About the Artist
Chalmers' work is symbolic of the hierarchical relationship that human beings
have to all species, our relationship to nature, and the idea that we think in
terms of a lesser species than ourselves as represented by the American
cockroach.
Biography
Catherine Chalmers is both a trained artist and engineer whose work focuses on the perceived distance, and frequently neglected closeness, between nature and humans. Chalmers examines insects and amphibians from intimate vantage points that magnify their striking physical beauty, inviting an appreciative reappraisal of numerous species we typically overlook or devalue as mere pests. Chalmers' photographs have recently been exhibited at the Ansel Adams Center for Photography, San Francisco; New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; Reykjavik Municipal Art Museum, Iceland; White Columns, New York; and the Yukon Arts Center, Whitehorse, Canada, among others. In 1999, her work was featured in the exhibition The New Natural History at the National Museum of Photography and Film, Bradford, England.
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| Subhankar Banerjee
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