American artist based in Joshua Tree, California whose practice encompasses spaces, objects and modes of living in an ongoing investigation that explores the questions “How to live?” and “What gives life meaning?” She has worked under the name “A-Z Administrative Services.”
In 1999, the Public Art Fund commissioned Zittel to create a site-specific project for New York’s Central Park. “Point of Interest”, her first public project, located at the southeast entrance to the park, comprised two giant, faux rocks—constructed from steel armatures covered in concrete—emerging from the ground. The installation served as a reminder that the park is a meticulously planned natural environment, while providing visitors with an alternative to the typical park bench.
That same year, Zittel created “A-Z Pocket Property,” a 44-ton floating concrete island anchored off the coast of Denmark, which was commissioned by the Danish government. The artist lived on the “fantasy island” for one month as an experiment in escapism and isolation.
In 2010, “Indianapolis Island”, an inhabitable floating island at the 100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art and Nature Park at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, further explored Zittel’s interest in ideas of independence, privacy, and comfort.
In 2014, the Denver Federal Center in Lakewood, Colorado commissioned a major permanent outdoor installation of “Planar Pavilions.”
Zittel was featured in the Venice Biennale in 1993, Documenta X in Kassel and Skulptur Projekte Münster in 1997, and was included in the 1995 and 2004 Whitney Biennial.
In 2005, she received the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Lucelia Artist Award. In 2012 she was awarded the Austrian Frederick Kiesler Prize for Architecture and the Arts.
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