Robert Cannon (b. Flemington, New Jersey, May 10, 1969) is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 sculptor. He holds a BA with distinction from Yale University

Yale University

Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...

. While attending Yale, Cannon studied under the American Sculptor Alice Aycock

Alice Aycock

-Biography:Aycock studied at Douglass College in New Brunswick, New Jersey, graduating with a bachelor of arts degree in 1968. She then went to New York City where she studied for her masters at Hunter College, and where she was taught and supervised by Robert Morris; she graduated in 1971...

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Work

Nature is the inspiration and foundation for Cannon’s terraform sculptures. Terraform, literally translates to "Earth-shaping," the process of deliberate modification of the atmosphere, temperature, surface topography or ecology to be similar to those of Earth to make it habitable by humans.

External links

• Artist Website