I work liberally with color and form to help make the invisible visible—avian vocalizations—climate changes—or simply the emotions one feels in the midst of the natural world. I use color as advocacy, facing difficult discussions head on with radical beauty as part of the conversation.
Alice Hargrave (b.1962, Chicago, Illinois) incorporates sound, video, and photographic imagery within layered site specific installations addressing impermanence: environmental insecurity, habitat loss, and species extinctions. Hargrave has exhibited her work internationally, recently in China, and is in several private and public collections such as The Museum of Contemporary Photography. Recent awards include an Illinois Arts Council Agency grant, a Chicago Transit Authority public art commission, and several artist residencies and fellowships. She is pursuing conservation work and climate activism through her artwork—putting the work to work is her modus operandi.
