James Turrell (present)

James Turrell of Pasadena, California uses light as his main medium in art-making. He is an installation artist. Turrell explores the diversities of this intangible medium and works to define space with his light medium. Light causes surface, color, and space to interact, which puts the viewers of Turrell's work in a painterly world. Turrell received a BA degree from Pomona College in psychology in 1965; he received an MA degree in art from Claremont Graduate School, University of California, Irvine in 1966.