Julian Voss-Andreae

Julian Voss-Andreae (born 15 August 1970) is a German sculptor living and working in the U.S.

Life

Voss-Andreae's full first name is Johann Julian, in honor of his ancestor, German pastor Johann Valentin Andreae. According to an interview with the artist, Voss-Andreae attended a Rudolf Steiner school in Germany from grades 9 to 13.^[1]

Voss-Andreae was born in Hamburg, Germany (formerly West Germany) and started out as a painter.^[2] He later studied experimental physics at the universities of Berlin, Edinburgh and Vienna. Voss-Andreae pursued his graduate research in quantum physics in Anton Zeilinger's research group, participating in an experiment demonstrating quantum behavior for the largest objects to date.^[3] He moved to the U.S. in 2000 and graduated from the Pacific Northwest College of Art in 2004.

Voss-Andreae's work is heavily influenced by his background in science. His work includes protein sculptures,^[4] such as Angel of the West (2008),^[1]^[5] a large-scale outdoor sculpture for the Scripps Research Institute in Jupiter, Florida portraying the human antibody molecule, a sculpture for Nobel laureate Roderick MacKinnon based on the ion channel structure,^[6] and the quantum physics-inspired Quantum Man (2006).^[7]^[8]

Recent work includes an exhibition at the American Center for Physics displaying a series of sculptures inspired by concepts from quantum physics.^[9]

In 2020 he was awarded the Waltrude-and-Friedrich-Liebau-prize for the Promotion of Interdisciplinarity in Crystallography by the German Crystallographic Society.^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b Schorsch, Julian (2016). "Julian Voss-Andreae, Angel of the West". Conversations: An Online Journal of the Center for the Study of Material and Visual Cultures of Religion. Center for the Study of Material and Visual Cultures of Religion. doi:10.22332/con.ess.2016.1. ISSN 2475-241X.
^ Wallace, Julie (Spring 2008). "Protein Sculptures for the People" (PDF). AWIS Magazine: 14–17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2013-04-25.
^ Arndt, Markus; O. Nairz; J. Voss-Andreae; C. Keller; G. van der Zouw; A. Zeilinger (14 October 1999). "Wave-particle duality of C₆₀". Nature. 401 (6754): 680–682. Bibcode:1999Natur.401..680A. doi:10.1038/44348. PMID 18494170. S2CID 4424892.
^ Voss-Andreae, Julian (February 2005). "Protein Sculptures: Life's Building Blocks Inspire Art" (PDF). Leonardo. 38 (1): 41–45. doi:10.1162/leon.2005.38.1.41. S2CID 57558522. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-09. Retrieved 2009-01-12.
^ Sauter, Eric (November 10, 2008). "New Sculpture Portraying Human Antibody as Protective Angel Installed on Scripps Florida Campus". The Scripps Research Institute. Retrieved 2009-01-12.
^ Ball, Philip (March 2008). "The crucible: Art inspired by science should be more than just a pretty picture". Chemistry World. 5 (3): 42–43. Retrieved 2009-01-12.
^ "Dual Nature". Science. 313 (5789). Science Magazine: 913. August 18, 2006. doi:10.1126/science.313.5789.913a. S2CID 220101775. Retrieved 2009-01-12.
^ Farr, Sheila (July 27, 2007). "Sculpture show takes steps in right direction". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2009-01-12.
^ Ball, Philip (26 November 2009). "Quantum objects on show". Nature. 462 (7272): 416. Bibcode:2009Natur.462..416B. doi:10.1038/462416a.
^ Winners of the Prize for the Promotion of Interdisciplinarity in Crystallography

External links

www.JulianVossAndreae.com Home Page
Philip Ball's blog "homunculus" with Ball's 'Nature' review and Q&A with Voss-Andreae (November 2009)
Oregon Art Beat: Quantum Sculptures with Julian Voss-Andreae Oregon Public Broadcasting TV piece about Voss-Andreae's work (December 2008)
Protein Data Bank newsletter Interview: Julian Voss-Andreae, Protein Sculptor (pp. 9–11, January 2007)
Seed Magazine Interview: Seeing Below the Surface: Julian Voss-Andreae expands the molecules of life through sculpture. (May 2006)
Oregon Art Beat: Linus Pauling Statue Oregon Public Broadcasting TV piece about Voss-Andreae's Alpha Helix for Linus Pauling (May 2004)

[auto-1] Schorsch, Julian (2016). "Julian Voss-Andreae, Angel of the West". Conversations: An Online Journal of the Center for the Study of Material and Visual Cultures of Religion. Center for the Study of Material and Visual Cultures of Religion. doi:10.22332/con.ess.2016.1. ISSN 2475-241X.

[2] Wallace, Julie (Spring 2008). "Protein Sculptures for the People" (PDF). AWIS Magazine: 14–17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2013-04-25.

[3] Arndt, Markus; O. Nairz; J. Voss-Andreae; C. Keller; G. van der Zouw; A. Zeilinger (14 October 1999). "Wave-particle duality of C₆₀". Nature. 401 (6754): 680–682. Bibcode:1999Natur.401..680A. doi:10.1038/44348. PMID 18494170. S2CID 4424892.

[4] Voss-Andreae, Julian (February 2005). "Protein Sculptures: Life's Building Blocks Inspire Art" (PDF). Leonardo. 38 (1): 41–45. doi:10.1162/leon.2005.38.1.41. S2CID 57558522. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-09. Retrieved 2009-01-12.

[5] Sauter, Eric (November 10, 2008). "New Sculpture Portraying Human Antibody as Protective Angel Installed on Scripps Florida Campus". The Scripps Research Institute. Retrieved 2009-01-12.

[6] Ball, Philip (March 2008). "The crucible: Art inspired by science should be more than just a pretty picture". Chemistry World. 5 (3): 42–43. Retrieved 2009-01-12.

[7] "Dual Nature". Science. 313 (5789). Science Magazine: 913. August 18, 2006. doi:10.1126/science.313.5789.913a. S2CID 220101775. Retrieved 2009-01-12.

[8] Farr, Sheila (July 27, 2007). "Sculpture show takes steps in right direction". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2009-01-12.

[9] Ball, Philip (26 November 2009). "Quantum objects on show". Nature. 462 (7272): 416. Bibcode:2009Natur.462..416B. doi:10.1038/462416a.

[10] Winners of the Prize for the Promotion of Interdisciplinarity in Crystallography

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