This is a list of artworks made by James Turrell. Works are listed on the chart by chronology, the oldest first to the newest at the bottom.
Title | Year | Location and coordinates | Material | Owner | |
Afrum I (White) | 1967 | ||||
Prado (White) | 1967 | ||||
Tycho (White) | 1967 | ||||
Stufe (White) | 1967 | ||||
Raethro (White) | 1967 | ||||
Prado (White) | 1967 | ||||
Pullen (White) | 1967 | ||||
Porter Powell (White) | 1967 | ||||
Enzu | 1967 | ||||
Decker | 1967 | ||||
Catzo (White) | 1967 | ||||
Ashby | 1967 | ||||
Carn White | 1967 | ||||
Shanta II (Blue)[1] | 1970 | National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia | Fluorescent light, Built Space | ||
Four Light Installations:[2] Iltar, Amba, Rayzor, House of Wax | 1982 | Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA), Seattle, Washington, United States | Drywall, paint, incandescent light | ||
First Light | 1989-1990 | ||||
Sky Garden[3] | 1992 | Liss Ard Estate Garden, Skibbereen, Co. Cork, Ireland | |||
Aten Reign | 2013 | Guggenheim Museum, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States | |||
Catso, Red (1967)[4] | 1994 | The Mattress Factory Art Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States | Drywall, paint, xenon projector | ||
Pleiades[5] | 1983 | The Mattress Factory Art Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States | Drywall, paint, incandescent light | ||
Danaë | 1983 | The Mattress Factory Art Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States | Drywall, paint, ultraviolet & incandescent light | ||
Celestial Vault[6] | 1996 | Kijkduin, The Hague, the Netherlands | |||
Akhob[7] | 2013 | The Shops at Crystals, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Drywall, paint, ultraviolet & incandescent light | ||
Soros Fund Management | 2015 | Soros Family Office, New York, NY, United States | George Soros Family office contains a Turrell room for its employees. 400 W 59th St #4, New York, NY 10019 |
Title | Year | Location and coordinates | Material | Details | Owner | |
Skyspace I[8] | 1974 | Panza Collection, Varese, Italy | Originally located at the Guggenheim in NYC[9] | Panza Collection, Varese, Italy | ||
Lunette | 1974 | Panza Collection, Varese, Italy | Originally located at the Guggenheim in NYC[10] | Panza Collection, Varese, Italy | ||
Meeting[11] | 1986 | MoMA PS1, Queens, New York City, New York, United States | MoMA PS1, Queens, New York City, New York, United States | |||
Second Meeting[12] | 1989 | Einstein Residence, Brentwood, California, United States | 20-foot-tall | Cliff and Mandy Einstein | ||
Space That Sees[13] | 1992 | Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel | Gray and white concrete, limestone, fluorescent light with dimmers, 700 x 1000 x 1000 cm | Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel (Gift of Hannelore and Ruda Schulhof, New York, to American Friends of the Israel Museum) | ||
House of Light[14] | 1997 | House of Light, Tokamachi, Japan | House of Light, Tokamachi, Japan | |||
6 M Skyspace[15] | 1998 | Museum of Modern Art, Antwerp, Belgium | Museum of Modern Art, Antwerp, Belgium | |||
Blue Blood [16] | 1998 | Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States | Currently closed to the public while awaiting refurbishment and repairs | Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico | ||
Blue Pesher [17] | 1999 | Carell Woodland Sculpture trail, Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art, Nashville, Tennessee, United States | Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art, Nashville, Tennessee, United States | |||
Tewlwolow Kernow [18] | 1999 | Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Cornwall, United Kingdom | Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Cornwall, United Kingdom | |||
The Light Inside [19] | 1999 | Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, United States | Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, United States | |||
One Accord[20] | 2001 | Live Oak Friends Meeting House, Houston, Texas, United States | Architect: Leslie Elkins | Houston, Texas, United States | ||
Knight Rise[21] | 2001 | Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States | Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States | |||
Unseen Blue[22] | 2002 | James Turrell Museum, Bodega Colomé, Salta, Argentina | James Turrell Museum, Bodega Colomé, Salta, Argentina | |||
Plato's Eye[23] | 2002 | Private Residence: Vernon Faulconer, Dallas, Texas | Vernon Faulconer | |||
Lunette | 2002 | James Turrell Museum, Bodega Colome, Argentina | James Turrell Museum, Bodega Colome, Argentina | |||
Milk Run Sky[24] | 2002 | Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan | Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan | |||
Light Reign[25] | 2003 | Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington, United States | Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington, United States | |||
Cat Cairn[26] | 2000 | Kielder Water, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom | Kielder Water, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom | |||
Above Horizon[27] | 2004 | Sheats Goldstein Residence, Beverly Hills, California, United States | James Goldstein | |||
Blue Planet Sky [28] | 2004 | 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan | 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan | |||
Open Sky[29] | 2004 | Chichu Art Museum, Naoshima, Japan | Chichu Art Museum, Naoshima, Japan | |||
Three Gems[30] | 2005 | de Young Museum, San Francisco, California, United States | de Young Museum, San Francisco, California, United States | |||
Hard Scrabble Sky (UIC Skyspace)[31] | 2005 | Gateway Plaza, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States | University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States | |||
Piz Utèr [32] | 2005 | Hotel Castell, Zuoz, Switzerland | Hotel Castell | |||
Third Breath [33] | 2005, 2009 | Unna, Germany | Centre for International Light Art (CILA), Unna, Germany | |||
Second Wind [34] | 2005 | Fundación NMAC Vejer de la Frontera (Cádiz), Spain | Fundación NMAC Vejer de la Frontera (Cádiz), Spain | |||
Sky Pesher | 2005 | Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States | Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States (Gift of the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation) | |||
Blue Pearl | 2005 | Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria | 9.20 x 7.20 x 8.36 meters | Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg Foundation, Austria | ||
Tending, (Blue) | 2005-2012 | Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas, United States | Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas, United States | |||
Stone Sky | 2005 | Stonescape vineyard, Calistoga, California, United States | Architect: Jim Jennings | Norman and Norah Stone | ||
Deer Shelter | 2006 | Yorkshire Sculpture Park, England, United Kingdom | Yorkshire Sculpture Park, England, United Kingdom (commissioned by The Art Fund) | |||
Revised Outlook[35] | 2004-2006 | Santa Monica Canyon, Los Angeles, California, United States | Dallas Price-Van Breda | |||
Roden Crater | 2006 | Flagstaff, Arizona, United States | James Turrell | |||
Dividing the Light | 2007 | Pomona College, Claremont, California, United States | Metal canopy with square aperture, lighting program, reflecting/continuous pool; includes courtyard space with granite bench seating and landscaping | Pomona College, Claremont, California, United States | ||
Within without [36] | 2010 | Australian Garden, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia | Lighting installation, concrete and basalt stupa, water, earth, landscaping 800 x 2800 x 2800 cm | National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia | ||
Outside Insight | 2011 | Ytterjärna, Sweden | When built it was the most northern Skyspace ever made. Seating for 22 | Ytterjärna, Stockholm, Sweden | ||
Joseph's Coat | 2011 | John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida, United States | 3,000 square feet with an aperture of 24 square feet, seating for 56 | John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida, United States | ||
The Way of Color | 2011 | Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas United States | Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, United States | |||
Twilight Epiphany[37] | 2012 | Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States | The tower is shaped like a pyramid. Visitors gaze up at a 72-by-72 foot white roof with a 14-by-14 foot opening looking out into the sky. LEDs sync up with the sunrise and sunset. | |||
Air Apparent[38] | 2012 | Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ | Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ | |||
Twilight Resplendence | 2012 | Museum SAN, Oakvalley 2gil 260, Jijeong-myeon, Wonju-city, Gangwon-do, South Korea | Museum SAN, Wonju-city, Gangwon-do, South Korea | |||
Gathered Sky[39] | 2012 | Temple Hotel, Beijing, China | Temple Hotel, Beijing, China | |||
La Brea Sky [40] [41] [42] | 2013 | Kayne Griffin Corcoran, Los Angeles, California, United States | Maggie Kayne, James Corcoran, William Griffin | |||
Greeting the Light[43] | 2013 | Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | Architect: James Bradberry | Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | ||
Tewlwolow Kernow [44] | 2013 | Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom [45] | ||||
The Color Inside [46] | 2013 | The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States | Architect: Overland Partners | The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas | ||
Raising Kayne [47] | 2013 | Kayne Residence, Santa Monica, California, United States | Richard and Suzanne Kayne | |||
The Color Beneath [48] | 2013 | Ekebergparken Sculpture Park, Oslo, Norway | Ekebergparken Sculpture Park, Oslo, Norway | |||
Amarna [49] | 2015 | Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia | Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia | |||
Encounter [50] | 2015 | Jardín Botánico Culiacán, Culiacán, Mexico | Jardín Botánico Culiacán, Culiacán, Mexico | |||
Seldom Seen[51] | 2015 | Houghton Hall, Norfolk, UK | ||||
Elliptic, Ecliptic [52] | 2016 | Venet Foundation, Le Muy, France | Venet Foundation, Le Muy, France | |||
Skyspace [53] | 2016 | Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, the Netherlands | Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, the Netherlands | |||
Ta Khut Skyspace [54] | 2021 | Posada Ayana, José Ignacio, Uruguay | Posada Ayana | |||
Green Mountain Falls Skyspace [55] | 2022 | Green Mountain Falls, Colorado, United States | Green Box Arts | |||
Espíritu de Luz | 2022 | Parque Central, Tec de Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Monterrey | Monterrey, Nuevo León, México | |||
Skyspace [56] | 2023 | Friends Seminary, New York, United States | Friends Seminary | |||