Conceived as a place where scientific tools and techniques become tools and techniques in art practice, the Bio Art Lab is the result of many people’s expertise, research and sustained effort.

The SVA Bio Art Lab houses microscopes for photo and video, skeletons and specimen collections, a herbarium and an aquarium as well as a library. Each resident is awarded a private studio space. The residency culminates in a public exhibition.

The SVA Bio Art Lab is a fusion of a 19th-century cabinet of curiosities with a state-of-the-art biotechnology laboratory, housing specimen collections, aquariums, a variety of microscopes, and an art and science library.

Suzanne Anker is a visual artist and theorist working at the intersection of art and the biological sciences. She works in a variety of mediums ranging from digital sculpture and installation to large-scale photography to plants grown by LED lights.

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Students will work from specimens from the SVA Bio Art Lab, on-location drawings and photos. Humans have been tampering with species development for thousands of years, and creating countless varieties of domesticated plants and animals.

Where Is the Art in Bio Art? Opening Reception.

Sep 17, 2020 · We do everything from microscopic imaging, to DNA analysis, painting with bacteria and growing sculptures out of mushrooms. We also work with plants, including dissection and preservation, grafting, cloning and even a bit of genetic engineering.

The Bio Art Lab was founded in 2011 as part of the SVA’s BFA Fine Arts new facility consisting of 54,000 square feet in the heart of Chelsea, NYC. The Lab was founded and is directed by Suzanne Anker, Chair of the BFA Fine Arts Department.

Today in class we started off with a presentation on the importance and symbolism of flowers. We explored the use of white lilies and red carnations in historic works of the Virgin Mary and more modern uses of flowers in art such as Georgia O'Keefe's paintings and Van Gogh's sunflowers.