Zurkow is a media artist focused on near-impossible nature and culture intersections, and fostering intimate connections between humans, other species, and planetary agents. Her work spans gallery installations and unconventional public participatory projects.
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Parting Worlds
April 09, 2025 – January 11, 2026
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Featuring new works for the Hyundai Terrace Commission and Kaufman Gallery -
“A Liquid Wanting,” for City of Water Day
July 12, 2025
Oceanic Sound Seminar 2: Sounds of the Sea for Solidarity
South Street Seaport Museum
Throughout the Museum and aboard the historic 1885 tall ship Wavertree
Eugene Lew, Suzanne Thorpe, Cal Fish, Becca Rodriguez, Marina Zurkow & Anna Rose Hopkins, and Dylan Gauthier
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2025
Multi-screen version animation, software
Marina Zurkow and James Schmitz
Animation: Ewan Creed
Research: David Guzman
Photo Documentation: Michael HullPresented by Midnight Moment, co-presented by Times Square Arts, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and The Armory Show
This work is part of the project:
A multi-channel animation that journeys through a complex choreography of ecological and social systems, The River is a Circle (Times Square Edition) by artists Marina Zurkow and James Schmitz depicts a split view of the Hudson River that spans centuries. Below the water, we encounter schools of fish, oyster reefs, maritime wreckage and divers; above the water,…
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2025
Vinyl stickers, temporary tattoos, acrylic paint, cardboard
Created for the pop up group show Apophenia in Saugerties NY, curated by Abigail Simon.
Beware the cat (and her ladies). Beware the mouse, not only the snake. Beware the hand that feeds the bite that pets the cat that holds the whole. Beware the confidence that images will always perform. Be aware of logos of smiles that are actually smirks. Beware of brand bibles. Let images loose, let them…
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2025
Marina Zurkow and James Schmitz
Animation: Ewan Creed
Research: David Guzman
Architectural installation: Blake Goble
Mural Painting: Frey Stahler and Josiah McCloud
Courtesy bitforms gallery
Documentation photos: Yi Hsuan LaiCommissioned in 2025 for The Hyundai Terrace at the Whitney Museum of American Art
This work is part of the project:
Commissioned in 2025 for the Hyundai Terrace Commission at the Whitney Museum of American Art, The River is a Circle is a generative animation that portrays the Hudson River as a layered scene, dividing the view between life above and below the water’s surface. The animated imagery continuously shifts based on algorithmic probabilities, incorporating real-time weather, seasonal data,…
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