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Kurt Wenner is an American artist known for his 3D pavement art shown internationally.[1][2][3]
Wenner was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1958, but grew up in Santa Barbara, California. He attended Rhode Island School of Design and ArtCenter College of Design in California.[4] While at ArtCenter he was recruited to work for NASA at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, creating conceptual art.[5]
In 1982, he left his job at NASA to focus on his art and moved to Italy.[5][6]
Wenner learned about the European tradition of street painting after living in Rome for a few months.[6] Wenner added perspective to the street painting work and in turn he created 3D pavement art.[6] His work has been shown in more than 30 countries around the world.
In 2010, Greenpeace called for a ban of genetically modified crops by presenting the European Union members in Brussels with one million signatures on a petition.[7] It was the first time the EU members forced a vote by invoking the 1-million member signature rule. Wenner was asked to create a 3D image to commemorate the historical day when the people of Europe stood up, voicing action for no GMO in their food. Wenner's enormous 3D image (22-by-22-metre (72 by 72 ft)) was at the center of this historical moment.
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