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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  • Simons Foundation Triangle Program Awardee for radio work

    Zurkow, alongside scientist Becca Franks and producing partner Galen Joseph-Hunter/Wave Farm were awarded a 2026 Triangle Program award to create Lateral Lines. Premiering in spring 2027, this algorithmic radio work enters the sensory world of carp fish through their lateral line, the sensory organ through which they experience vibration, current and pressure. It functions as a sense akin to both human hearing and proprioception, and leads us to explore symmetry, research, and new mythopoetics. Co-writers Gal Nissim and Abigail Simon; composers David Sardy and Suzanne Thorpe.

  • “Shimmer: Dreaming the Posthuman” at The Frist Museum, Nashville Tennessee

    Sept 25, 2026 – Jan 3, 2027

    Shimmer: Dreaming the Posthuman features 16 artists working with both analog and emergent technologies to visualize the interrelationship between humanity, other species, and the earth itself. 

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  • Mud: Work in Progress
    2026
    Clay, mason stain
    Dimensions variable (10″-15″ tall)
    This work is part of the project:

    Clay fish-human hybrids

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  • The River is a Circle Glossary
    2026
    Paperback, 6.87″ x 4.25,” full color, perfect bound, 116 pages
    Design: Faith Kaufman Printed at Mixam
    This work is part of the project:

    The glossary for Zurkow & Schmitz’s generative artwork The River is a Circle is now available as a book.

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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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