Liliane Lijn
Biography

Born New York. Studied at the Sorbonne Ecole du Louvre in Paris. Interrupted academic pursuits to concentrate on painting - was involved with the Surrealists. Lived in New York from 1961 to 1963, working in a plastics factory experimenting with fire and acids - did research into invisibility. By 1980 in London she initiated many projects, among them the transformation of Manhattan into "The Hanging Gardens of Rock City" and the "Whirling Wind Tower", a wind sculpture generating electricity for a small town. In the 80's established herself as a leading public sculpture artist in Britain.