Jaume Plensa
 Spanish sculptor Jaume Plensa (Barcelona, 1955) is at the forefront of the contemporary art scene, having lived and worked in Berlin, Brussels, England and France since 1980. Currently dividing his time between residences in Barcelona and Paris, Plensa created The Crown Fountain in Millennium Park.
Plensa's numerous outdoor projects and commissions for public spaces are located in Barcelona, Lleida, Girona, Torrelavega and Tenerife (Spain); Auch and St. Denis (France); Tokyo, Hamamatsu, Tachikawa, Mion Nakasato and Fukuroi (Japan); Yorkshire and Baltic-Gateshead (England); Jerusalem (Israel); Pistoia (Italy); Kimpo (Korea); Neanderthal and Brandenburg (Germany); Vallorbe (Switzerland); Gloucester, Jacksonville and Washington (USA); and, Toronto (Canada), among others.
Solo exhibitions of his work have been organized in galleries and museums throughout Europe, the U.S. and Japan. Included among them are: Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona (Spain); Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris (France); The Henry Moore Sculpture Trust, Halifax (England); Malmö Konsthalle, Malmö (Sweden); Stadtische Kunsthalle, Mannheim (Germany); Musée d'Art Contemporain, Lyon (France); Museo Luigi Pecci, Prato (Italy); Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover (Germany); Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Wien (Austria); Tamada Projects, Tokyo (Japan); Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago (USA); Galerie Lelong, New York (USA); Palacio de Velázquez-Museo Nacional Reina Sofía, Madrid (Spain); and The Arts Club, Chicago (USA).
Since 1996, Plensa has also applied his artistic vision to stage and costume design for some of the world's most important operatic productions, including Falla's Atlantida in Granada, Spain; S. Sebastian by Debussy in Rome; The Damnation of Faust by Berlioz in Salzburg Festpiele; and, Mozart's The Magic Flute for the Ruhr Triennale.
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