{"id":47069,"date":"2024-01-24T15:22:55","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T15:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mused.co\/about\/?p=47069"},"modified":"2025-09-24T08:03:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T08:03:03","slug":"meet-our-shortlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/about\/news\/meet-our-shortlist\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Amplify Environment Shortlist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\n

Helen Grundy<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
\u2018Pill Poppers’ by Helen Grundy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Helen Grundy is contemporary fine artist based in Birmingham, UK, working primarily in digital and paper collages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Helen wanted to explore the psychology of denial for this call out. We are more aware than ever about the damage that is being done to the planet and the prognosis for the future, if we don’t make big changes to how we live, is bleak. Even so, many people don’t want to face the crisis. She wanted to create an advertisement for a drug aimed at people who were upset by the end of the world but didn’t want to experience the worry, or make any changes to their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can find more of Helen’s work on her website<\/a> and Instagram.<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n

Roberta Mason<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
\u2018Seagrass Superhero’ by Roberta Mason<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Roberta Mason is an artist, designer, and maker working mostly with glass. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seagrass Superhero is a set of 3, collaborative, free blown sculptures made from re-melted waste glass inspired by seagrass to bring attention to the crucial role seagrass meadows play in improving biodiversity and sequestering massive amounts of carbon to help mitigate the effects of climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can find more of Roberta’s work on her website<\/a> and Instagram.<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n

Jenny T<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
‘On This Planet’ by Jenny T<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Jenny is an illustrator with a strong interest in editorial, murals, self-publishing and narrative work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jenny organised a group illustrated exhibition to raise funds for World Land Trust’s “Buy an Acre” Scheme, where \u00a3100 = 1 Acre of land bought and protected for wildlife. This included designing a website, signage, frames, marketing materials, printing all the illustrations and creating 3 animal sculptures. Over 20 contemporary illustrators kindly donated their time to create illustrations around an animal who were threatened by habitat loss. Funds raised from print sales went to the Scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can find more of Jenny\u2019s work on her website<\/a> and Instagram.<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n

Hyunsoo Alice Kim<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
\u2018BioPython’ by Hyunsoo Alice Kim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Hyunsoo Alice Kim is a multidisciplinary artist, designer, merchandiser, researcher, and educator based in New York, and Seoul<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This ongoing sustainable leather research reveals critical issues of environmental pollution, animal rights, and human welfare behind the leather industry. Her focus is on reducing water waste and chemical use, suggesting energy-efficient and ethical leather production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can find more of Hyunsoo\u2019s work on her website<\/a> and Instagram.<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n

Nayan and Venus<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
‘The Last Song’ by Nayan and Venus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

“The Paper Ark,” is an artistic collaboration between artist Duo Nayan and Venus. The creator of all the tiny paper cut sculptures at The Paper Ark is Nayan. Born in Gandhinagar, Gujarat (India), he is a furniture and interior design graduate. Watercolour artist Venus Bird (earlier known as Vaishali)<\/em>  is also an avid birder and hails from Ahmedabad, Gujarat (India).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘The Last Song’ is stop motion animation created using miniature paper relief artwork hand painted with watercolours. This is a song of Kaua\u02bbi \u02bb\u014d\u02bb\u014d bird from Hawai\u2019i islands singing for his mate but she never replies because he is the only last one left of his species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can find more of The Paper Ark’s work on their website<\/a> and Instagram.<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n

Antoaneta Tica<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
\u2018(un) Star the Sea’ by Antoaneta Tica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Antoaneta Tica is a Romanian lecturer, costume designer and visual artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘(un) Star the Sea’ is made of 300 PET bottoms from recycled plastic bottles. Starfish, an important element in the trophic chain, are more and more threatened by increasing water pollution. Their disappearance would negatively influence the entire marine life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can find more of Antoaneta\u2019s work on her Instagram.<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n

Carol Sogard<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
\u2018Endangered Seas’ by Carol Sogard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Carol Sogard is a designer, educator, and community-engaged artist who currently resides in Salt Lake City, Utah. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘Endangered Seas’ is pattern design which functions as both a single piece of artwork scaled to any dimension or a wallpaper pattern. Fading from full color to gray it is part of a pattern design series titled: Wallpapers for a Dying Planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can find more of Carol’s work on her website<\/a> and Instagram.<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n

Pamela Schilderman<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
‘Gorgonium sapianum’ by Pamela Schilderman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Pamela Schilderman is an artist whose mixed-media interdisciplinary practice is influenced by science and explores notions of identity and individuality through repetition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘Gorgonium sapianum’ is a glass, blood, methanol sculpture which links the artist through blood with Gorgonian black fan coral to challenge the position of humans at the top of the classic evolution chain. Corals are available to buy despite endangered status. Pamela wanted to draw attention to their fragility and value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can find more of Pamela\u2019s work on her website<\/a> and Instagram.<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n

Luca S\u00e1gi<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
‘Flood protection neckpiece’ by Luca S\u00e1gi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Luca S\u00e1gi is a jewellery designer ands maker who is trying to find harmony between design, craft, and the freedom of art. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘Flood protection neckpiece’ reflects on a global issue, the water crisis. How does water influence our environment and how do we as humans have an effect on it? What can the consequences be of the pollution which we produce? Luca investigates the questions of interdependence, cause-effect, actions and reactions. The PP sandbags refer to the paradox, that we protect ourselves and our values against flooding with materials whose production contributes greatly to the formation of floods. By wearing the heavy object we can barely breathe as having a drowning experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can find more of Luca\u2019s work on her website<\/a> and Instagram.<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n

Luminara Star Florescu<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\n