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Janet Echelman

Echelman makes suspended sculptures from engineered fibers, using wind and light as changing elements. Her studio collaborates with engineering and design specialists on permanent and temporary public installations.

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Practice
monumental sculpture, fiber sculpture, public installation, light art
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Civic park · Phoenix, Arizona

Her Secret is Patience: engineering the space around a net

For the 2009 Phoenix commission, Echelman lists a 100-by-100-by-62-foot net separately from the larger installation dimensions. The work uses high-tenacity polyester, steel and programmed lighting above Civic Space Park. Credits identify the city client and separate fabrication, net, aeronautical, foundation and lighting specialists.

Janet Echelman — Her Secret is Patience ↗ · Reviewed 2026-09-25

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Waterfront park · St. Petersburg, Florida

Bending Arc: permanent waterfront sculpture and supporting infrastructure

Echelman’s 2020 St. Petersburg project uses suspended fiber, steel masts, concrete foundations and programmed lighting. The studio credits Arup for sculpture engineering and lighting. It describes separate funding for the sculpture and the surrounding infrastructure, a useful precedent for considering the entire project cost rather than only the art object.

Janet Echelman — Bending Arc ↗ · Reviewed 2026-09-25

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Janet Echelman

suspended fiber and light installation

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Year / version
2015 (Renwick); 2016 (London)
Documented at
Oxford Circus, London, UK
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Documented disciplines include monumental sculpture, fiber sculpture, public installation, light art.

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