Susannah Sayler and Edward Morris (Sayler/Morris) work with photography, video, writing and installation to examine ourchanging notions of nature, culture, and ecology. Their work is often place-based and focused on historical research. Their work has been exhibited broadly in the U.S. and internationally, including at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, the Kunsthal in Rotterdam, the North Carolina Museum of Art, the Belvedere Museum, the Museum of Capitalism and the Southeast Center for Contemporary Art. They have been awarded numerous fellowships including the New York Artist Fellowship, the Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship, the Center for Art and Environment Research Fellowship, and the Loeb Fellowship at Harvard Graduate School of Design. They currently teach in the Transmedia Department at Syracuse University, where they co-direct The Canary Lab. Their archives are collected by the Nevada Museum of Art / Reno, Center for Art and Environment. In 2006, Sayler/Morris co-founded The Canary Project - a studio that produces visual media and artworks that deepen public understanding of climate change and other ecological issues.
Sayler/Morris, La Selva archival pigment print, 2019, 40x50.
