Profile of an Artist — theculturetrip.com

Born to Russian parents on September 6, 1938 in Washington, Oppenheim displayed a strong passion to the arts even from childhood. He eventually graduated from the Fine Arts at the California College of Arts and Crafts in 1964 and then at Stanford University. Subsequently, he made New York his home till his death, in 2011, from cancer. In his early work he was predominantly a performance/ body artist and earthworks artist. A trailblazer in earthworks, he envisioned artwork beyond the confines of a meager canvas. His famous pieces include ‘Annual Rings’ (1968), which were multiple snow rings, resembling the annual tree rings, carved on the border between U.S.A and Canada, ‘Gallery Transplant’ and ‘Huge Fingerprints’, which were shown overlapped. He exhibited photographs and maps of his work at the John Gibson Gallery, New York in 1968.

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