This exhibit considers the relationship
between the human and the natural worlds. It explores the many ways artists are thinking about, and responding to, nature, from close observation to narrative and metaphor, from work that looks at the threats of climate change and mass extinction to art that is personal and intimate. Our goal is to showcase a wide range of ideas, media, and emotions, serving to evoke the complex and layered connections between us and our world.
Sachiko Akiyama
Jan Martijn Burger
Sarah Myers Brendt
Stacy Cushner
Melissa Dold
Rick Fox
Michelle Lougee
Patte Loper
Kayla Mohammadi
Naoe Suziki
Sophy Tuttle
humanNATURE
An Online Exhibit
February 15 - March 31
Curated By
Niels Burger and Jill Grimes
Participating Artists
(Click on names for further information)
This exhibit considers the relationship
between the human and the natural worlds. It explores the many ways artists are thinking about, and responding to, nature, from close observation to narrative and metaphor, from work that looks at the threats of climate crisis and mass extinction to art that is personal and intimate. Our goal is to showcase a wide range of ideas, media, and perspectives, serving to evoke the complex and layered connections between us and our world.
Small Gestures
wood, paint
7" x 6" x 16"
2021
North Star
Wood, paint
20" x 1 1/2" x 30"
2021
Small Gestures
Detail
North Star
Detail
Bird by Bird
Wood, steel, epoxy, paint
6 1/2" x 20" x 22"
2020
Blue Vase
Acrylic and Mixed Media on Panel
8.5" x 12"
2021
Flower Vase III
Acrylic and Mixed Media on Panel
9" x 12" x 2.5"
2020
Blue Vase
Detail
Flower Vase III
alternative view
Flower Vase
Acrylic and Mixed Media on Panel
11.25" x 9"
2020
Images courtesy of Chase Young Gallery
Fossil Free Kid
Paper-Cut, Colored Digitally
11" x 17"
2018
No New Fossil Fuel Projects 2
Paper-cut, Colored Digitally
11"x17"
2018
Green New Deal
Paper-Cut, Colored Digitally
11" x 17"
2019
No New Fossil Fuel Projects
Paper-cut, Colored Digitally
(Drawn by Jan Burger and cut by Alma Scott)
11"x17"
2016
Infinite Immensity
Color Pencil on Arches Paper
22" x 30"
2015
Botanical I
Color Pencil on Arches Paper
24" x 32"
2018
Intangible Aspects of the Forest
Color Pencil on Arches Paper
20" x 26"
2015
Breathe the air that rests upon the Horizon
Color Pencil on Arches paper
48" x 60"
2019
Tilted Expanse
Oil on Canvas
20" x 16"
2020
Solitary Drift
Oil on Canvas
40" x 30"
2019
Reach
Oil on Canvas
16" x 16"
2019
Tilt
Oil on Canvas
30" x 24"
2019
King of the Mountain
Oil on Canvas
14" x 11"
2020
Afternoon County Mayo
11" x 14"
Oil on Canvas
2020
Head Spring
Oil on Canvas
14" x 11"
2020
Contrition
Oil on Canvas
14" x 11"
2021
Apparvit
Oil on Linen
16" x 20"
2019
Untitled
Oil on Linen
11" x 14"
2018
Homecoming
Oil on Linen
22" x 30"
2020
Out of My Head
Watercolor on Paper
8" x 6"
2021
Find my Voice
Oil on Canvas
28" x 22"
2021
Memory Get Out
Oil on Canvas
28" x 22"
2021
The Touch
Monoprint
16.5 x 20.5"
2020
Psychic Corporeal Map: Hell
Graphite on Paper
18" x 24"
2020
Psychic Corporeal Map: Earth
Graphite on Paper
18" x 24"
2020
Psychic Corporeal Map: Heaven
Graphite on Paper
18" x 24"
2021
Device for Thinking-with Plants, Study
Graphite on Paper
9" x 12"
2020
Device for Thinking- with Plants
Found Sticks, Cardboard, Hot Glue Gun, Leaf Parts, Cement, Golden Pothos, Spider Plant
Dimensions Variable
2020
Discoidea
Crocheted Plastic, Wire and Resin
4’ x 4’ x 15”
2020
Seedpod
Crocheted plastic, wire and resin,
15” x 15” x 15”
2017
Capsule
Crocheted plastic, wire and resin
30” x 19” x 14”
2018
Discoidea
detail
Seedpod
detail
Capsule
detail
High Tide
Acrylic and oil on dyed canvas
20" x 18"
2020
Sea Barge IV
Oil on Panel
16" x 20"
2020
Endless Columns (Brancusi)
Oil on Panel
24" x 20"
2020
Sea Barge III
Oil on Panel
16" x 20"
2020
Map of New York Wilderness 1869
India ink, walnut ink and ink on Paper
42" x 62"
2020
photo credit: Stewart Clements
Map of New York Wilderness, 1869, detail
Map of Upper Saranac Lake and Surrounding Area, 1954
India ink on Paper
42.5" x 53"
2019
photo credit: Stewart Clements
Map of Adirondack Wilderness 1888
India ink, walnut ink and ink on Paper
86" x 70" (diptych)
2019
photo credit: Julia Featheringill
Miss/Remember/Wish/Save
Above installation: “Ofrendas to a Dying Planet” with Rosalba Solis, HONK! Music Festival, Somerville, Massachusetts
Multimedia
Dimensions Variable
2019- Ongoing
Solastalgia
Above Installation: The Art of Engagement: Regeneration as Practice” Joseloff Gallery, Hartford Art School, Hartford, Connecticut
Multimedia