Fiona Campbell
Fiona Campbell is a visual artist, educator and curator, often exploring environmental themes like sustainability and life’s interconnectedness. Being brought up in Kenya, her work has been informed by these deep-rooted connections, as well as her interest in materiality and process. ‘Cirri’ is a part of the project ‘step in stone’. Her project involved site-specific artscapes in Mendip quarries with 14 international artists. This piece in particular is based on plant like crinoids (sea lilies) – ancient sea creatures whose fossilised remains are common in carboniferous limestone and whose descendants can still be found living today.
You can find more of Fiona’s work on her website and Instagram.
Precious Okoyomon
Describing poems as their prayers, Nigerian-American artist, poet and chef Precious Okoyomon stages intricate sculptural terrains, fashioned from elements teeming with life, growth, decay, and transition. A tapestry of materials like soil, rocks, water, wildflowers and vines each bear the weight of metaphoric significance. For instance, the inclusion of kudzu plants are metaphors for the entanglement of slavery, racialisation, and diaspora with the natural world, offering a poignant testament to the potential for transformation and rejuvenation. Through their creations, Okoyomon aspires to rouse a call for ecological rebellion and renewal.
You can check out more about Precious on their Instagram.
Ackroyd & Harvey
British visual-artist duo Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey create multi-disciplinary works that interect art, activism, photography, biology, ecology and history. Their expansive collaboration ‘On The Shore (Version 2)’ shows a stencilled climate plea written by poet Ben Orki, surrounded by burgeoning grass. As the grass matured over a 9-day period, these words were gradually revealed in bright yellow, serving as a poignant metaphor for our evolving understanding of pressing environmental issues.
You can find more of Ackroyd and Harvey’s work on their website and Instagram.
Rosalind Lowry
Rosalind Lowry MRSS is an environmental-based artist from Northern Ireland who works with a range of media to create site specific land art, installations and sculpture. Part of her practice is through environmental land art sculpture trails, such as on the Derrytresk Peat Bog, County Tyrone. ‘Blue Eyed Grass’ is made of paper and wire and explores the endangered plant species of the bogs. Being only a temporary piece, the work is only made to be viewed for a certain amount of time before being removed.
You can find more of Rosalind’s work on her website and Instagram.
Georgia Tucker
UK-based artist and designer Georgia Tucker crafts immersive and sensory experiences, addressing societal challenges around sustainability. Georgia’s VR installation ‘Conniveo’ gives the audience agency to choose whether they will venture forth to witness the stark consequences of plastic pollution, oil spills, dead zones and ghost fishing, or linger within the deceptive veneer of beauty. This poignant installation challenges viewers to confront the profound implications of their choices on the environment.
You can find more of Georgia’s work on her website and Instagram.
Olana Light
UK-based artist Olana Light is celebrated for her captivating wearable sculpture performances that incorporate organic elements. Light’s work is driven by a powerful mission: “I seek to create a dialogue for change: about nature and our relationship with it… I want to inspire us to build the unimagined future world, to live in harmony with nature, and to make the world a better place for those around us and who come after us.” Her project ‘Fly Like a Butterfly’ gracefully employs the butterfly as a metaphor to delve into themes of psychological metamorphosis and identity.
You can find more of Olana’s work on her website and Instagram.
Alistair Keddie
Alistair Keddie is a photographer and visual artist from Scotland now living in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Mainly focusing on landscapes, Alistair also explores ideas of being and place. Through a stunning selection of photography, Alistair allows us to take a new perspective on the world around us.
You can find more of Alistair’s work on his website and Instagram.
Mirimari Väyrynen
Working with themes of ecology and approaching environmental questions through motives and concepts of landscape, Mirimari mainly uses painting and installation to explore contemporary landscape as a process. Using oil colour on acrylic board, video, and wooden structure, ‘ALBEDO’ refers to the ability of an object to reflect the radiation which hits it. The piece was inspired by climate engineering technology for carbon dioxide removal and storage, with the video exploring these themes in Hellisiheið, Iceland and Adventdalen, Svalbard.
You can find more of Mirimari’s work on her website and Instagram.
Alex Long Yuan
Based in London and Shanghai, Alex Long Yuan explores the interplay between humanity and ecology through his multi-disciplinary creations. In his work ‘Everlasting Flower Border,’ viewers are welcomed into a greenhouse-like dome where they can witness the captivating spectacle of flowers opening and closing, entwined with the dance of light and shadow. This immersive experience invites active participation, prompting us to contemplate nature’s role within our urban landscapes, blurring the boundaries between the natural and the artificial.
You can find more of Alex’s work on his website and Instagram.
Gjert Rognli
As a multidisciplinary artist, Gjert Rognli takes inspiration from his belonging to Arctic Northern Norway, his Sami cultural heritage, to light, darkness and the seasons. His works are based in the force of nature. ‘Life is a two-way dream – Eallin lea guovttesuorat niehku’ is a video piece which explores the way the world is undergoing rapid change, with polarization and globalization going in many directions. As in the synopsis: ‘We are in an age marked by adoration of youth, fixation on the present and extreme individualism. What we do today will affect the way people live in the future. The wisdom from the shaman’s worldview from the old Sami religion helps weave together another interpretation and story.’
You can find more of Gjert’s work on his website and Instagram.
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Authors
Bethan Jayne Goddard
