Taylor Alaina Liebenstein Smith (b. 1993) is a visual artist born in the United States and naturalised as a French citizen, currently based in Oslo, Norway. Since 2014, her practice has developed through collaborative research processes with natural scientists, as well as poets, choreographers, architects and other living organisms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her work addresses the global ecological crisis by creating emotional connections with threatened ecosystems, from polluted lakes and toxic waste sites to thawing permafrost peatlands. She combines microbes and toxins collected from these landscapes with analogue film and video, creating experimental films and multimedia installations. She also works with printmaking, photography, text and sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She holds an MFA from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts, an MA in Cultural Mediation from the \u00c9cole du Louvre in Paris, as well as a BFA in Painting and a BA in Art History from Boston University. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Mus\u00e9um National d\u2019Histoire Naturelle in Paris, Atelier Nord in Oslo and the KulttuuriKauppila Art Centre in Finland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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