Mulfinger installed four exercise bikes converted into power generators outside the entrance; rigged to light a glass crystal chandelier in the lobby, they revealed the still-elegant, symmetrical building design inside to viewers peering in when powered. Education career Mulfinger has taught at the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) since 1994, holding various positions in the College of Creative Studies and the Department of Art Studio, including Professor Spatial Studies/Sculpture since 2009 and Art Department Chair (2011–4). In addition to teaching courses in Proportional Analyses, Mobile Works, Installation and Arte Povera, and Material Strategies, she has created two new artist residency programs at UCSB, assisted in the implementation of the art building remodel, and co-curated the first major alumni exhibition, which included Mark di Suvero, Mary Heilmann, Suzanne Lacy, Ander Mikalson and Richard Serra. Mulfinger has also taught at the University of North Carolina (1997), Southampton Art Museum (UK, 1993) and Chelsea College of Art and Design (1992). Awards and recognition Mulfinger has received artist-in-residencies from Beaconsfield (London, 2016), American Academy in Rome (2016), the Djerassi Artists Residency (2002), the National Glass Centre, (UK, 2001), the University of North Carolina (1997), and the New York Experimental Glass Workshop (1993). She has been awarded a Microsoft Research Grant, Cambridge, UK (2005), British Council Travel Awards (1993–7), the OSARCA Prize (Royal College of Art Society, 1989), an Elephant Trust Grant (1989), and a Unilever Sculpture Award (1988). References External links Jane Mulfinger official website Jane Mulfinger, Faculty, University of California Santa Barbara American installation artists American women sculptors Sculptors from California Artists from Los Angeles University of California, Santa Barbara faculty Stanford University alumni Alumni of the Royal College of Art People from Pasadena, California 1961 births Living people 21st-century American women