on view at the Taft Museum". artdaily.com. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
^"Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Unveils 2015 Biennial Grant Awardees". Artforum. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
^"Artist Vanessa German Needed Money to Repair Her Steps in Pittsburgh. Then She Won $200,000 From the Crystal Bridges Museum". Artnet News. December 18, 2018.
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