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Stephanie

Michele Oka Doner

Wildwood Press United States

Artwork details

Artist: Michele Oka Doner
Title: Stephanie
Description: Stephanie was one of the twelve colossal figures created over three summers beginning in 2007. Michele Oka Doner in collaboration with Master printer, Maryanne Ellison Simmons, and the studio assistants at Wildwood regathered for the second summer of 2008. Using our big etching press we managed the printing on Wildwood’s handmade paper of the various natural materials collected by Michele on the beaches of Miami, her childhood home.
Date: 2008
Medium: Relief Print
Edition: Edition Various of 8
Signature: Signed
Image: 96h x 48w inches
Sheet: 96h x 48w inches
Status: Available
Price: Price on request

The Artist

Michele Oka Doner

Michele Oka Doner is an internationally renowned artist and author whose work spans five decades. Her artwork is fueled by a lifelong study and appreciation of the natural world, from which she derives her formal vocabulary. Her artistic production encompasses sculpture, public art, prints, drawings, functional objects, artist books, costume and set design, video and other media. She is well known for creating over 40 public and private permanent art installations, including “A Walk On The Beach,” the mile and a quarter long bronze and terrazzo concourse at Miami International Airport, seen by 40,000,000 travelers a year. She has authored or been the subject of eight books. Oka Doner has received grants from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the New York State Council of the Arts, the Samuel H. Kress Foundation and others; and many awards, including those given by the United Nations Society of Writers and Artists, Pratt Institute “Legends” and an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Michigan (see picture, right), where she received her undergraduate and MFA degrees.