Béatrice Coron

Béatrice Coron (born July 9, 1956 in Chambéry ) is a French artist who lives and works in the USA .

Public Art, Burke Avenue , New York.

Life

Béatrice Coron comes from Chambéry, the capital of the French department Savoie, and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Lyon . She worked as a travel guide in countries on different continents and has lived in New York since 1984 , where she works as an artist.

She made her work from a variety of materials: stone, metal, glass, paper and other fabrics, and recently she has also experimented with digital art and produces artist books. A technique she has often used since 1993 is derived from the imagery of paper cutting . She is one of the well-known American artists who perform works of this art form.

Works by Béatrice Coron can be found in numerous American cities on government buildings, in subway stations, in schools and hospitals and in public spaces in Chicago , Los Angeles , Asheville and New York. A large format work is at Charlotte Douglas International Airport , North Carolina.

Works by the Savoyard artist have been acquired by several art museums, including the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the Walker Art Center , the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. On the platform TED (Technology Entertainment and Design) she realized projects together with Al Gore , Bill Gates and Yann Arthus-Bertrand .

Works

Béatrice Coron: Excentric City. ISBN 978-2-36193-212-1

Web links

Commons : Béatrice Coron - collection of images, videos and audio files

Homepage of Béatrice Coron (French)
Béatrice Coron: Des histoires découpées dans du papier. Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED.com)
Béatrice Coron. arts.wa.gov, accessed July 4, 2020.

Individual evidence

^ Béatrice Coron, artist new-yorkaise dans l'illustration. europusa.com, accessed on July 4, 2020.
↑ Under the Knife: Contemporary Cut Paper Art. August 23, 2017 - October 14, 2017. inliquid.org, accessed July 4, 2020.
↑ Installation ceremony set for Lexington Avenue sculpture. City of Asheville, accessed July 4, 2020.
^ Béatrice Coron: Metropolitan Holidays , 2003, silhouette, Metropolitan Museum of Art, accessed July 4, 2020.

personal data
SURNAME	Coron, Béatrice
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French artist
DATE OF BIRTH	July 9, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chambery

[1] Béatrice Coron, artist new-yorkaise dans l'illustration. europusa.com, accessed on July 4, 2020.

[2] Under the Knife: Contemporary Cut Paper Art. August 23, 2017 - October 14, 2017. inliquid.org, accessed July 4, 2020.

[3] Installation ceremony set for Lexington Avenue sculpture. City of Asheville, accessed July 4, 2020.

[4] Béatrice Coron: Metropolitan Holidays , 2003, silhouette, Metropolitan Museum of Art, accessed July 4, 2020.