Andrea Polli

1968–

Andrea Polli (b. 1968; Fort Benning, Georgia) is an environmental artist working at the intersection of art, science, and technology. Her interdisciplinary research has been presented as public artworks, media installations, community projects, performances, broadcasts, mobile and geolocative media, publications, and through the curation and organization of public exhibitions and events. She has presented public art in twenty-five locations and has had over twenty solo exhibitions at venues including the Parco Arte Vivente Museum, Turin, Italy. Polli’s work also has been presented in over one hundred group exhibitions at museums and galleries in Paris, Berlin, Copenhagen, New York, Chicago, and Hong Kong. Her art and research have received major support from the National Endowment for the Arts (2012), the National Science Foundation (2012), and Fulbright (2011), among others. She co-edited the book Far Field: Digital Culture, Climate Change, and the Poles (2012) and authored Hack the Grid (2018).

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Introduction

Andrea Polli (born 1968) is an environmental artist and writer. Polli blends art and science to create widely varied media and technology artworks related to environmental issues. Her works are presented in various forms, she uses interactive websites, digital broadcasting, mobile applications, and performances, which allows her to reach a wider audience. Additionally, Polli's installations, such as Particle Falls, have been displayed in multiple cities across the U.S., including Philadelphia, Detroit, and Pittsburgh, where they use real-time data to visualize environmental conditions like air quality, raising awareness about pollution and climate change.[5]

Her work has appeared widely in over one hundred exhibitions and performances both nationally and internationally including the Whitney Museum of American Art Artport and the Field Museum of Natural History. She has received numerous grants, residencies, including a residency at Eyebeam, and awards including the Fulbright Specialist Program (2011) and the UNESCO Digital Arts Award (2003). She is currently an Associate Professor of Art and Ecology at the University of New Mexico.

"Philadelphia has come a long way in improving the quality of the air we breathe." Philadelphia Air Management Services, 2017.