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The BIOS Environmental ART GALLERY Environmental Artists
Jackie Brookner "The Bios center sounds terrific" Ecological artist Jackie Brookner works collaboratively with ecologists, design professionals, city governments and grassroots community groups on water remediation/public art projects in the U.S. and abroad. Her collaborative works foster healthier ecosystems while raising awareness that the vitality of any community depends upon the health of the natural systems that sustain it. Recent and current projects in West Palm Beach, FL, Cincinnati, Ohio, San Jose, CA, Salo, Finland as well as in two towns outside of Dresden, Germany range from Biosculptures™, living sculptures that filter water, to municipal planning where local water resources become the focal point of community revitalization. In 2002-3, as winner of the NEA / National Park Service “Art and Community Landscapes” competition, she worked closely with the local communities in 3 towns in the Pacific Northwest providing conceptual planning assistance on stream daylighting, restoration and trail projects, as well as designing public art. Brookner is the recipient of numerous awards including The National Endowment for the Arts, The Nancy Gray Foundation for Art in the Environment, The Trust for Mutual Understanding, and The New York Foundation for the Arts. Recent solo exhibitions include “Native Tongues” at The Miro Foundation in Barcelona, Spain and “Of Earth and Cotton,” which traveled throughout the United States from 1994-98. She is on the Advisory Boards of The Center for Urban Watershed Renewal, The Fresno Metropolitan Museum for Art and Science, and EcoArtSpace. She completed her B.A. at Wellesley College and holds M.A.and A.B.D. degrees from Harvard University. She lectures internationally and teaches in the Graduate Fine Arts program at Parsons School of Design in New York, and in 2002 was Visiting Faculty in Visual and Environmental Studies at Harvard University. Her website is: www.jackiebrookner.net
The Bios Environmental Art Gallery Coming soon to 72 Railroad Street New Milford CT 06776 |
