Vivian Visser bio.

Vivian Visser

www.vivianvisser.com

 

 

“If we wrap our naked souls in the raw and mysterious power of nature, taking refuge, we would leave personal artifacts, vessels with the voice of nature.”

I see the shelter form as embodying the souls desire to retreat into a comforting and protective environment. The human experience is explored through natural materials which bring the viewer away from the controlled man made world and into the raw and mysterious realm of Nature where I believe we are vulnerable and the most real. 

I have been creating sculptural works exploring our spiritual relationship with Nature since the early ‘90’s. 

With works in national shows (Sculpted Green in Bellevue Washington and Fertile Ground - Honoring Nature in Art at Imlay Fine Arts in Montclair, NJ) Local exhibits (Chicago’s Twelve-12 Artists Mobilizing for the Earth, Zhou B Art Center and Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago, IL. and Feminist Ecology - Women and the Earth, at the Koehnline Museum of Art) and International exhibits (Cool Globes - Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet, which was at the Climate Summit in Copenhagen) I have attempted to share my ideas about our need to create a better relationship with Nature as a way to find peace within ourselves and each other. 

Recently, I have completed a commission of interpretive public art work for the Openlands Lakeshore Preserve and created an environmental sculpture for the Guandu International Outdoor Sculpture Festival.