Magdalena Abakanowicz (born 1930) - sculptor, professor at the College of Fine Arts in Poznań, lecturer at the University of California. She has some 100 one-woman exhibitions to her name. Her career started with 'Abakans', three-dimensional tapestries with unusual textures, for which she won an award at the 1965 Biennial in Sao Paulo. Her work is displayed in many museums, including the Ludwig Museum in Cologne and the National Museum in Madrid, as well as in private collections. She also creates free-standing sculptures for open spaces, for example 'Dragon's space' in the Olympic Park in Seoul. She has received many awards, including the Grand Culture Foundation Prize in 2001.
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