Mary Patricia (mp) Warming
Artist/Curator
Berlin, GermanyEach of my projects begins with my drawings of specimens from world-renowned museums of Biodiversity and Evolution. The aesthetics of scientific information assimilates into my artworks and are the building blocks for my digital montages. I showcase my art for public audiences in major Art/NaturSi exhibitions, in museums, and in large-scale installations.
Work Experience
Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin
Head Curator for Art Science Berlin at Thaersaal and the Campus Nord Branch Library
Founder, Director and Head Curator for Art Science Exhibits, and independent artists group creating major exhibition in the realm of Art/NaturSci.
October 2017
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Berlin, Germany
Museum Für Naturkunde Berlin
Artist and Scientific Illustrator
Developing artworks one on one with MfN scientists for my exhibitions and prospective installation for the Reichstag. The project promotes science, especially sciences involving evolution and biodiversity. For more information, please visit my Behance page "Evolution Spiral".
January 2016
- Present
Berlin, Germany
Yale University
Curator and Artist for exhibition with scientists at Yale University
Curated, created art, and installed an international exhibition of Art/Science.
My curatorial concept, “Bird Architecture, the coevolutionary aesthetic of bird and man”, was developed from discoveries by Ornithologist Dr. Rick Prum's. My artwork for this project featured experiments developed by scientists from the Prum Lab and my illustrations from the Peabody Museum of Natural History. Event management included creating marketing materials. Project sponsored by the Franke Program in Science and the Humanities.
My curatorial concept, “Bird Architecture, the coevolutionary aesthetic of bird and man”, was developed from discoveries by Ornithologist Dr. Rick Prum's. My artwork for this project featured experiments developed by scientists from the Prum Lab and my illustrations from the Peabody Museum of Natural History. Event management included creating marketing materials. Project sponsored by the Franke Program in Science and the Humanities.
February 2015
- May 2015
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Vladimir Nabokov Museum
Project Concept Artist, Scientific Illustrator
Endangered Blue is a series of limited edition Art/Science prints created for the Nabokov Museum. The project supports the conservation of American Blue butterflies. Vladimir Nabokov, author of Lolita, discovered the Karner Blue butterfly in New York. These works, dedicated to Nabokov's scientific discovery, are exhibited in the reconstructed library of the Nabokovs' St. Petersburg palace. Nabokovs' library was destroyed in the Bolshevik Revolution. The Nabokov Museum re-created this special library based upon a single remaining photograph.
Science collaborators include the American Museum of Natural History, and the Essig Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Berkeley. Field research was conducted with Directors of Conservation at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve in New York State and the New Hampshire Pine Bush.
Endangered Blue opened in April, 2015 and remains in the library on permanent display.
Science collaborators include the American Museum of Natural History, and the Essig Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Berkeley. Field research was conducted with Directors of Conservation at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve in New York State and the New Hampshire Pine Bush.
Endangered Blue opened in April, 2015 and remains in the library on permanent display.
2015
- Present
Russian Federation
International Artists Manifest
Cofounder and Vice President of the Board of Directors
Created non-profit organization for underrepresented artists' collection management beginning with an extensive archive donated by the Carlo Pittore Foundation for the Figurative Arts. Worked to preserve, promote and position collections internationally. Responsible for strategic growth, including collection development. Supervised international relations and regulations. Promotions included my concept and installation of a large-scale art installation of sails included in my bechance portfolio. (Co-authored website)
June 2012
- March 2016
Maine, United States
Freie Universität Berlin
Artist, Exhibition Designer
Concept, design and installation of 33 large-scale prints for inaugural project with Foster + Partners' Philology Library. Prints include concurrent scientific information on Neuroscience and the Psychology of Aesthetics.
Developed in association with Harvard University's Museum of Comparative Zoology and Naturkundemuseum, Berlin. Installation opened for Berlin's Long Night of the Sciences. Speaking Engagement sponsored by the US Embassy Berlin.
Prints remain in permanent installation on the library's glass partitions.
Developed in association with Harvard University's Museum of Comparative Zoology and Naturkundemuseum, Berlin. Installation opened for Berlin's Long Night of the Sciences. Speaking Engagement sponsored by the US Embassy Berlin.
Prints remain in permanent installation on the library's glass partitions.
June 2009
- July 2011
Berlin, Germany
Education
Northeastern University
Visiting Scholar + Artist/Research Associate
Included Art Exhibition and publishing workshop at Harvard Radcliffe
1999
- 2000
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
University Of Washington
Bachelor of Arts in English Literature
1991
- 1994
Seattle, Washington, United States
University Of Copenhagen
Independent Study Foreign Exchange
1992
- 1993
Copenhagen, Denmark
Languages
English (Native),
German (Beginner),
Skills
Adobe Photoshop,
Art Direction,
Concept Art,
Graphic Design,
Illustration,
New Media,
Sculpture,