Holly Veselka is a new media artist who uses emerging technologies to address the contemporary challenges of biodiversity loss and climate change. Veselka’s artworks have been presented at venues including Wave Hill (NYC), Cuchifritos (NYC), the Nars Foundation (NYC), ShetlandArts (UK), Lage Egal (Berlin), ArtPace (San Antonio), Lawndale (Houston), ACRE Projects (Chicago), SedimentARTS (Richmond), and The Southern (Charleston). Commissions include projects for the City of Austin, ShetlandArts (Scotland), and the DUMBO Arts Festival (NYC). She has participated in artist residencies and fellowships through organizations such as the Jaaga Foundation (Bangalore), the Mammal Institute at the Polish Academy of Sciences in the Białowieza Forest (Poland), Lawndale (Houston), and the LES Studio Program (NYC). Media featuring her artwork include the Coastal Knowledge Podcast (Edinburgh), Hyperallergic (NYC), NY1 News (NYC), Glasstire (Houston), Houston Public Radio, and the Houston Chronicle. She has received awards including a Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation Artist Grant and a Puffin Foundation Artist Grant.
Using 21st-century technologies as both medium and subject, these artworks use technology to highlight issues of land, biodiversity, and climate change.
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