NEW YORK, NY.- Galerie Lelong announced that Jaume Plensa has been awarded the International Sculpture Center's Lifetime Achievement Award.

Established in 1991 by the ISC's Board of Trustees, the award recognizes individual sculptors who have made exemplary contributions to the field of sculpture. Candidates for the award are masters of sculptural processes and techniques who have devoted their careers to the development of a laudable body of sculptural work as well as to the advancement of the sculpture field as a whole.

Past recipients include Magdalena Abakanowicz, Alice Aycock, Lynda Benglis, Fletcher Benton, Fernando Botero, Deborah Butterfield, Louise Bourgeois, Sir Anthony Caro, Elizabeth Catlett, John Chamberlain, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Eduardo Chillida, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Petah Coyne, Tony Cragg, Mark di Suvero, Melvin Edwards, Red Grooms, Nancy Holt, Richard Hunt, Seward Johnson, Jun Kaneko, Phillip King, William King, Manuel Neri, Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Nam June Paik, Beverly Pepper, Judy Pfaff, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Giò Pomodoro, Robert Rauschenberg, George Rickey, Ursula von Rydingsvard, George Segal, Joel Shapiro, Kiki Smith, Kenneth Snelson, Frank Stella, James Surls, William Tucker, and Bernar Venet.

The award will be formally presented at the International Sculpture Center's Night of Excellence on April 16, 2025.

Jaume Plensa is internationally recognized as one of today’s leading contemporary sculptors. Over the past 35 years, he has created sculptures and installations that unify individuals through connections of spirituality, the body, and collective memory. Literature, psychology, biology, language, and history have been key guiding elements throughout his career. Using a wide range of materials including steel, cast iron, resin, paraffin wax, glass, light, water, and sound, Plensa lends physical weight and volume to components of the human condition and the ephemeral.

Underlining Plensa’s practice is an ongoing pursuit to evoke the beauty in simplicity, encouraging points of convergence for viewers of the work, which range from architectural landmarks bridging local communities to intimate sculptures. Plensa’s long career with public-facing artworks—seen all over the world from Seoul to Dubai—originates from his belief in the ability of art in public spaces to create inclusive, transformative experiences for a diverse and extensive audience.