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Margo Sawyer is a Regents Professor Emerita of Studio Art at the University of Texas at Austin, specializing in Sculpture and Extended Media. Her career is marked by the creation of installations that translate the notion of ancient sacred space into contemporary vocabulary. Sawyer is particularly interested in the relationships between experience, space, and transcendence, exploring the ways in which architectural rituals converge to create forums for contemplation and reflection. Her practice focuses on creating architectural installations that combine research in art, architecture, and landscape architecture. Sawyer has received numerous prestigious awards including the Fulbright Grant for India and Japan, the American Academy in Rome Fellowship, the National Endowment for the Arts Grant, the New York State Council on the Arts Award, and the Japan Foundation Fellowship, as well as the Louis Comfort Tiffany Award. She has exhibited her work nationally in cities such as New York, Los Angeles, New Haven, Houston, Dallas, and Austin, as well as internationally in the United Kingdom, Italy, India, and Japan.
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