Ed Ruscha
American artist, born in 1937 in Omaha (Nebraska). Ed Ruscha graduated from the Chouinard Art Institute in 1960. He uses a wide variety of medium in his oeuvre and is known for his artist’s books employing photographic images of everyday places and for his work on the subject of language. He strives to interpret American vernacular and positions himself between pop art and conceptual art. His works are collected by museums all over the world. His personal exhibitions have been shown by venues such as the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Jeu de Paume in Paris, the Haus der Kunst in Munich and the Moderna Museet in Stockholm.