International Tour 2012 – 2015.
Isabella Kirkland, NOVA: Forest Floor, 2011 archival ink jet print, edition 1/2 a.p., 61.75” H x 50.75” W
Nature’s Toolbox brings together works by wide array of international artists who explore the many facets of our planet’s biodiversity. Some artists grapple with the ways our everyday activities are linked to loss of species and biodiversity. Others examine how biodiversity contributes to the quality of our lives, or probe the potential of nature’s amazing blueprints to build a future in which human needs are met in harmony with nature. At its core, Nature’s Toolbox is a celebration of biodiversity, creativity, and ingenuity.
Exhibition Artists: Allora & Calzadilla, USA & Cuba; Suzanne Anker, USA; BioHarmonious, USA; Antonio Briceno, Venezuela; Vincent Callebaut, France; Rob Carter, USA; Catherine Chalmers, USA; Ri Crawford, USA;E.V. Day, USA; Anthony Discenza, USA; Chris Drury, UK; Aganetha Dyck and Richard Dyck, Canada; Don & Era Farnsworth, USA; Cao Fei, China; Hall & Moline, USA; Joyce Hsu, Hong Kong; Chris Jordan, USA; Kahn & Selesnick, USA & UK; Christian Kerrigan, UK; Isabella Kirkland, USA; Charles Lee, USA; Katja Loher, Switzerland; Lori Nix, USA; Lucy & Jorge Orta, UK; Neri Oxman, Israel; Donna Keiko Ozawa, USA; Sven Pahlsson, Norway; Susan Plum, Mexico; Ken Rinaldo, USA; Isabella Rossellini, Italy; Tomas Saraceno, Argentina; Yuriko Yamaguchi, Japan; Xu Zhen, China; and Marina Zurkow, USA.
Participating Venues: The Field Museum , Chicago, Illinois; The Leonardo, Salt Lake City, Utah; the Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, Kansas; the University of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art, Iowa; MuBE, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Donna Keiko Ozawa, The Waribashi Project, 2012, wooden chopstick installation (approx. 90,000), approx. 82” H x 192” W x 192” D
Lori Nix, Aquarium from The City series, 2007, Chromogenic archival print, 32” H x 42” W, Courtesy of ClampArt, New York
Tomas Saraceno, Focus on 14 Billions, 2010, c-print, edition of 6, Courtesy of Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York