Beginnings Robert Irwin was born in 1928 in Long Beach, California, to Robert Irwin and Goldie Anderberg Irwin. After serving in the United States Army from 1946 to 1947, he attended several art institutes: Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles from 1948 to 1950, Jepson Art Institute in 1951, and Chouinard Art Institute in Los … Read more
founder of RAS and DatalandDirector and Visual Artist refikanadol.co/ograduated from UCLA Media Arts Refik Anadol is a media artist and director born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1985. Currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California. He is a lecturer and visiting researcher in UCLA’s Department of Design Media Arts. He is working in the fields … Read more
founder of Morphosis Thom Mayne (born January 19, 1944) is an American architect. He is based in Los Angeles. In 1972, Mayne helped found the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), where he is a trustee. Since then he has held teaching positions at SCI-Arc, the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona)[1] and … Read more
Michael Heizer (born 1944) is a land artist specializing in large-scale and site-specific sculptures. Working largely outside the confines of the traditional art spaces of galleries and museums, Heizer has redefined sculpture in terms of size, mass, gesture, and process. A pioneer of 20th century Land Art or earthworks movement he is widely recognized for … Read more
Hodgetts, FAIA, is a partner at the Seattle- and San Francisco-based firm Mithun, which recently merged with Hodgetts+Fung, the interdisciplinary architecture and design studio he formed with partner Hsinming Fung in 1984. He is known for employing an imaginative weave of high technology and story-telling to invigorate his designs, producing an architecture that embraces contemporary … Read more
Hodgetts + Fung, also known as HplusF, is an interdisciplinary design studio based in Culver City, California specializing in architectural design, advanced material fabrication, historical restorations, and exhibition design and is led by principals Craig Hodgetts and Hsinming Fung. BiographyIn 1980, Ming Fung and Craig Hodgetts were part of a loose affiliation of Los Angeles … Read more