Roberta Trentin
Roberta Trentin - Multimedia Visual EcoArtist
Roberta Trentin is a multidisciplinary artist who works in collaboration with the materials and the unknown outcomes. Her work explores overlooked stories of fungi, microorganisms, and plants in the more-than-human world. A background in science and a love of the earth result in an interweaving of macro/micro observations and deeply personal stories in her work. Roberta splits her time between the forests of the Hudson Valley and Brooklyn where she lives with her two sons.
Education
2022
University of Hartford, CT - Interdisciplinary Art & Regenerative Culture, Nomad MFA
2017
One-Week Biomimicry for Social Innovation Workshop, Montana
2013
International Center of Photography - One-Year Certification General Studies
2008
University of Florence, Italy - Master’s Degree in Agriculturere Science and Technologies
Awards
2016
2015
2012
Grad Prize by Darren Cheng at online exhibition “The Same But Different”
Honorable Mention by Howard Christopherson at group exhibition “The Ties That Bind”
Juror Awards by Blue Mitchell at group exhibition “Tribe”
First Prize: Ministry of Science ICT and Future Planning Prize, Seoul, South Korea
ICP’s Director Fellowship, International Center of Photography, New York, NY
Exhibitions
Solo
Not on my wishlist to have a solo show. My art practice is based on and thrives through collaborations and mimics mycorrzhal exchanges. I don't consider myself as an individual but as a collaboration of organisms that allows us to co-exist. Cheers!
Group
2022
2018
2016
2015
2013
2012
an/aesthetics, Group show at Rosekill Farm, Rosendale NY (in collaboration with Bosch Purvis)
an/aesthetics, Group Show, at the Century House Historical Sociaty, Rosendale Mine, NY (in collaboration with Bosch Purvis)
River Scores, as part of River Lab public art project by Mary Mattingly, NY.
Ephemeral Streams, MFA Thesis Exhibition - Joseloff Gallery, Hartford, CT.
Domestication, Group Show curated by Cassandra Sohn - Sohn Fine Art Gallery, MA.
The Same But Different, Online Show - New York Center For Photographic Art, NY.
The Ties That Bind, MPLS Photo Center - Minneapolis, MN.
Tribe, LightBox Photographic Gallery & Fine Printing - Astoria, OR.
Prizing Art and Praising Science Group Exhibition Shanghai, China.
Abundance Of Life, Bio Art Seoul Group Exhibition at Gwacheon National Science Museum, Seoul, South Korea.
The View From Here, ICP Full-Time Student Exhibition Rita K. Hillman Gallery, International Center of Photography, New York.
My Truth, Your Truth, ICP Full-Time Student Exhibition Rita K. Hillman Gallery, International Center of Photography, New York.