Isabella Kirkland, Forest Floor, oil on polyester over panel, 36" x 60", 2007.
Isabella Kirkland (born 1954) is an American visual artist and biodiversity researcher.[1][2] She is known for intricate, representational paintings that straddle art history, natural science and ecological activism.[3][4][5] Since the mid-1990s, she has documented biota in series focused on species that are extinct, disappearing, collected or illegally trafficked, or emerging from near-extinction.[6][7][8] Her work fuses the classical naturalist tradition of wildlife painters like John James Audubon and the precise rendering style and time-tested oil techniques of 17th-century Dutch Master still life painters.[9][10][11] Situated in the contemporary context of global warming, however, her paintings subtly upend such idealized traditions, invoking a sense of accountability in response to the specter of ecological flux and impermanence.[12][13][14]New York Times critic Ken Johnson wrote that Kirkland "produces richly atmospheric pictures collectively populated by hundreds of animals. … Updating the peaceable kingdom genre, she is trying to make beautiful paintings of the world at its most beautiful, not for the sake of art but for the sake of our endangered biosphere. She does not preach but communicates an infectious spirit of care."[1]
Kirkland's work belongs to the collections of institutions including the Whitney Museum,[15] Berkeley Art Museum[12] and Saint Louis Art Museum (SLAM).[16] She has exhibited at the National Academy of Sciences,[2] Harvard Museum of Natural History,[11] Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago)[5] and SLAM, among other venues.[6] She is a research associate in aquatic biology at the California Academy of Sciences[2][17] and has spoken about ecological issues at conferences including several TED events.[18][19]
^ abJohnson, Ken. "Isabella Kirkland," The New York Times, June 10, 2011. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
^ abcPhillips, Anna Lena. "Ars Scientifica," American Scientist, May-June 2008. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
^Revkin, Andrew C. "Permanent Art, Evanescent Life," The New York Times, November 1, 2007. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
^Roth David M. "The Nature Conundrum," SquareCylinder, June 2, 2021. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
^ abBaker, Kamrin. "Artist Advocates For Endangered & Extinct Species Through Paintings," Good Good Good, July 14, 2023. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
^ abWeir, Alex. "Life in its Fleeting Glory," Riverfront Times, January 23, 2014. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
^Garchik, Leah. "Isabella Kirkland and the glories of the shell-less mollusk," San Francisco Chronicle, March 29, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
^Pollick, Steve. "250 new plants, animals at Art Museum," Toledo Blade, September 7, 2008.
^Bonetti, David. "Three artists who grapple with history," San Francisco Examiner, November 20, 2001. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
^Pritikin, Renny. "Renny Pritikin on Isabella Kirkland @ Hosfelt," SquareCylinder, May 10, 2021. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
^ abRevkin, Andrew C. "Paintings of Nature's Comeback Kids," The New York Times, October 30, 2007. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
^ abBerkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. Isabella Kirkland, Artist. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
^Dayton Art Institute. "Dayton Art Institute opens Isabella Kirkland: Stilled Life," February 24, 2014. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
^Art in Embassies, U.S. Department of State. Isabella Kirkland, Personnel. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
^Whitney Museum of American Art. Isabella Kirkland, Canopy, Collection. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
^Saint Louis Art Museum. Isabella Kirkland, Collection. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
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