SE Bachinger
Visual Artist | New Materialist
As an Eco/Sci Artist, Sarah Bachinger is deeply inspired by New Materialist and Ecofeminist theory and Indigenous/Cultural/Ancestral knowledge(s), as they challenge conventional anthropocentric understandings of the world, and instead emphasize the agency and vitality of, and forging kinship with, more-than-human beings.
Her practice focuses on making visible and reweaving the threads between human beings and nature. She does so by exploring ways to make kin with and nurture interspecies collaborations between art and sciences, impacted communities and the more-than human world. Sarah’s work focuses on blurring, reconfiguring and democratizing the boundaries between disciplines, nature and society, and the manifold worlds of humans and more-than humans. The central impetus of this work is to generate dialog around creative, actionable solutions to our planetary crises, and investigate methods and means of moving towards the Symbiocene.
Sarah Bachinger’s photography, artwork and public art projects invite contemplations about our place within the global ecological network through themes around species loneliness, nature reverence, reciprocity and kinship. Through her exploration of sci-art collaborations, mixed media, experimental film and photography, and written/spoken word – she strives to create a space for dialogue, reflection, and transformation, ultimately inviting viewers and participants to reevaluate their relationship with the more-than-human world and imagine alternative possibilities for our collective future.
Contact Information
PAST | PRESENT | FUTURE
Group | Collaborative Exhibitions + Screenings
2025
Mar | “Elegy For A Glacier” – World Day for Glaciers and World Water Day 2025 – International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation 2025 – UNESCO Headquarters – Paris, France \ Abbreviated Version at United Nations Headquarters – New York, New York
Mar | “Elegy For A Glacier” USAPECS (Association of Polar Early Career Scientists) Polar Film Festival 2025
Feb | “Elegy For A Glacier” North American Film Festival Debut – International Festival Of Winter Cinema – Edmonton, ON Canada
2024
Mar | “Leech House Project” select images in collaboration with Ryder Cooley – La Galleria – Every Woman Biennale – New York, NY
Jun | “Elegy For A Glacier” 2024 FEMeeting – IOTA Institute School of Contemporary Arts Gallery – Ontario, Canada
Summer 2024-2025 – “Writing The Land” – Selected artist/poet – Writing The Land Project + Rensselaer Plateau Alliance, with accompanying residency at Arts, Letters, Numbers – Averill Park, NY
Jun-Aug | “Elegy For A Glacier” – Earth’s Reflection – International Juried Exhibition – Trolley Barn Gallery – Poughkeepsie, NY
Aug | “Elegy For A Glacier” – Short Film Showcase – GRIT Gallery – Newburgh, NY
Sep | Various Works – “4 Artists | 4 Worlds” – Clove Red Barn, Cobleskill, NY
Oct | Select Images From The World’s Oldest Forest – Symbiocene Era: Artists Envision Environmental Symbiosis – Bushel Collective – Delphi, NY
Oct | “Elegy For A Glacier” – Lands and Symbiotic Futures’ – WEAD – Kunstmatrix (online)
2023
Nov | “As Above So Below” – Juried Exhibition – FOMA – Santa Fe, NM
Sep | “Leech House” – Contributing Artist/Collaboration with Ryder Cooley – “Androgyny Series – 2023 Taboo – Transgression – Transcendence Conference – Malta
Sep | “The New Geologic Epoch” – Juried Exhibition & Book – EcoArt Space
Aug | “People and the Planet” – Juried Exhibition – Touchstone Gallery – Washington, D.C
July | “Leech House” – Contributing Artist/Collaboration with Ryder Cooley – Androgyny Series – 2023 FEMeeting Conference – Taos, NM
July | “Leech House” – Contributing Artist/Collaboration with Ryder Cooley – Androgyny Series – Foreland Gallery – Catskill, NY
May – July | “The Art of Handmade” – Juried Exhibition – VCP (Vermont Center For Photography) – Brattelboro, VT
Jan-April | “Critical Forum Alumni Show” – Art Center of the Capital Region – Troy, NY
2022
Dec | “Neither Here Nor There” – Opalka Gallery/APL – Albany, NY
2021
Aug | Perform Festival, Liminal Terrain (Installation), Medoc, France – Accepted Proposal
2019
June | “All Is Safely Gathered In” – Spring Street Gallery – Saratoga Springs, NY
2018
”The Essential” – Group Show – Aerophobia – Loosen Art Gallery – Rome, Italy
2017
Creative Climate Awards Exhibit – Human Impacts Institute – New York, NY
“Get Small” – Gerard Toussignant Gallery – Palm Springs, CA
2015
‘Dichotomy’ – Series of images, juried selection – BUILT Albany Exhibit – New York State Museum – Albany, NY
Solo Exhibitions
2017
“Phobias” – Geras Toussignant Gallery – Palm Springs, CA
“Transference” – David Hinchen Gallery – Albany, NY
2016
“From The Ashes” – Sorrell Gallery – Albany, NY
Publications
2025
Tendrils Journal – Premier Issue – 2025
2024
“Our Shared Language Is Silence” – Art/Story Publication with Center For Humans & Nature
The New Geological Epoch – Book – Published by EcoArtSpace
2023
Humana Obscura – Spring/Summer
2021
Humana Obscura – Spring/Summer
2018
Unvaeled Journal – Summer
2017
American Art Collector – May
Awards & Grants
2025
Individual Artist Grant – For With The Meltwaters, So Too We Go – National Endowment For The Arts/New York State/The Arts Center of the Capital Region
2020
Critical Forum, The Arts Center of the Capital District in partnership with the NYSCA Visual Arts Program
2017
Finalist – Creative Climate Awards – Human Impacts Institute
Lectures + Teaching Assignments
2024
ELEGE|S| and Anticipatory Mourning – FEMeeting 2024 | Windsor, Ontario
2022
Pysanky For Peace – Public workshops – Troy-Albany, Ny | Wenham, MA
2021
Panel Moderator – “A Closer Look At Life” – The Hyde Collection – Glens Falls, NY
Narrative Terrains: Colors of The Anthropocene – 4S (Society For Social Studies of Science) – Toronto 2021: Multispecies
Residencies
2024
Arts, Letters, Numbers (Averill Park, NY) – in conjunction with Writing The Land project
Current Public Art Projects
2020-Present
Previous Work
Artist Statement
As an artist, I am deeply inspired by new materialist theory, which challenges our conventional understanding of the world by emphasizing the agency and vitality of non-human kin, as opposed to reducing them to strictly their use value. Drawing upon this framework, my practice revolves around dynamic collaborations between science and art, where the boundaries between disciplines blur and new possibilities emerge.
Working with mixed media allows me to explore the intricate interplay of materials and their inherent properties. By combining traditional and unconventional mediums, I aim to evoke a sense of hybridity and transformation. This fusion of materials serves as a metaphor for the interconnectedness of all matter and highlights the constant flux and exchange within our environment.
Experimental photography plays a crucial role in my artistic process. By employing various techniques such as multiple exposures, photomontage, and alternative printing methods, I challenge the notion of photography as a purely representational medium. Instead, I strive to capture the dynamic forces and energies that shape our reality, revealing hidden layers and revealing the vibrant agency of matter.
Through my sci-art collaborations, I engage with scientists, researchers, and experts from diverse fields. These collaborations provide me with valuable insights and access to cutting-edge knowledge, which I integrate into my artistic practice. By bridging the gap between art and science, I aim to stimulate interdisciplinary dialogues and foster a deeper understanding of our complex world.
My artwork invites viewers to question their perceptual boundaries and embrace a multisensory experience. By immersing them in visually captivating and conceptually challenging environments, I aim to provoke contemplation about our place within the larger ecological network. Through my exploration of new materialist theory, sci-art collaborations, mixed media, and experimental photography, I strive to create a space for dialogue, reflection, and transformation, ultimately inviting viewers to reevaluate their relationship with the material world and imagine alternative possibilities for our collective future.
Press + Tear Sheets
Memberships
Creatives For Climate
UNESCO Task Force 1 – International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation
WEAD (Women Eco Artists Dialog)
FEMeeting – Women In Art, Science & Technology
Society For Literature, Science & The Arts (SLSA)
EcoArtSpace
Eastern Federation of Mineralogical and Lapidary Societies
Innovators Council – The Hyde Collection (2021)
