Zurkow is a media artist focused on near-impossible nature and culture intersections, and fostering intimate connections between humans, other species, and planetary agents. Her work spans gallery installations and unconventional public participatory projects.

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  • “A Liquid Wanting,” for City of Water Day

    July 12, 2025
    Oceanic Sound Seminar 2: Sounds of the Sea for Solidarity
    South Street Seaport Museum
    Throughout the Museum and aboard the historic 1885 tall ship Wavertree
    Eugene Lew, Suzanne Thorpe, Cal Fish, Becca Rodriguez, Marina Zurkow & Anna Rose Hopkins, and Dylan Gauthier 

  • Feeding Our Demons

    May 3 – June 15
    1053 Gallery, Fleischmanns, NY
    Featuring works by Eva Davidova, Sarah Grass, Alexandra Hammond,
    Abigail Simon & Marina Zurkow (The Iceberg)
    Special live Iceberg events May 25 and June 15

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  • The River is a Circle (Times Square Edition)
    2025
    Multi-screen version animation, software
    Marina Zurkow and James Schmitz
    Animation: Ewan Creed
    Research: David Guzman
    Photo Documentation: Michael Hull
    Presented by Midnight Moment, co-presented by Times Square Arts, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and The Armory Show
    This work is part of the project:

    A multi-channel animation that journeys through a complex choreography of ecological and social systems, The River is a Circle (Times Square Edition) by artists Marina Zurkow and James Schmitz depicts a split view of the Hudson River that spans centuries. Below the water, we encounter schools of fish, oyster reefs, maritime wreckage and divers; above the water,…

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  • Logoboros
    2025
    Vinyl stickers, temporary tattoos, acrylic paint, cardboard

    Created for the pop up group show Apophenia in Saugerties NY, curated by Abigail Simon.

    Beware the cat (and her ladies). Beware the mouse, not only the snake. Beware the hand that feeds the bite that pets the cat that holds the whole. Beware the confidence that images will always perform. Be aware of logos of smiles that are actually smirks. Beware of brand bibles. Let images loose, let them…

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  • Parting Worlds (Whitney Museum of American Art)
    2025
    Marina Zurkow and James Schmitz
    Animation: Ewan Creed
    Research: David Guzman
    Architectural installation: Blake Goble
    Mural Painting: Frey Stahler and Josiah McCloud
    Courtesy bitforms gallery
    Documentation photos: Yi Hsuan Lai
    Hyundai Artlab, Whitney Museum of American Art
    This work is part of the project:

    Marina Zurkow: Parting Worlds presents three digital works featured both inside the gallery and on the adjacent terrace, each of which explores the inextricable weave of ecological and societal systems. Mesocosm (Wink, TX) (2012) and The Earth Eaters (2025) focus on the environmental consequences of relentless resource extraction. Her installation for the Hyundai Terrace Commission, The River is a Circle (2025), is…

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