Susannah Sayler

Biography

Susannah Sayler works with photography, video, writing and installation to examine our changing notions of nature, culture and ecology. Her work is often place-based and focused on historical research.

Sayler has been awarded numerous fellowships, including the Guggenheim Fellowship (2023), New York Artist Fellowship (2016), the Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship (2014), the Center for Art and Environment Research Fellowship (2013), and the Loeb Fellowship at Harvard Graduate School of Design (2008). Her work has been exhibited broadly in the U.S. and internationally, including at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, the Kunsthal in Rotterdam, the North Carolina Museum of Art, the Belvedere Museum, the Museum of Capitalism and the Southeast Center for Contemporary Art. Her archives are collected by the Nevada Museum of Art/Reno, Center for Art and Environment.

In 2006, Sayler and her long-time collaborator, Edward Morris, co-founded The Canary Project, a studio that produces visual media and artworks that deepen public understanding of climate change and other ecological issues. In 2020, they founded Toolshed, a platform for connecting ecological thought and action.

Education

• M.F.A., School of Visual Arts