Neri Oxman / Israel

Israel born 1976

The Vespers Series, 2016, designed by Neri Oxman in collaboration with the Mediated Matter Group of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), comprises fifteen life-size death masks made for The New Ancient collection by Stratasys, and 3D printed by Stratasys Ltd. Each mask is created using a Stratasys J750 3D Printer, which prints 3D forms by depositing colourful polymer droplets in layers. Oxman and her design team at MIT used fluid dynamics modelling software, colourful and translucent resins and the latest in high-resolution, multi-material 3D printing to produce masks that look organic and alive.

BIO

In 2016 Oxman was named a Cultural Leader at the World Economic Forum. Her work is included in permanent collections at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Centre Pompidou, Paris; and the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, among others. Since 2005 Oxman and her team have won numerous awards and their work has been written about in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, WIRED and more.