Root
Vanessa German
Vanessa German is a multidisciplinary artist based in Pittsburgh, Pa. Sculptor, performance artist, actress, playwright and designer, vanessa has performed and exhibited throughout the country. she has written and performed several evening length productions including,“root”, a spoken word opera which has been performed at the August Wilson Center’s First Voice Festival, The African American Music & Theatre Festival at the Vineyard Playhouse, and the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater. vanessa's next spoken word operetta, “love poem 4 water”, will be performed at the Pittsburgh branch of the American Jewish Museum, as part of the exhibition, “Too Shallow For Diving.” vanessa’s sculptural work is in galleries, museums and collections nationwide, including the David C. Driskell Center, and IP Stanback Museum, and The Progressive Collection, one of the Nation’s preeminent corporate contemporary art collections. vanessa’s work will be touring with African American Art 1950-Present, produced by The Smithsonian Institution and The University of Maryland, opening in the fall of 2012.
