JENNIFER STEINKAMP
Jennifer Steinkamp was born in 1958 in Denver, USA. In 1991 she received her M.A. in Fine Arts from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Her installations merge aspects of computer animation, video art, painting and architecture. “Dervish 12” is inspired by the dervish dance that symbolises the soul’s deliverance from its earthly bonds and communication with the heavenly sphere. In the installation, four computer-animated trees turn their branches alternately to the left and to the right in slow, steady movements, while the trunks of the trees are immovably rooted in the ground. In the United States Steinkamp’s works are represented in major collections and museums. The artist has been participating in important international group exhibitions like the Istanbul and Cairo Biennale. Jennifer Steinkamp is based in Santa Monica, California.