Alan Rath

Alan Rath (born 1959) is an American electronic, kinetic, and robotic sculptor. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1982, with a BS electrical engineering. He worked for a Boston engineering firm after graduation, and in 1982, moved to Oakland, California to pursue his artistic interests.[1]

Arecibo by Alan Rath, 1992, Honolulu Museum of Art

Arecibo, in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art, is an example of how the artist combines electronics with an undeniable artistic talent to create witty statements about technology gone berserk.[1] The Hara Museum of Contemporary Art (Tokyo), the Honolulu Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Walker Art Gallery (Minneapolis), and the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York City) are among the public collections holding work by Rath.[2]

Fellowships and Awards

Footnotes
  1. Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art
  2. The artist's website
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