Aquadisia
Aquadisia

Can a new species of bioengineered oysters solve the climate crisis?

Serenades for Settling
Serenades for Settling

Can an oyster listen? A collaboration between visual artist Stephanie Rothenberg and sound artist Suzanne Thorpe

Proof of Soil
Proof of Soil

Can the non-human labor of microbes solve the cryptocurrency energy crisis?

The Beauty Spot (response to COVID-19)
The Beauty Spot (response to COVID-19)

How do we brand science?

Trading Systems: Bio-Economic Fairy Tales
Trading Systems: Bio-Economic Fairy Tales

After Hurricane Maria: What might it look like if nonhuman forces could be put in the driver's seat during Puerto Rico's reconstruction?

Reversal of Fortune: The Garden of Virtual Kinship
Reversal of Fortune: The Garden of Virtual Kinship

A telematic garden, both real and virtual, whose lifeline is linked to monetary exchanges between the developed and developing world.

Reversal of Fortune: Planthropy
Reversal of Fortune: Planthropy

A garden of illuminated hanging planters whose lifelines are dependent on the techno-social rhythms of social media

Diagrams (Radical Cartographies)
Diagrams (Radical Cartographies)

Can we create power through other models of world making?

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  • “Serenades for Settling” debuts at Burchfield Penney Art Center

    Exhibition Dates: October 10, 2025 – March 1, 2026
    Opening reception October 10th from 5:30-8:00pm as part of M&T Second Friday.
    Thrilled to have the final version of my collaborative project “Serenades for Settling” at the Burchfield Penney Art Center!
    https://burchfieldpenney.org/exhibitions/exhibition:stephanie-rothenberg-serenades-for-settling/

  • “Aquadisia” featured at TTT 2025 in Ljubljana!

    Exhibition dates: September 9 — October 5, 2025

    Delighted to return to this year’s “Taboo – Transgression – Transcendence in Art & Science” in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Aquadisia will be featured in the exhibition “Coining Utopias” at Kino Šiška venue. I will also be speaking on a panel in the conference on Tuesday, Sept 10.

    Participating artists: Angelina Almukhametova, Adam W. Brown, Melisa Cano, Andrew Carnie, Špela Petrič, Stephanie Rothenberg, Leena Saarinen, Michael Valiquette, Darya Warner, Jude Abu Zaineh. Curated by Jasna Jernejšek.

    More about the exhibition:
    https://www.kinosiska.si/dogodek/ttt2025-kovanje-utopij

    For the full TTT program:
    https://avarts.ionio.gr/ttt/2025/en/

    Coining Utopias is part of the program of Taboo – Transgression – Transcendence in Art & Science 2025, organized with Kino Šiška, Projekt Atol, Pixxelpoint – GO!2025 in Slovenia, and the Ionian University – Department of Audio and Visual Arts in Greece.

  • Artist Residency at Djerassi, California, June – July 2025

    Residency Dates: June-July 2025
    Honored to take part in this prestigious 5-week residency in the remote Santa Cruz mountains of Northern California. I will continue my research into using biomaterials in conjunction with AI generators to develop new narratives on survival and sustainability.
    https://djerassi.org

  • Artist Residency at Cultivamos Cultura, Portugal, May 2025

    Residency Dates: May 19-June 10
    Thrilled to be returning to the village of Sao Luis, Portugal for the second part of my residency at Cultivamos Cultura where I will be working with biomaterials from the sea and AI image generation.

    https://cultivamoscultura.com/2025/05/29/residency-by-stephanie-rothenberg-may-19-to-june-10/

    This residency is part of the Rewilding Culture project, co-funded by the European Union’s Creative Europe program.

  • “Aquadisia” Solo Exhibition at Buffalo Arts Studio

    Exhibition Dates: September 29- November 9, 2024
    Buffalo Art Studio, Buffalo, NY

    Very excited about the first solo exhibition of the “Aquadisia” project. In this iteration I created the “Aquadisia Showroom” – think Apple Store meets biotech lab meets oxygen bar. Check out the project webpage for images and video!

    More about the exhibition and Buffalo Arts Studio:
    https://www.buffaloartsstudio.org/events/stephanie-rothenberg-aquadisia-september-27-november-9-2024/