Mara G. Haseltine
Mara G. Haseltine | |
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 Mara G. Haseltine inside her Sculpture SARS Inhibited Biopolis in Singapore, 2006 | |
| Born | February 22, 1971 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Oberlin College San Francisco Art Institute |
| Notable work | Waltz of the Polypeptides, SARS inhibited, Homologous Hope, Transcriptease |
| Movement | Sci-Art, Geotherapy, Environmental Art |
| Awards | Scholarship Aspen Institute Leadership Program, 2012 Explorers, FLAG No. 75, 2011 Artist in Residency Imagine Science Films, 2012 Artist in Residency at Trinity College Dublin for Microscopy, 2011 |
| Website | http://www.calamara.com |
Mara Gercik Haseltine (born 22 February 1971) is an American artist and environmental activist who has shown and worked internationally.[1][2][3] She collaborates with scientists and engineers to create her work, which focuses on the link between human's shared cultural and biological evolution.[3]
Early life and family
[edit]Her father is an American geneticist Dr. William A. Haseltine, a professor of biochemistry at Harvard University.[1][2]
Career
[edit]Haseltine has worked internationally and collaborated with scientists and engineers to focus on the link between human's shared cultural and biological evolution.[1][2]
Artist
[edit]Haseltine worked for feminist French-American artist Niki de Saint Phalle and created mosaics in Normandy and France. She has built the 'Waltz of the Polypeptides,' 'SARS Inhibited.' [2][4]
Environmental activist
[edit]She is the Art Director of Geotherapy Art Institute Associates.[4]
Recognition
[edit]Haseltine has featured in the film 'Invisible Ocean: Plankton & Plastic' to reveal a microscopic threat found beneath the ocean.[5] She has been featured in the book 'Confronting Morality with Science and Art,' written by Pascale Pollier-Green.[6]
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c "From father to daughter". The Scientist Magazine®. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Proteic grace". Protein Spotlight. 18 December 2006. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
- ^ a b "Our October Issue is Out!". SCIART MAGAZINE. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- ^ a b Schmidt, Benjamin (2014-11-27). "Mara G. Haseltine Presents Her 'Portrait of Our Oceans in Peril' Exhibition". The Source. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
- ^ "Invisible Ocean: Plankton & Plastic". Wild & Scenic Film Festival. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
- ^ Pollier-Green, Pascale (2007). Confronting Mortality with Art and Science: Scientific and Artistic Impressions on what the Certainty of Death Says about Life. Asp / Vubpress / Upa. ISBN 978-90-5487-443-0.