Detail View: Environmental Futures: Selected works from “Mapping Bodily Connections” series (Erika Osborne); Glacier Map 3; Sphere 1; Sphere 2; Sphere 3 (Diane Burko)

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Selected works from “Mapping Bodily Connections” series (Erika Osborne); Glacier Map 3; Sphere 1; Sphere 2; Sphere 3 (Diane Burko)

installation view of works by Erika Osborne (left) and Diane Burko (right)

Erika Osborne artist's statement: A map is an abstraction – a cultural system designed for and designated to geographies and topographies in order to better understand what is too vast to be comprehended through experience alone. It is not until the maps leads us to at a vista, a grotto, or an individual tree that we enter the realm of tactile, sensory awareness – making the abstraction reality. // We see the sun cast its light on the tree, and we grasp why it favors growth in a particular direction. We feel the strong wind blowing off the mesa and we understand why the tree is so twisted and wild. We see a spray painted mark on its trunk and, all the sudden, we are aware of its destiny. It is then we are able to formulate a more complex understanding, fusing the overlays of topography, geography and human penetrations pulled from computers and government files, laid out on paper, and the juniper tree we have been sitting with for twelve hours, diligently drawing. When we pick up our pencil and leave, space has become place. The experience plots its mark upon our bodies and minds. We carry the familiarity of a small portion of the map away with us, knowing a little bit more about the world we occupy.

2003-2015 (Osborne); 2019 (Burko)

creation

Erika Osborne (American, active ca. 1995 to present)

female

Artist's statement: Erika Osborne received her BFA from the University of Utah in painting and drawing and her MFA from the University of New Mexico. Erika’s artwork deals with cultural connections to place and environment, which garnered her a Fullbright fellowship in 2019. She has exhibited extensively nationally and internationally, with over ten solo exhibitions and over 80 group exhibitions in recent years. She is currently an Associate Professor at Colorado State University.

Diane Burko (American, active ca. 1966 to present)

female

Artist's statement: Diane Burko’s practice is at the intersection of Art, Science, and the Environment focused on climate change. Born in Brooklyn, Burko graduated from Skidmore College with a B.S. in art history and painting. She earned an MFA in painting from the University of Pennsylvania. Burko was a professor at Community College of Philadelphia until 2000, also teaching at Princeton University, ASU, and PAFA. In 1974, she founded FOCUS: Philadelphia Focuses on Women in the Visual Arts. As a research-based artist, she collaborates with scientists, using their data, visiting their labs, and bearing witness. She has investigated the ice fields of Greenland, Iceland, Svalbard and Alaska as well as Antarctica, Argentina’s Patagonia, and the melting glaciers in New Zealand’s southern alps. Such experiences augment her ongoing study of the natural world that inspires studio production, resulting in over 100 exhibitions throughout the country along with her work collected by such institutions as The Art Institute of Chicago, Delaware Art Museum, Hood Museum, Michener Art Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Tang Art Museum, and the Zimmerli Museum. She has received 2 NEA Artists grants, 2 PA Council on the Arts Grants, the Lifetime Achievement Award by the WCA/CAA in 2011, an Independence Foundation award in 2013, and the Fleisher Art Memorial Founders award in 2019.

Artists: Diane Burko and Erika Osborne

climate change

nature

science (modern discipline)

maps (documents)

geography

topography (image-making)

environment (earth sciences concept)

climate

Co-Terminous (exhibition)

acrylic paintings (visual works)

digital prints

drawings (visual works)

mixed media works

maps (documents)

drawings

photographs

paintings

digital prints and graphite on paper (Osborne); acrylic on canvas, mixed media (Burko)

various dimensions (Osborne); 50 in (H) x 50 in (W) (Burko, Glacier Map 3); 20 in (H) x 20 in (W) (Burko, Sphere 1, 2, and 3)

Union Hall (Denver, Colorado)

exhibition

Denver, Colorado

© Matthew Pevear

© Erika Osborne

© Diane Burko

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