Adriane Colburn

Artist Statement

Over the past several years I have developed a body of work based on the complex relationship between human infrastructure, earth systems, technology and the natural world. These drawings, sculptures and installations are derived from my research into landscape history, ecology and global systems. Within this practice, an enthusiasm for the abstract compositions of mapping (and its ability visualize systems that could not be otherwise seen as a whole), is woven with a long-standing investment in materiality and the natural world, a fascination with global systems and an early and sustained interest in Climate Disruption.

Everything is Everything, 2023 Photo: Adriane Colburn

Bio

Adriane Colburn is an artist based in Jersey City, NJ and Vermont. Her work reflects a long-standing investment in materiality, extraction and the natural world; a fascination with mapping and global systems; and an early and sustained interest in Climate Disruption. Her work has been exhibited broadly including at Smack Mellon, and Parsons/New School in New York, Gallery 16 and The Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco, Ballroom Marfa, TX, Artsterium in the Republic of Georgia, the Eres Foundation in Munich, The Berman Museum, PA and at the Royal Academy of Art in London. Her work has been shaped by artist residencies at the Headlands Center for the Arts, the Macdowell Colony, SPACE on Ryder Farm, The Blue Mountain Center, and with the Cape Farewell Project. Additionally, she has participated in numerous scientific research expeditions in regions ranging from the Arctic to Central and South America. Awards include the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, The Franklin Research Fellowship/ American Philosophical Institute, The Fleishhacker Foundation and Artadia Award. She is currently on the faculty at Bard College.

www.adrianecolburn.com