
Edelstein, Barbara
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Based in: New York
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Based in: New York
Barbara Edelstein has several large-scale permanent public artworks in the United States, Europe, and China, including sculptures for the Shanghai Jing’An International Sculpture Park and the Hangzhou Municipal Government. Her work has appeared in ARTnews, Art in America, Art Contemporary China, the New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times, as well as many other international art publications. Selected permanent collections include National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC, USA; Azerbaijan Museum, Baku, Azerbijan; Museum Kolei Waskotorowej, Wenecja, Poland; Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou; Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China. Currently serves as a Professor of Art at NYU Shanghai.
Education
MFA, Claremont Graduate University, in Sculpture
United States of America, 1984
BA, University of California, in Fine Arts and Biology
United States of America, 1977
Awards
Fellowship, The Connemara Conservancy, Dallas, USA
1997
Fellowship, The Djerassi Foundation, California, USA
1996
Gustavo Nicolich Fellowship, The Djerassi Foundation, USA
1994
Grant, The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, USA
1991
Fellowship, The Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio, Italy
1991
Fellowship, The MacDowell Colony, New Hampshire, USA
1991
Exhibitions
THROUGH THE LENSES, Alisan Fine Arts-Aberdeen
Hong Kong, 2022
Ineffable Garden: Joint Exhibition of Zhang Jian-Jun and Barbara Edelstein, Alisan Fine Arts
Hong Kong, 2020
Water+Ink: From New Shanghai School to Contemporary
China, 2018
Under Heaven: Contemporary Art from China in the Ahmanson Collection
United States of America, 2016
3rd Xihu International Sculpture Exhibition
China, 2008
Poles Apart Poles Together: 51st Venice Biennale
Italy, 2005
Garden of Wishing Trees
United States of America, 2005
Elemental Spring
China, 2002
Construction in Process۰This Earth is a Flower: 7th Poland Biennale
Poland, 2000
4th World Conference on Women, Beijing, China; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC
United States of America, 1995
National and International Studio Program Exhibition, P.S.1, New York
United States of America, 1986