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
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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