Janet Echelman reshapes urban airspace with monumental, fluidly moving sculpture that responds to environmental forces including wind, water, and sunlight. Each project she undertakes is informed by the site, its geography, and its physical, cultural, and political history. Janet premiered Water Sky Garden at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games, and she completed 2009's largest US public art commission, Her Secret is Patience, a new civic icon for Phoenix that has been hailed for contributing to the revitalization of its downtown. Echelman's 160-foot tall waterfront piece, She Changes in Portugal was called "one of the truly significant public artworks in recent years" by Sculpture Magazine. Her art has been presented in Spain, Italy, Portugal, Lithuania, India, Japan, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Canada, Mexico, and the US.

A recipient of fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Japan Foundation, Rotary International Foundation, Harvard Graduate School of Design Loeb Fellowship, Aspen Institute Henry Crown Fellowship, and a Fulbright Senior Lectureship, Janet currently serves on the national board of the Fulbright Association and the Aspen Institute Energy and Environment Awards.