Oona Stern
Oona Stern
Workspace Program Resident 1998
The program allowed me to bring my way of working into a field where I knew nothing and produce a batch of material I was interested in. — Oona Stern
Oona Stern’s work can be described as architectural installations. These installations create a playful and humorous experience.Often juxtaposing natural and man-made environments, Stern makes subtle social and cultural commentary. Stern’s Untitled (grain) exposes a ridiculous attempt at copying in paper what is already fake in paneling by drawing a wood grain pattern with crayon onto cast paper. Thrice removed, Stern’s diptych retains a cartoonish quality.
About the Artist
Oona Stern received her MFA from the School of Visual Arts in 1996 and a BA from Cornell University in 1986. Stern has been an artist-in-residence at the Antartic Artists and Writer’s Residency at Palmer Station in 2008 and at The Artic Circle in 2011, as well as the Edward F. Albee Foundation, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Workspace Program, among many others.
She has received numerous grants from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, the Puffin Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts, the Puffin and fellowships from the New York Foundation of the Arts, Millay Colony for the Arts, to name a few. She has exhibited widely, and is included in numerous collections and publications. Stern currently lives and works in New York City.
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