Béatrice Coron

Béatrice Coron
Béatrice Coron
Born	1956
Nationality	French born American
Known for	Interdisciplinary artist
Website	beatricecoron.com

Béatrice Coron (b. 1956)^[1] is a French born American interdisciplinary artist known for her public art installations, book arts, and cut paper art. Coron works in artist's books, animation, architecture, design, drawing, jewelry, sculpture, paper cutting, and public art.^[2]^[3]

Early life and education

Coron attended the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon and the Jean Moulin University Lyon 3.^[4]

Career

In 2011 Coron delivered a TED talk Stories cut from paper. In 2013 Coron and fellow story-teller James Stewart created the animated film Daily Battles.^[5] In 2020 her hand-cut installation Hi Five! Stories from the Five Boroughs was exhibited at the New-York Historical Society.^[6]

She has created pieces of public art including Roots and Wings in Washougal, Washington,^[7] and Cultivate Your Mind in the Orchard of Knowledge in San Jose, California.^[8] Her mural Dreams is in the Los Angeles Metro Rail system,^[9] and her series of screens entitled On the Right Track is in the 104 Street station of the New York MTA.^[10]

Her work is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art,^[1] the Walker Art Center,^[11] and the National Museum of Women in the Arts.^[12]

Works

Thirty-six views of the Empire State Building, artist's book, 1996^[12]

References

^ ^a ^b "Béatrice Coron". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
^ "Béatrice Coron". Center for Book Arts. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
^ "The Gifts in Making: Béatrice Coron". American Craft Council. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
^ "The Gifts in Making: Béatrice Coron". American Craft Council. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
^ Coron, Béatrice (28 October 2011). "Stories cut from paper". TED. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
^ "Béatrice Coron's Hi Five! Stories from the Five Boroughs". New-York Historical Society. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
^ "Béatrice Coron". Washington State Arts Commission. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
^ "Cultivate Your Mind in the Orchard of Knowledge". Public Art Collection | City of San Jose. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
^ "Béatrice Coron – Art". Los Angeles Metro Rail. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
^ "On the Right Track". MTA. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
^ "Béatrice Coron". Walker Art Center. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
^ ^a ^b "36 views of the Empire State Building". NMWA Library & Research Center. Retrieved 7 March 2023.