Sarah Hearn: Mimicking Symbiotic Organisms

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Concept/OK Residency Project Statement: Symbiotic CooperationLichens are unusual composite organisms thatexist only through symbiotic partnerships between fungi and alga orcyanobacteria. Taking my cue from this collaborative gestalt, SymbioticCooperationexplores the power and impact of collaboration with other peopleand is dependent on public participation. Lichens have been collected andsubmitted internationally. Each sample received has been: identified,described, scanned, photographed, drawn by hand and added to the display. Thedisplay will change as discoveries are made and new lichens added. Upon theexhibition’s completion, these samples will become publicly accessible forfuture study at the University of Central Oklahoma and the Oxley Nature Centerherbariums.
Biography: Sarah Hearn is a full-time artist livingand working in Oklahoma City.  Her work is idea-driven by a multitude ofscientific theories. As the artist states, “science is always transforming ouridea about the world and the reality in which we live.  We live in a timewhere science renders humanity as more and more insignificant.” Hearn receivedher MFA in 2010 from Rochester Institute of Technology and her BFA in 2001 fromthe College of Santa Fe. 
Read more in this Art FocusOklahoma magazine article or in previous posts hereand here.The Concept/OK: Art in Oklahoma exhibitionwelcomes the public until February 16, 2013 at the new Tulsa Arts andHumanities Council’s Hardesty Arts Center. See www.concept-ok.org for more information.