This is a list of artworks made by James Turrell. Works are listed on the chart by chronology, the oldest first to the newest at the bottom.
Light and space Title Year Location and coordinates Material Owner Afrum I (White)1967 Prado (White)1967 Tycho (White)1967 Stufe (White)1967 Raethro (White)1967 Prado (White)1967 Pullen (White)1967 Porter Powell (White)1967 Enzu1967 Decker1967 Catzo (White)1967 Ashby1967 Carn White1967Shanta II (Blue)1970National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, AustraliaFluorescent light, Built SpaceFour Light Installations: Iltar, Amba, Rayzor, House of Wax1982Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA), Seattle, Washington, United StatesDrywall, paint, incandescent lightAvaar: 1982 (on display 2022-2027 at Castkill Art Space, Livingston Manor, NY; on loan from Seattle Art Museum First Light1989-1990 Sky Garden1992Liss Ard Estate Garden, Skibbereen, Co. Cork, Ireland Aten Reign2013Guggenheim Museum, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States Catso, Red (1967)1994The Mattress Factory Art Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United StatesDrywall, paint, xenon projector Pleiades1983The Mattress Factory Art Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United StatesDrywall, paint, incandescent light Danaë1983The Mattress Factory Art Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United StatesDrywall, paint, ultraviolet & incandescent light Celestial VaultCelestial Vault on James Turell website1996Kijkduin, The Hague, the Netherlands Akhob2013The Shops at Crystals, Las Vegas, Nevada, United StatesDrywall, paint, ultraviolet & incandescent light Soros Fund Management2015Soros Family Office, New York, NY, United StatesGeorge Soros Family office contains a Turrell room for its employees. 400 W 59th St #4, New York, NY 10019
Skyspace locations Title Year Location and coordinates Material Details Owner Skyspace I1974Panza Collection, Varese, ItalyOriginally located at the Guggenheim in NYCPanza Collection, Varese, Italy Lunette1974Panza Collection, Varese, ItalyOriginally located at the Guggenheim in NYCPanza Collection, Varese, Italy Meeting1986MoMA PS1, Queens, New York City, New York, United StatesMoMA PS1, Queens, New York City, New York, United States Second Meeting1989Einstein Residence, Brentwood, California, United States20-foot-tallCliff and Mandy Einstein Space That Sees1992Israel Museum, Jerusalem, IsraelGray and white concrete, limestone, fluorescent light with dimmers, 700 x 1000 x 1000 cmIsrael Museum, Jerusalem, Israel (Gift of Hannelore and Ruda Schulhof, New York, to American Friends of the Israel Museum) House of Light1997House of Light, Tokamachi, JapanHouse of Light, Tokamachi, Japan 6 M SkyspaceSkyspace muhka.be 1998Museum of Modern Art, Antwerp, BelgiumMuseum of Modern Art, Antwerp, Belgium Blue Blood 1998Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United StatesCurrently closed to the public while awaiting refurbishment and repairs Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico Blue Pesher 1999Carell Woodland Sculpture trail, Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art, Nashville, Tennessee, United StatesCheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art, Nashville, Tennessee, United States Tewlwolow Kernow 1999Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Cornwall, United KingdomTremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Cornwall, United Kingdom The Light Inside 1999Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, United StatesMuseum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, United States One AccordLive Oak Friends Meeting2001Live Oak Friends Meeting House, Houston, Texas, United StatesArchitect: Leslie ElkinsHouston, Texas, United States Knight Rise2001Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona, United StatesScottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States Unseen Blue2002James Turrell Museum, Bodega Colomé, Salta, ArgentinaJames Turrell Museum, Bodega Colomé, Salta, Argentina Plato's Eye2002Private Residence: Vernon Faulconer, Dallas, TexasVernon FaulconerLunette2002James Turrell Museum, Bodega Colome, ArgentinaJames Turrell Museum, Bodega Colome, Argentina Milk Run Sky2002Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, Kumamoto, JapanContemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan Light Reign2003Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington, United StatesHenry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington, United States Cat Cairn2000Kielder Water, Northumberland, England, United KingdomKielder Water, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom Above Horizon2004Sheats Goldstein Residence, Beverly Hills, California, United StatesJames Goldstein Blue Planet Sky 200421st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan Open Sky2004Chichu Art Museum, Naoshima, JapanChichu Art Museum, Naoshima, Japan Three Gems2005de Young Museum, San Francisco, California, United Statesde Young Museum, San Francisco, California, United States Hard Scrabble Sky (UIC Skyspace)2005Gateway Plaza, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesUniversity of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States Piz Utèr [] 2005Hotel Castell, Zuoz, SwitzerlandHotel Castell Third Breath 2005, 2009Unna, GermanyCentre for International Light Art (CILA), Unna, Germany Second Wind Fundación Montenmedio Contemporánea2005Fundación NMAC Vejer de la Frontera (Cádiz), SpainFundación NMAC Vejer de la Frontera (Cádiz), Spain Sky Pesher2005Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United StatesWalker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States (Gift of the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation) Blue Pearl2005Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria9.20 x 7.20 x 8.36 metersMuseum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg Foundation, Austria Tending, (Blue)2005-2012Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas, United StatesNasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas, United States Stone Sky2005Stonescape vineyard, Calistoga, California, United StatesArchitect: Jim JenningsNorman and Norah Stone Deer Shelter2006Yorkshire Sculpture Park, England, United KingdomYorkshire Sculpture Park, England, United Kingdom (commissioned by The Art Fund) Revised Outlook 2004-2006Santa Monica Canyon, Los Angeles, California, United StatesDallas Price-Van Breda Roden Crater2006Flagstaff, Arizona, United StatesJames Turrell Dividing the Light2007Pomona College, Claremont, California, United StatesMetal canopy with square aperture, lighting program, reflecting/continuous pool; includes courtyard space with granite bench seating and landscapingPomona College, Claremont, California, United States Within without 2010Australian Garden, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, AustraliaLighting installation, concrete and basalt stupa, water, earth, landscaping 800 x 2800 x 2800 cm National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia Outside Insight2011Ytterjärna, SwedenWhen built it was the most northern Skyspace ever made. Seating for 22Ytterjärna, Stockholm, Sweden Joseph's Coat2011John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida, United States3,000 square feet with an aperture of 24 square feet, seating for 56John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida, United States The Way of Color2011Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas United StatesCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, United States Twilight Epiphany2012Rice University, Houston, Texas, United StatesThe tower is shaped like a pyramid. Visitors gaze up at a 72-by-72 foot white roof with a 14-by-14 foot opening looking out into the sky. LEDs sync up with the sunrise and sunset. Air Apparent2012Arizona State University, Tempe, AZArizona State University, Tempe, AZ Twilight Resplendence2012Museum SAN, Oakvalley 2gil 260, Jijeong-myeon, Wonju-city, Gangwon-do, South KoreaMuseum SAN, Wonju-city, Gangwon-do, South Korea Gathered SkyTemple Hotel website2012Temple Hotel, Beijing, ChinaTemple Hotel, Beijing, China La Brea SkySteffie Nelson (28 May 13), Seeing The Light at Kayne Griffin Corcoran W.Carol Vogel (January 11, 2013), New Space and Skyspace New York Times.Su Wu (17 November 2015), Seeing the light: James Turrell unveils new work at Kayne Griffin Corcoran in LA Wallpaper.2013Kayne Griffin Corcoran, Los Angeles, California, United StatesMaggie Kayne, James Corcoran, William Griffin Greeting the Light2013Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United StatesArchitect: James BradberryChestnut Hill Friends Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United StatesTewlwolow KernowJames Turrell website 2013Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom The Color Inside2013The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United StatesArchitect: Overland PartnersThe University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas Raising KayneJames Turrell website2013Kayne Residence, Santa Monica, California, United StatesRichard and Suzanne Kayne The Color Beneath2013Ekebergparken Sculpture Park, Oslo, NorwayEkebergparken Sculpture Park, Oslo, Norway Amarna2015Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, AustraliaMuseum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Encounter2015Jardín Botánico Culiacán, Culiacán, MexicoJardín Botánico Culiacán, Culiacán, MexicoSeldom Seen2015Houghton Hall, Norfolk, UK Elliptic, Ecliptic2016Venet Foundation, Le Muy, FranceVenet Foundation, Le Muy, France Skyspace2016Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, the NetherlandsMuseum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, the Netherlands Ta Khut SkyspaceZachary Weiss (2 December 2021), In Uruguay, James Turrell Debuts His Latest Shrine to Light at Posada Ayana Vogue.2021Posada Ayana, José Ignacio, UruguayPosada AyanaC.A.V.U.2021Mass MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts, United StatesMass MoCA Green Mountain Falls Skyspace2022Green Mountain Falls, Colorado, United StatesGreen Box ArtsEspíritu de Luz2022Parque Central, Tec de Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, MonterreyMonterrey, Nuevo León, México Leading2023Friends Seminary, New York, United StatesFriends Seminary Come to Good2024Keith House, Fort Worth, United States Architect: Michael BennettEntrada of Texas, Meta Alice Keith Bratten Foundation
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