Ruth Asawa

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:artist
gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Black_Mountain_College
gptkbp:birthDate 1926-01-24
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Norwalk,_California,_United_States
gptkbp:children 6
gptkbp:deathDate 2013-08-05
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:San_Francisco,_California,_United_States
gptkbp:education gptkb:Milwaukee_State_Teachers_College
gptkbp:ethnicity Japanese American
gptkbp:honor California Hall of Fame inductee
Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts named in her honor
National Women’s Hall of Fame inductee
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ruth Asawa
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Buckminster_Fuller
gptkb:Josef_Albers
gptkb:Clara_Porset
gptkbp:internedAt gptkb:Rohwer_War_Relocation_Center
gptkb:Santa_Anita_Assembly_Center
gptkbp:knownFor public art
wire sculpture
gptkbp:movement gptkb:Modernism
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Hyatt_on_Union_Square_Fountain
gptkb:Japanese_American_Internment_Memorial
gptkb:San_Francisco_Fountain
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:sculptor
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Adam_Lanier
gptkb:Addie_Lanier
gptkb:Aiko_Lanier
gptkb:Hudson_Lanier
gptkb:Mark_Lanier
gptkb:Paul_Lanier
gptkbp:residence gptkb:San_Francisco,_California,_United_States
gptkbp:signature looped-wire sculptures
woven wire forms
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Albert_Lanier
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:Ruth_Asawa:_A_Sculpting_Life_(book)
gptkb:Ruth_Asawa:_All_Is_Possible_(exhibition,_Pulitzer_Arts_Foundation,_2022)
gptkb:Ruth_Asawa:_An_Artist_Takes_Shape_(book)
gptkb:Ruth_Asawa:_Citizen_of_the_Universe_(exhibition)
gptkb:Ruth_Asawa:_Citizen_of_the_Universe_(exhibition,_Modern_Art_Oxford,_2022)
gptkb:Ruth_Asawa:_Life’s_Work_(exhibition)
gptkb:Ruth_Asawa:_Of_Forms_and_Growth_(exhibition,_David_Zwirner_Gallery,_2020)
Ruth Asawa: A Line Can Go Anywhere (documentary film, 2018)
Ruth Asawa: Through Line (exhibition, 2023, Whitney Museum of American Art)
gptkbp:website https://ruthasawa.com/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Black_Mountain_College
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5