2019
Site-specific installation comprised of the interactions between three works: Megafauna: Cuban Cursorial Owl, 2019; Bloodbirds, 2019; and Vulnerable, 2018. Two of these pieces were made in the exhibition space during an artist residency on Governors Island.
Cast silicone rubber, cast resin, fabric, taxidermy eyes, epoxy clay, ceramic, sound.
Room-sized, site specific
Exhibitions:
Portal: Governors Island, New York, NY. Curated by 4heads, 2019
Sound design assistance: Paul Urmson
Photo 1: Ed Grant
Photo 2: Citizens for the Arts
Photo 3: Ron Lent
All other photos: Michelle Frick
2018
Five hornbill birds (cast silicone, fabric, glass eyes), Plexiglas tray tank, ceramic, wood, fabric mesh, linoleum tile
Site specific, Enclosure: 72 x 72 x 84”
Exhibitions:
Chashama Gallery Space, New York, NY. “Bronx Now”, 2020
Ressarts Projects, Frenchtown, NJ. Commission, 2018
Photos: Michelle Frick
2017
Eleven handmade birds (cast Torinoko gampi paper, machine-made paper, EKG electrodes, Baxter vented spike adapter); fifty live minnows; tray fish tank; medical supplies; light.
Room-sized, site specific
Exhibitions:
Ressarts Projects, Frenchtown, NJ. Commission, 2017
Sound design assistance: Paul Urmson
Photos: Michelle Frick
2014
Eleven handmade birds (cast Torinoko gampi paper, machine-made paper, EKG electrodes, Baxter vented spike adapter); ten handmade birds (cast Nepal paper); handmade nest (silicone tubing, polyethylene tubing, cast cotton); screen prints on polycarbonate; lightbox; medical supplies; medical trays; fabric
Room-sized, site specific
Medical supplies spew forth from glass wall cabinets onto a white fabric covered floor. From the debris emerge eleven water birds moving away and toward a large nest made of surgical tubing. The nest sits on a hearth. Above the fireplace a lightbox that illuminates a 19th Century anatomical lithograph of the heart is mounted. The same image is suspended before two tall windows. A flock of smaller black birds approaches the scene from above. An ambient soundtrack of bird calls is heard.
Exhibitions:
Governors Island Art Fair, New York, NY. Curated by 4heads, 2014
Sound design assistance: Paul Urmson
Photo 1: Bill Orcutt
All other photos: Michelle Frick
2013
Fifty-six handmade birds (cast cotton, cast surgical tape, LED’s, batteries), screen prints on polycarbonate, hospital furniture, medical supplies, wood, nylon, sound
Room-sized, site specific
Enclosure: 108 x 102 x 104”
Exhibitions:
Governors Island Art Fair, New York, NY. Curated by 4heads, 2013
Sound design assistance: Paul Urmson
Photos 1 - 3: Bill Orcutt
All other photos: Michelle Frick
2013
Nineteen handmade cast cotton and medical supply birds, glass specimen jars, screen printed pillowcases, stainless steel medical cart, screen prints on polycarbonate
84 x 21 x 15"
Nineteen birds, made of dyed cast cotton, non-piercing syringes, and PVC tubing, have gathered on a stainless steel hospital cart. Some birds are contained in glass specimen jars whose lids are covered with pillowcases onto which the words “NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital” have been hand screen printed. Additional birds have converged on the shelves of the cart. Three black and white screen prints are mounted on a nearby wall.
Exhibitions:
WFG Gallery, Woodstock, NY, “Gathering of the Animals”; Curated by Sneha Kapadia, 2013
Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY, “Compendium”; Curated by Lorrie Fredette and Beth Giacummo, 2015
Sound design assistance: Paul Urmson
Photos: Beth Giacummo
2012
Cast silicone, medical trash, intravenous lines, ceramic, silkscreen on polycarbonate, fabric, light, sound
Room-sized, site specific
A room is filled with eight glowing nests which contain ceramic eggs imprinted with the names of seventeen different congenital heart defects. Strewn amongst them are intravenous lines and vials. Suspended before windows paneled with fabric are silkscreens of 19th Century anatomical lithographs of the heart. Soundtrack of bird calls and hospital sounds is heard.
Exhibitions:
Governors Island Art Fair, New York, NY. Curated by 4heads, 2012
Sound design assistance: Paul Urmson
Photos: Bill Orcutt
2012
Nineteen handmade cast cotton and medical supply birds, ambulance gurney, intravenous stand, medical trash, sound
Nineteen birds made of cast cotton and medical supplies have convened on an ambulance gurney. Hospital trash, the remnants of an emergency effort, is strewn on the floor. Ambient sound is heard.
Exhibitions:
BronxArtSpace, Bronx, NY. RE-MADE; Curated by Linda Cunningham, 2012
Photo 1: Bill Orcutt
All other photos: Michelle Frick
2011
Thirteen ceramic bird heads, taxidermy eyes, epoxy clay, surgical tubing.
Site specific
Photos: Michelle Frick
2010
Cast silicone, silicone tubing, hardware, stepper motors, industrial air compressor
Seven pairs of cast silicone lungs are strewn across the exhibit space. They breathe at independent rates with the help of stepper motors and an air compressor.
Exhibitions:
The Spice Factory, Brooklyn, NY. “viscera”, Curated by Joseph O'Neal, 2010
Engineering assistance: Bob Pusateri
Photos: Michelle Frick
2009
Cast silicone, intravenous lines and components, ceramic, 30 x 18" silkscreen lightbox, blood pressure cuffs, linoleum tile, sound
Variable, nests approximately 10" diameter
A room is filled with sounds of a medical lab. On the floor lie seventeen nests made of cast silicone and intravenous line. Strewn amongst them are intravenous lines and components. Each nest holds a varying number of ceramic eggs. The eggs are imprinted with names of different congenital heart defects. On the wall hangs a 30 x 18" lightbox displaying a silkscreen of a 19th Century lithograph that depicts two views of the human heart.
Sound design assistance: Laura Vitale
Exhibitions:
Bronx Blue Bedroom Project, Bronx, NY. Curated by Blanka Amezkua, 2009
The Phillips Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA. “Salvage: Recycle Reclaim”; Curated by Linda Cunningham, 2009
Crossing Art, Queens, NY. “Tales Gone in Flocks and Herds”, Curated by Jennifer Junkermeier, 2010
WFG Gallery, The Art of Science, Woodstock, NY. Curated by Sneha Kapadia, 2012
Sound design assistance: Paul Urmson
Photos 1 - 4: Joshua Bright
All other photos: Michelle Frick
2007
Medical trash, 43 x 36" silkscreen print on polycarbonate, cast surgical tape, LEDs, glass beads, batteries, sound
Dimensions variable
From the residue of an intensive care unit effort, an unexpected and unusual sight emerges: bird-like creatures who may have materialized from the generated hospital trash. Installation consists of suspended 43 x 36" silkscreen print; clean medical trash collected by intensive care unit nurses; fifteen bird figures(intravenous components, heart monitor electrodes, surgical tape, medical trash, batteries) whose beaks are illuminated by LEDs; sound.
Sound design assistance: Paul Urmson
Exhibitions:
Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY. “Response to Fear” Curated by Claire Giblin, 2008
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY, “AIM28: How Soon is Now?”. Curated by Erin Riley-Lopez, 2008
Three Rivers College, Norwich, CT, “Avian ICU” (solo); Curated by Sandra Jeknavorian, 2009
Studio Place Arts, Barre, VT. “SC-EYE-NCE”, Curated by Sue Higby, 2012
Sound design assistance: Paul Urmson
Photos: Michelle Frick
