"Selva" Fine Art Print

*Art on this site are open prints.* Mari Amman (b. 1984) is a multidisciplinary artist examining epistemology to reflect on the influence of the imaginary realm on reality. Following her first public exhibition in 1999 of land art coinciding with Kant as philosophical entryway, she pursued interests in Geological Empathy and Sublime Rheology. Her research-based approach to creating images, installations, video performances, poetry, paintings, sculptures, textiles and design foster understandings of the Sublime. Amman works with scientists, music, architecture, and culture professionals to question and convey effects of idealistic concepts on physical structures including biology, geology, resource usage, and built environments. Her works often position human cognition in an endless learning relationship with that which is described as Nature, or a non-ideological force (such that it exists whether or not humans do). A selection of international awards, residencies, and screenings: Omniscient, monolithic image and text, 1st by the jury in the Imaging New Eurasia exhibition at the Asia Culture Center, in Gwangju (SK, 2015). PraksisOslo Residency and Praxis Dansfestivalen at KHiO/Dansenhus (NO, 2017), Butoh Residency with Mushimaru Fujieda at KHiO (NO, 2018), Angelot-Trélex Residency (CH, 2019), UKS Young Artists' Society Residency (NO, 2019), Atelier Nord Residency (NO, 2024, 2019), Afjordance screening, AWMAS (UCSB, 2020), Kjerringøy Land Art Residency (NO, 2020), Stefan Simchowitz (US, 2020) collecting her work, Paris Poetry Residency with Trélex Residencies (FR, 2023), Bonny Doon Residency (US, 2022), foundational support and exhibitions for Art Farm Iowa (US, 2023), and Arte Expuesto (MX, 2023). She holds a Master of Fine Art (Honors) with Frankfurt School Theory/Conceptual Studio Practice from Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, California (2015), and Bachelor of Fine Art (Dean's List) in Advertising/Interior Architecture and Design from Illinois Institute of Art (2006), with studies in Photography and History of Photography at College of Lake County in Grayslake, Illinois, and Social Psychology at Ehime University in Matsuyama, Japan (2012), Norwegian language (2014-2016), Italian language (2025 - ongoing), and over 12 years of classical piano, voice, and dance training since childhood.