About this episode
Alok Jha interviews artist Zaria Forman about her work capturing the beauty of Antarctica's landscapes.
Alok Jha talks to Zaria Forman , an artist who captures the beauty and fragility of Antarctica’s frozen landscapes in breathtaking pastel drawings. Zaria travels to remote regions of the world to collect images and inspiration for her work, which is exhibited worldwide. She has flown with NASA on several Operation IceBridge missions over Antarctica, Greenland, and Arctic Canada. She was featured on CBS Sunday Morning, CNN, PBS, and BBC. She delivered a TEDTalk, and spoke at Amazon, Google, and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, exhibited in Banksy’s Dismaland, and was the artist-in-residence aboard the National Geographic Explorer in Antarctica. She curated the first ever, permanent, polar art exhibitions aboard Lindblad Expeditions National Geographic Endurance and the National Geographic Resolution. Her works have appeared in publications such as The New York Times, National Geographic, The Wall Street Journal, and the Smithsonian Magazine. Zaria currently works and resides in upstate New York and is represented by Winston Wächter Fine Art in New York, NY and Seattle, WA. 🇦🇶 SUPPORT US 🇦🇶 https://shop.ukaht.org/products/donation 🐧 ADOPT A PENGUIN…
People in this episode
Host: Alok Jha
Guest: Zaria Forman
Topics covered
- art
- Antarctica
- environment
- climate change
- pastel drawings
- inspiration
- exhibitions
Keywords
- Zaria Forman
- Antarctica
- art
- pastel drawings
- climate change
- environment
- exhibitions
- NASA
- TEDTalk
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: NASA, CBS, CNN, PBS, BBC, National Geographic, Winston Wächter Fine Art
Books & works: Dismaland, The New York Times, National Geographic, The Wall Street Journal, Smithsonian Magazine
Places: upstate New York, New York, NY, Seattle, WA, Antarctica, Greenland, Arctic Canada
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