Envisaged Landscapes with Ansley West Rivers
Envisaged Landscapes with Ansley West Rivers
Wednesday, October 18th, at 7 pm EDT on Zoom
Join us for a thought-provoking conversation with Ansley West
Rivers as she takes us on a photographic journey across land and water. Over the last decade, Ansley has captured and reimagined the evolving relationship between humanity and the environment offering us a unique perspective on the past, present, and potential future. Using her large format camera to document rapidly changing environments, Ansley skillfully conveys her vision of invented landscapes–fragmented and reconstructed. Ansley’s photographic artistry and multi-layered approach to the medium invites viewers to engage in a dialogue about our vital connection to the natural world and our proper place within it. Ansley’s sensitive work captures the beauty and wildness of the landscapes we inhabit, aiming to spark meaningful conversations about the fundamental sources of life itself.
envisage: verb
• contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a desirable future event.
• form a mental picture of (something not yet existing or known).
Ansley West Rivers is an artist whose photographic practice focuses on the intersection of landscape and humanity.
Her work is featured in many public and private collections including the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, The Microsoft Corporation, The Telfair Museums, The Judge Collection, LaGrange Art Museum and The Mayo Collection. Additionally, West Rivers's work has been shown at the Wattis Institute of Contemporary Art (San Francisco, CA), Sous Les Etoiles Gallery (New York, NY), Burrard Arts Foundation (Vancouver BC), EUQINOM Gallery (San Francisco, CA), The Brower Center (Berkley, CA), Kala Art Institute (Berkley, CA), Carmel Visual Arts (Carmel, CA), Hathaway Gallery (Atlanta, GA), United Photo Industries (DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY), The Print Center (Philadelphia, PA), The Wiregrass Museum (Dothan, AL), PhotoLondon (London, England), and Laney Contemporary (Savannah, GA).
She received her BFA from the University of Georgia and MFA from the California College of the Arts. She currently lives with her husband and two children in Victor, Idaho.
Follow: @ansleywestrivers
Watch: Source to Sea: Ansley West Rivers at the Telfair Museum
Engage: Holding Time at the Margie E. West Gallery, University of Georgia
Seven Rivers at Euqinon Gallery
Seven Rivers at Euqinon Gallery
Ansley West Rivers, from the series Seven Rivers
Ansley West Rivers, from the series Tree Portraits
Ansley West Rivers, from the series Seven Rivers
Ansley West Rivers, from the series Tree Portraits
