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Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Born in Vienna, Tess Jaray studied at St Martin’s School of Art and the Slade School of Art in London. She has exhibited internationally and her work is held in many public collections including in London at Tate, and the Victoria and Albert Museum; and at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. In 1995, won the Jerwood Art for Architecture Award. Jaray has completed numerous public commissions, including works for Centenary Square in Birmingham (1988–1992); the forecourt of the new British Embassy in Moscow (1995–2000); and the Outpatients Area, University Hospitals, Coventry and Warwick (2005–06). In 2010, she was elected a Royal Academician, one of the few women RAs; then elected a Senior RA in 2013. In 2016, Jaray curated a group exhibition, 'The Edge of Printing' at the Royal Academy; and in 2018, a solo show of her work was held at Exile, Berlin.

Places

Subjects

abstract, text-based work

Materials & Techniques

triptych, text work, screenprint, text

Artist

Tess Jaray (1937 - )

Title

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Portfolio Title

From The Rings of Saturn and Vertigo

Edition

16/44

Date

2001

Medium

Screenprint and text (one of three separately framed sheets)

Dimensions

height: 69.00 cm, width: 44.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Purdy Hicks Gallery, June 2001

Inscription

none

Provenance

Purdy Hicks Gallery, London

GAC number

17611/3