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| Erika Blumenfeld, Expedition Photos: Antarctica 2009 |
Visiting Artist: Erika Blumenfeld
Artist's lecture
Friday September 21at 3pm.
ESSAT 110
Sponsored by the Studio Art Department Photography Area
Bio:
Erika Blumenfeld (b. 1971, USA) is a transdisciplinary artist whose practice is motivated by the wonder of natural phenomena and the relationship between nature and culture. Driven by a passion to trace the evidence and stories of connection within the cosmos, her artistic inquiries have led her to examine a range of subjects including astronomy, geology, petrology, planetary science, ecology, the environment, anthropogenic climate disruption, natural night sky preservation and light in its many forms. Often working with scientists and research institutions, her non-traditional research-based studio practice has explored the subtle shifts in lunar and solar light, the prismatic landscape of Antarctica, the starry night sky, the glow of marine bioluminescence, and the intricate mineralogical structure of astromaterials. The photo and video-based works, installations, paintings, drawings, sculptures and writing that result are the artifacts that express her inquiries’ reflections.
Blumenfeld is the recipient of many awards including NASA’s ROSES PDART Grant (2016-2019); the Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship at the National Museum of Natural History (2015); Cape Farewell’s Scottish Islands Expedition Residency (2011)
