Richard Serra (b. 1938) is regarded by many as one of the most significant artists of his generation. Perhaps the most well-known American sculptor of the post-Abstract Expressionist period, the artist is best known for his large-scale, site-specific works. Through his sculptures, Serra explores the intimate relationship between an art work, its setting, and the viewer.

Though famous as a sculptor, Serra’s oeuvre expands impressively into other mediums. His sketches are particularly notable for their ability to push the medium of drawing to almost architectural extremes; using black oil paintstick, Serra imbues his surface with an earthly texture similar to tree bark. The result is an undeniably radical, oftentimes daunting piece of work.

Across his practice, Serra draws attention to an art work’s potential for experience by viewers, both physically and visually. His bodies of work in sculpture and drawing have been celebrated with retrospectives at the MoMA (1986, 2007), and in major exhibitions at prominent museums across the globe. Serra has participated in Documenta in 1972, 1977, 1982, and 1987; and in the Biennale di Venezia in 1980, 1984, 2001, and 2013. In 2015, Serra was awarded Les Insignes de Chevalier de l’Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur, France.

The artist currently lives and works in New York and Nova Scotia.