Mara G. Haseltine | |
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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]
Her father is an American geneticist Dr. William A. Haseltine, a professor of biochemistry at Harvard University. [1] [2]
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]
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]
She is the Art Director of Geotherapy Art Institute Associates. [4]
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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