Carmen Perrin
{{Short description|Bolivian-born Swiss artist (b. 1953)}}{{Infobox person
| name = Carmen Perrin
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|01|09|df=y}}
| birth_place = La Paz, Bolivia
| alma_mater = École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Genève
| occupation = Visual artist, designer, educator, university department Chair
| known_for = Sculpture, public art
| awards = Manor Cultural Prize (1988)
| website = {{URL|https://www.CarmenPerrin.com/}}
}}
Carmen Perrin (born 1953) is a Bolivian-born Swiss visual artist, designer, and educator. She has worked as a sculptor,{{Cite web |last=Borum |first=Jenifer P. |date=November 1993 |title=Jenifer P. Borum on Carmen Perrin |url=https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/199309/carmen-perrin-54925 |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=Artforum.com |language=en-US}} site-specific artist, and printmaker, as well as worked in the design public garden spaces and public art in collaboration with architects.{{Cite web |last=Ritschard|first=Claude|title=Perrin, Carmen |url=https://www.sikart.ch/KuenstlerInnen.aspx?id=4003438 |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=SIKART Lexikon zur Kunst in der Schweiz|date=2005}} From 1989 to 2004, she was the university chair of her alma mater, École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Genève.
Biography
File:O.T. by Carmen Perrin, Österreichischer Skulpturenpark.jpg, Kalsdorf bei Graz]]
Carmen Perrin was born on January 9, 1953, in La Paz, Bolivia to Swiss parents. Her father is filmmaker, Alberto Perrin.{{Cite web |last=Bernardi |first=Claire |title=Carmen Perrin |url=https://awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste/carmen-perrin/ |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=AWARE Women artists / Femmes artistes |publisher=Dictionnaire universel des créatrices |language=en-US}} In 1960, she moved with her family back to Geneva, Switzerland.
She attended École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Genève (the school has since been merged and re-named the Geneva University of Art and Design), where she graduated in 1980. Her early work was primarily sculptures made of industrial items (such as bricks, wire, rubber), which explored the physical materials and their interactions. After 1990, she began to work at a much larger scale and was considerate of the site of the work. In 1993, she had her debut solo exhibition in the United States at the Swiss Institute Contemporary Art New York.
She was awarded the Manor Cultural Prize (1988) for the Canton of Geneva; and the Trigon Prize ’89 from the Trigon Museum, Graz, Austria.{{Cite web |title=Perrin, Carmen|url=https://www.museum-joanneum.at/en/austrian-sculpture-park/sculptures/artists?char=P&word=184&cHash=09e257574f3163c26f8a20e4da32cb3b |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=Austrian Sculpture Park, Museum Joanneum}} Her work is in museum collections, including at the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona,{{Cite web |title=Perrin, Carmen |url=https://www.macba.cat/en/art-artists/artists/a-z/perrin-carmen |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=MACBA Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona |language=en}} and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.{{Cite web |title=Carmen Perrin |url=https://www.moma.org/artists/38206 |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) |language=en}}
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External links
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- [https://www.carmenperrin.com/ Official website]
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Category:Alumni of the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Genève
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Category:20th-century Swiss women artists
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