- CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF SUBSTRUCTURED LOSS (EST. 2009) APPLIED GRIEF AND BEREAVEMENT RESEARCH
- Art and Research Residencies: https://www.substructuredloss.org/residencies/
- Cube Design Museum – (Re)Design Death Exhibition
- https://www.cubedesignmuseum.nl/en/activiteiten/redesign-death
- The exhibition shows contemporary design around saying goodbye, dying, mourning and remembering. Around 50 objects show how designers, often after a personal experience, give substance to the needs and rituals that exist around death.
- Death Becomes Her Exhibition
- Exhibition co-curated by Bric Arts and Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY
- https://www.bricartsmedia.org/death-becomes-her
- https://www.green-wood.com/death-becomes-her/
- Death Becomes Her is a group exhibition exploring how death and the grieving process impact the living.
- Esperanza Project Space
- https://esperanzaproject.space/
- “ESPERANZA is a digital space for visual artists who make work in response to place, identity, family history, and memory.”
- Grief Dialogues
- https://griefdialogues.com/
- Out of Grief Comes Art
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Rose River Memorial Project (COVID Memorial)
- https://www.roseriver.memorial/
- “A massive artwork” being created “to collectively grieve as a nation.”
- “More than 200,000 handcrafted everlasting roses are placed in undulating rows outdoors to represent each life taken. This artwork will represent the enormity of the loss from the COVID-19 crisis. The memorial becomes a focus for all of us to mourn and heal.”
- “Starting September 2020 we’re inviting you to build this artwork by making beautiful felt roses following our simple pattern. How many we all make determines how soon the artwork is created. let’s build this river, together.”
- With Reference to Death
- Compilation of artists making work about death
- http://withreferencetodeath.philippocock.net/blog/about/
- Woman Made Gallery – LOSS Exhibition
- A juried, virtual exhibition of artwork “exploring the concept of loss.”
- https://womanmade.org/loss-a-virtual-exhibition/
- X-TRA
- Summer Launch: Conversations about Loss
- https://www.x-traonline.org/online/summer-launch-conversations-about-loss/
- X-TRA’s mission is to sustain a vibrant critical discourse about contemporary art and foster inclusive networks and expansive thinking. X-TRA’s journal, website, and public events create forums for the diverse voices of artists and writers.
Articles on Intersection of Art and Grief
- Art UK – “Sadness and grief”
https://artuk.org/discover/topics/sadness-and-grief
- Fanzine – “EVERYTHING IS GOOD: THE ART OF DAVID SHRIGLEY”
http://thefanzine.com/everything-is-good-the-art-of-david-shrigley/?fbclid=IwAR0WU0SjvT4get8v5Bet0BpB9m0UQFFPyL_dsv1ireGnsSjZ3I0dOjY5lD4
- Guernica – “The Grief Artist: In the wake of a loss comes the urge to create” By Traci Brimhall
https://www.guernicamag.com/the-grief-artist/?fbclid=IwAR0X-liYEoaSMZaVFhc3tmLVaKdXLJPcRp9ducxqwdxyr0Xtoca9qSvurZw
- Hyperallergic – “Five Artists Explore the Aesthetics of Mourning”
https://hyperallergic.com/447649/galeri-nev-istanbul-we-do-not-know-this-to-be-so/
- Live About – “Famous Paintings About Grief and Loss”
https://www.liveabout.com/painting-and-grief-2578435
- NYTimes – “The Expression of Grief and the Power of Art”
https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/13/arts/the-expression-of-grief-and-the-power-of-art-91977770195.html
- Psychology Today – “Grief and Art: A Survivor’s Act of Love”
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/one-true-thing/201509/grief-and-art-survivors-act-love
- The Huffington Post – “A Brief History Of Artists Grappling With Loss And Death”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/death-in-art_n_6849376
- The Huffington Post – “One Daughter’s Response To Her Mother’s Death, Captured In Stunning Keepsake Photos”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jennifer-loeber-left-behi_n_5481481?utm_hp_ref=arts&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000027&guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaHVmZnBvc3QuY29tL2VudHJ5L2RlYXRoLWluLWFydF9uXzY4NDkzNzY&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALkqZ4OGGH1ZnWUYN8bqZm24cjERILX_oTLP–qLDBnHIIOg9_YM39JX96wiCsNqVDzjP3YKQVbYDBDyPEIxE_TZEy0I3YbKTCn2FxDMzmhAdqXR7NY3Zoo8T1U1UgsGu1qfUXgsxYwymwm_8PR0NXjp6czT6ouxFbO7b_jj7Znf
Artists (in Alphabetical Order)
- Indira Allegra
- https://www.indiraallegra.com/
- Performance art, weaving, video, installation
- Topics include memorial, ritual, grief, cancer treatment
- Lauren Altman
- https://www.laurenirmaaltman.com/art
- Grief Suits: https://www.laurenirmaaltman.com/art/weareableart
- Collage Portals inspired by the Stages of Grief: https://www.laurenirmaaltman.com/art/project-three-x4nw2
- Janine Antoni
- Ghada Amer
- Outdoor sculpture titled “Love Grave”: https://www.ghadaamer.com/gardens
- Mimi Bai
- Brianna Baurichter
- Video, installation, death, caregiver
- https://www.briannabaurichter.com
- https://www.instagram.com/briannabaurichter
- Sierra Berry
- David Best
- https://davidbesttemples.org/
- “David Best Temples exists to construct temples, unaffiliated with any religion, free and open to the public. These installations are throughout the world, in various communities, and particularly in places affected by conflict and natural disaster. The guiding principle is to provide a place to pay respect and offer acceptance.”
- Installations at Burning Man: https://davidbesttemples.org/burning-man/
- Installation in Northern Ireland: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/28/world/europe/using-flames-to-soothe-a-northern-ireland-city-scarred-by-fire.html
- Myleka Bevans
- Kim Brandt
- Nikesha Breeze
- Black, female, queer Sculptor
- https://www.nikeshabreeze.com/
- Death Masks
- Noa Charuvi
- Leslie Condon
- Cesar Cornejo
- La Cantuta: https://cesarcornejo.com/la-cantuta
- “Homage to nine students and one professor from the National University of Education, “La Cantuta, in Lima, Peru, who were kidnapped and killed by a death squad of the Peruvian Army in 1992. It is also a memorial to all the victims violence during the years of terrorist war in Peru.”
- Leigh Davis
- http://www.leighdavisprojects.com/
- “Vigil” at BRIC/Green-Wood Cemetery: https://www.bricartsmedia.org/offering?utm_source=BRIC+Master+Email+List&utm_campaign=f3abab7960-BRIC_HAPPENINGS_5_9_2019_COPY_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9587a10210-f3abab7960-270076640&mc_cid=f3abab7960&mc_eid=159298b5c5
- Deanna Dikeman
- Jane Edberg
- Artist and memoir writer
- https://www.thefineartofgrieving.com
- Devynn Emory
- “Devynn is a mixed Lenape/Blackfoot transgender choreographer, dance artist, bodyworker, ceremonial guide, acute care and hospice nurse.”
- Website: https://www.devynnemory.com/
- Current Film and Traveling Altar project: http://deadbird.land/
- NYTimes Interview: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/25/arts/dance/devynn-emory-deadbird.html
- Jennifer Ewing
- Nona Faustine
- Shaina Garfield
- Artist website: http://www.shainagarfield.com/
- Founder of Leaves with You (macrame biodegradable coffins) https://www.leaveswithyou.com/
- Langdon Graves
- Felix Gonzalez-Torres
- Rachel Grobstein
- Mona Hatoum
- Heide Hatry
- Portraits made from the ashes of the deceased. “Hatry found a contemporary formulation of the memento mori that has pervaded art since the very beginning of culture.”
- https://www.heidehatry.com/
- https://www.heidehatry.com/
- Nene Humphrey
- Gyun Hur
- Pia Interlandi – clothing,dressing the dead
- Yashna Kaul
- Photography exploring memory, loss, alzheimer’s: https://the-image-world.com/
- https://esperanzaproject.space/artists/yashna-kaul
- McKendree Key
- Doi Kim
- https://doikim.com/
- Themes: Generational trauma, grief, fear of death
- Hannah Landeen
- http://hannahlandeen.com/bio/
- “My Brother’s Keeper”: http://hannahlandeen.com/blog/portfolio/travis/
- Heidi Lau
- Anthoula Lelekidis
- https://esperanzaproject.space/artists/anthoula-lelekidis
- https://www.anthoulalelekidis.com/
- “Her work navigates themes of personal memory, loss, and migration.”
- Suse Lowenstein
- https://www.suselowenstein.com/
- Dark Elegy Monument: https://www.suselowenstein.com/miscellaneous-1
- Article: https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/10979-how-one-grieving-artist-turned-tragedy-art
- Documentary: https://www.seat20d.com/
- Mark Mitchell – burial shrouds and sculptures
- http://mark-mitchell-9vfm.squarespace.com/
- Instagram live talk
- Noah Morrison
- Catalina Ouyang
- Kat Ovsak
- Amanda Palmer
- Patria Soli Project (homeland soil)
- https://www.patriasoli.com/
- A socially engaged art project for people who are not able to go back to their homeland at the end of their life. This project delivers soil from one’s homeland to a person.
- Freya Powell
- http://www.freyapowell.com/
- Freya Powell’s performance project, Only Remains Remain, draws from the Greek tragedy, Antigone, to create an elegy for the hundreds of unidentified migrants buried in mass graves in Sacred Heart Cemetery in Brooks County, Texas. Working with an ensemble of 15 performers, Powell explores the mournful potential of the voice. Through a collaborative process, the work utilizes pitch, intonation, breath, movement, and silence to embody a contemporary tragedy through the structure of a Sophoclean chorus.
- Laura Fong Prosper
- https://esperanzaproject.space/artists/laura-fong-prosper
- http://laurafongprosper.com/
- Beautiful video about finding her grandfather’s birthplace. Themes of identity, ancestry, family: https://vimeo.com/444821878
- Doris Salcedo
- Keisha Scarville
- Taryn Simon
- http://tarynsimon.com/
- Occupation of Loss book: https://www.artbook.com/9783775743197.html
- Rosalie Smith
- https://www.artworkarchive.com/profile/brandnolaart/artwork/aeternum-i-iv?artist=rosalie-smith
- https://www.instagram.com/rosalieglsmith/
- https://www.fergusfallsjournal.com/lifestyle/exploring-grief-death-and-life-rosalie-smith-explores-the-ephemeral-through-her-art/article_5caeaffa-b08f-5fc9-ad68-5ad634ad0d58.html
- Kazumi Tanaka
- Andrew Tift
- Kathleen White
- https://hyperallergic.com/422060/nan-goldin-kathleen-white-pioneer-works/
- https://pioneerworks.org/broadcast/how-are-you-nan-goldin-kathleen-white/?utm_source=Pioneer+Works&utm_campaign=27e5edfc03-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_05_01_04_51_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d930633402-27e5edfc03-417244734&mc_cid=27e5edfc03&mc_eid=2e8f6d3746
- April Wright
- https://www.apriljwright.org/about – themes of loss, home, domestic, ruin