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Crochet Coral Reef

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Exhibitions

  • Book cover of crochet coral reef project 2022

    Catalog/Book (2022)

    A glorious new Crochet Coral Reef book is published alongside the exhibition at Museum Frieder Burda, Germany. Buy book now.
  • plastic trash hanging in a net from the ceiling in museum

    North Carolina Museum of Art (2022)

    Fault Lines: Art and the Environment displays The Midden, 4 years worth of the Wertheim sister’s domestic plastic trash; plus the North Carolina Satellite Reef.
  • wall of crocheted corals at Museum Frieder Burda

    Museum Frieder Burda (2022)

    Value and Transformation of Corals, a museum-wide retrospective of the Crochet Reef in Germany. Also introducing the Baden-Baden Satellite Reef, with 4000+ contributors.
  • sculpture of crochet coral reef

    Baden Baden Satellite Reef (2022)

    Baden Baden Satellite Reef, part of the exhibition Value and Transformation of Corals at Museum Frider Burda, Germany.
  • Tang Teaching Museum (2022)

    Radical Fiber: Threads Connecting Art and Science – exhibition includes the Saratoga Springs Satellite Reef.
  • Ontario Science Centre (2021)

    The Crochet Coral Reef is exhibited in Toronto, along with the Ontario Satellite Reef.
  • Helsinki Biennial (2021)

    The Helsinki Biennial 2021 features a spectacular new plastic Coral Forest, plus the Helsinki Satellite Reef.
  • Exhibition Signage:

    Venice Biennale (2019)

    The Crochet Coral Reef is in the 2019 Venice Biennale exhibition “May You Live In Interesting Times,” curated by Ralph Rugoff.
  • Lehigh University Art Galleries (2019)

    Coral Coral Reef, solo exhibition at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA.
  • Reef sculptures in gallery

    Western Washington University (2018)

    Coral Forest – plastics, featured in the exhibition Modest Forms of Biocultural Hope.
  • Van Abbemuseum (2018)

    Crochet Coral Reef in TRADE MARKINGS: Frontier Imaginaries Ed. No. 5, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
  • You people looking at reef sculptures illuminated with flashlights

    University of California, Santa Cruz (2017)

    Crochet Coral Reef, solo exhibition at Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery, UC Santa Cruz.
  • Reef sculpture inside gallery

    Museum of Arts and Design (2016–2017)

    Crochet Coral Reef: Toxic Seas, solo exhibition celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Reef project.
  • A girl looks at a vitrine containing a section of the satellite Crochet Coral Reef

    Deutsches Museum (2014–16)

    New outcrop of Föhr Satellite Reef, in Welcome to the Anthropocene exhibition, Munich.
  • Contemporary Jewish Museum (2015)

    Bleached Reef featured in the exhibition Night Begins Day: Rethinking Time, Space and Beauty.
  • Minneapolis Institute of Arts (2015)

    The Crochet Coral Reef is exhibited alongside Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Leicester.
  • Southwest School of Art (2015)

    Crochet Coral Forest solo exhibition at the Southwest School of Art.
  • large coral sculptures with person walking among them

    NYU Abu Dhabi Institute (2014)

    Solo exhibition of the Crochet Coral Reef in the UAE. An Abu Dhabi Satellite Reef is also being made.
  • Black crochet coral reef sculpture

    GL Holtegaard Museum (2013–14)

    Coral Forest–Chthulu, and Dr Axt’s petrochemical elegy Requiem Reeficus are in a traveling exhibition in Denmark.
  • Denver Art Museum (2013)

    The Crochet Coral Reef is in the exhibition SPUN: Adventures in Textiles. A Denver Satellite Reef is also being made.
  • Museum Kunst der Westküste (2012)

    Crochet Coral Reef solo exhibition. 700+ people in Germany, Denmark, Netherlands contribute corals to the Föhr Satellite Reef.
  • Art Center College of Design (2011)

    This solo exhibition features our plastic trash Midden, a Mathematics Blackboard, and an Aisle of Feminine Creativity.
  • Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History (2011)

    Crochet Coral Reef at the Smithsonian. 900+ people contribute to the Smithsonian Community Reef.
  • Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum (2010–11)

    The Bleached Reef is included in the Cooper-Hewitt’s National Design Triennial: Why Design Now?
  • Reef sculptures with staircase

    Science Gallery (2010)

    Crochet Coral Reef solo exhibition in Dublin. An Irish Satellite Reef is also being made.
  • Person among reef sculpture in overhead shot

    Scottsdale Civic Center Library (2009)

    Solo exhibition of the Crochet Coral Reef in Arizona. A Scottsdale Satellite Reef is also being made.
  • Installation view of crochet coral reef in gallery.

    Track 16 Gallery (2009)

    Solo exhibition of the Crochet Coral Reef in Los Angeles, including a unique display of the People’s Reef.
  • Reef sculptures

    SHOW Gallery (2008)

    Components of the New York Satellite Reef and Chicago Satellite Reef are showing on Staten Island.
  • Right Window at ATA (2008)

    The Plastic Exploding Inevitable Reef is showing in San Francisco, organized by writer Dodie Bellamy.
  • Exterior of The Hayward

    Hayward Gallery (2008)

    Solo exhibition of the Crochet Coral Reef at the Hayward Gallery, London. A UK Satellite Reef is also being made.
  • Installation view of crochet coral reef sculptures inside a window display.

    NYU Broadway Windows (2008)

    Two concurrent exhibitions of the Crochet Coral Reef in Manhattan, at NYU Broadway Windows and the World Financial Center. A New York Satellite Reef is also being made.
  • Chicago Cultural Center (2007)

    Crochet Coral Reef solo exhibition in conjunction with the Chicago Humanities Festival. The first Satellite Reef is also being made, by the people of Chicago.
  • Reef sculptures

    Andy Warhol Museum (2007)

    First exhibition of the Crochet Coral Reef – at the Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh.

Crochet Coral Reef

  • About
    • About the Project
    • Gallery
    • Traveling Exhibition
    • Artists
    • Institute For Figuring
    • Supporters
    • Ted Talk
    • Reef Essays
  • Art+Science
    • Art + Science Overview
    • Climate Change
    • Plastic Trash
    • The Midden
    • Hyperbolic Space
    • Darwinian Evolution
    • Community Engagement
  • Exhibitions
  • Satellite Reefs
  • Press
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    • Contact
    • Rights and Permissions
    • Exhibiting the Crochet Reef
    • Starting a 
Satellite Reef
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