Fall/Winter 2016

Happy 2017! Time flies, so I wanted to update this blog a bit with some events that happened toward the end of last year and share with you some fun and interesting artwork by talented artists I saw along the way.

The end of October into early November was very busy. I was fortunate to be asked by Serbian artist and professor Dejan Atanackovic to give an artist's talk at SACI in Florence, as part of his lecture series titled, "An Idea of Home." It was an honor to be a contributing artist alongside Patrick Hogan from NASA, Rodolfo Lacquaniti, artist and architect, and Francesca Bigoni, anthropologist. 

I then made a quick pit stop in Paris to catch the ending of the incredible exhibition by Olafur Eliasson, who staged spatial installations throughout the Palace of Versailles, all on the theme of "Water." It was fantastic. Here are a couple of photos from my day there:

The exhibition titled "Plantarium," curated by Manuela Enna and Daniel Buso was hosted at the House of Carraresi Museum in Treviso, Italy. It opened on October 22nd, and actually ends today. I was one of twenty one participating artists, who all contributed in creating an interactive journey to discover nature through contemporary art. The exhibition focused on the world of plants and environmental protection needs, where art and science intersected to build a sense of exposure to this. Here are a few photos of the symposium on opening night -  the curators were discussing each artist's practice and you can see my photograph of the Arctic on the monitors above the guests's heads.

Entrance to the Museum of Casa Dei Carraresi, Treviso.

"Aequilibrium" by Eros Emmanuil Papadakis.

"Speranza" by Giovanni Canova.

"Little Boy" by Saverio Bonelli.

"In Vitro" by Andrea San3ni and Francesca Toich.

Lastly, to end the year, there was a fantastic exhibition at the Museum of History/State Darwin Museum in Moscow, Russia. It was titled, "Now and After," and the theme was Ecology Without Borders. It was curated by artist Marina Fomenko, and I was one of 

twenty eight artists who each contributed a video focusing on this topic. Below are a few photos of opening night, where I met many of the artists who arrived from all over the world. It was a great experience and I hope to keep in touch with them to see where their art takes them next :)

Front of the museum

With curator Marina Fomenko and Russian artist Konstantin Krylovskjy

Chatting with Dutch artist Pim Zwier

Celebrating with Russian artist Anna Butenko and many others :)