Muriel Brunner Castanis (1926 – 2006) was an American sculptor best known for her public art installments involving fluidly draped figures.

[1] She was raised in Greenwich Village and attended New York's High School of Music and Art.

Her image is included in the iconic 1972 poster Some Living American Women Artists by Mary Beth Edelson.

Her work Corporate Goddesses (1982), features twelve fiberglass statues of faceless women standing 12 feet tall atop 580 California Street building, designed by architect Philip Johnson,[3] have stirred varying interpretations, as viewers try to understand the symbolism.

[4] She died on 22 November 2006 at age 80 from lung failure in Greenwich Village neighborhood in New York City, and was survived by her husband George Castanis and their four children.