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Suzanne Lacy

Marina del Rey, CA

Suzanne Lacy has been creating installations, public art projects, and performances since 1972. Her work has been presented and exhibited widely at such spaces as The Kitchen, The Whitney Museum, and MoMA in New York; The University of California at Berkeley; and The Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art. Internationally she has shown her work in London; Tokyo; Medellin, Columbia; and Joensuu, Finland. Her grants and awards include a 2001 California Arts Council fellowship, successive grants from the Nathan Cummings Foundation, and a Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest International Fellowship.


Beneath Land and Water: A Project for Elkhorn City


Suzanne Lacy has been creating installations, public art projects, and performances since 1972.

Artist Bio

Beneath Land and Water: A Project for Elkhorn City 2000-2004 is a public art project created with local residents of Elkhorn City, Kentucky (an Appalachian town) in conjunction with Appalshop. It includes five components: a walking trail along the bank of the Russell River, a series of “pocket parks” linking the walking trail with the Main Street of Elkhorn City, a clean-up of a duck pond contaminated by a gas station spill, and a tile mural depicting the experiences of Elkhorn City residents.


Award Year
2002
Status

Completed