The Coral Reef Principle
List of organizers and participating object based artists
Executive Curator
Peter P. Hopkins
Associate Curator
Sarah Olson (U.S.)
Curatorial Team
Alexandra Mas (France) | Marco Tassini (Italy) | Hannah Hardenbergh (U.S.)
Courtney King (U.K.) | Christina Kyriakidou (Greece)
Gaïa Adduccio @gaia_adducchio
Irene Andreou @ireneandreou.art
Leslie Ayers
Polly Bennett @polben.art
Katarina Boselli @katarinaboselli.art
Alison Brewster @alisonbrewsterartwork
Michele Brody @mbrody16
Ken Butler @hybridluthery
Barry Carlsen @barrycarlsen
Delphine du Carufel @carufelart
Shelby Charlesworth @vapourtrail__
Allison Ebbets @out.there.with.the.trees
Ellen Hackl Fagan @ehfaganstudio
François Fasnibay @fasnibay
Sika Foyer @sika_foyer
Bernard Garo @bernard.garo
Brandon Graving @gravitypress
Nicolas Hamm @nicolashamm47
Keran James @keran_james_studio
Justin Kelly @justinkellypaint
Alan King @alanking55
Courtney King @artcourtneyking
Jill Krutick @jillkrutickfineart
Christina Kyriakidou @space__shaman
Simone Kurtz @thethirteenthhour
Daniel Lanzilotta @daniellanzilotta
Andy Li @radandyli
Stephen Mallon @mallonfilms
Anna Marchlewska @anna_marchlewska
Alexandra Mas @alexandramas_artist
Christina Massey @cmasseyart
Michelle McAuliffe @michellemcauliffe
Heidi Norton @heidi_norton
Sarah Olson @olsonelizabethsarah
Gopesa Paquette @gopesapaquette
Cristian Pietrapiana @cristianpietrapiana
German Pitre @germanpitre7
Debora Rayel @debora_rayel_eva
Rhiannon Rees @rhiannonreeseart
Barent Roth @circulareconomymfg
Elizabeth Saveri @elizabethsaveri
Jennifer Sirey @jennifasirey
Christy Speakman @christyspeakmanart
Katherine Spindler @kandispindler
Victoria Tasch @victoriatasch
Marco Tassini @marco.tassini
Anssi Taulu @anssi.taulu
Charzette Torrence @prevalent_photography_exhibit
Kathleen Vance @kathleenvanceart
Jane Claire Wilson @janeclairewilson
Estelle Woolley @estellewoolley
Etty Yaniv @etty.yaniv
Jack and Jenna X @jackandjennax
November 2021-March 2022
Public viewing November 11th 2021
Bridgeport Art Trail
Artist opening November 13th 4-7pm
1001 Main St Suite 23, Bridgeport, CT 06604
This is a SHIM Eco Event
100 artists
| Argentina | Brazil | Belarus | France | Finland | Greece | Italy | Poland | Romania |
| Switzerland | Togo | United Kingdom | United States of America |
The Coral Reef Principle is not only the title of the first exhibition of the SHIM Eco group, it is also the basic structure that this ecosystem of creativity will be organized upon.
A coral reef is both the world’s largest organism, as well as the largest undesigned structure in the world. It is a complementary biosphere whereby every component makes it possible for each other component to survive without modifying its own needs. Crucially in this model there is no master architect, nor the need for one, because the structure literally builds and maintains itself once all the correct conditions exist. It is this concept, or “principle” that SHIM Eco wants to mirror in this exhibition. SHIM Eco was created to become the world’s first art community solely focused on Climate Change, and all of the economic and social disruptions that attach to this global crisis. It exists as an online exhibitor group of the SHIM Art Network Artsy site page to allow artists to sell their sustainable eco based artworks directly to collectors without the need of a gallery affiliation; and now with this event SHIM Eco will begin to exhibit their group member artists in analog galleries, and art fairs around the world; but Eco was formed to include not only visual artists, but all writers, designers, poets, and creators of all types interested in developing a sustainable way to make and promote their works, and so begin a conversation concerning the ethical and environmental issues attached to the global art market.
The inaugural exhibition begins in the historic Arcade Mall in Bridgeport, Connecticut with our gallery partners Ursa Gallery, and the show will feature a group of 7 individual curators who will then invite over 100 artists - in analog or digital formats - from the U.S. and around the world including Europe, Africa, South America, the U.K., and the U.S. who all work addressing concepts of climate change or its effects. The actual gallery installation of the art will also mimic the ways a coral reef operates by visually connecting larger works on walls with other smaller artworks that engage with the space of the floor, ceilings, and other in-between areas, and these works in turn will connect remotely via videos to other artists around the world.
Peter Hopkins
SHIM Art Network
Current list of video artists participating in the Ursa exhibition and online at the SHIM Eco/TSDAP Eco YouTube channel.
Irene Andreou @ireneandreou.art
Katarina Boselli & Bernard Garo @katarinaboselli.art
Alison Brewster @alisonbrewsterartwork
Claudia Chaseling @claudiachaseling
Sika Foyer @sika_foyer
Charlotte Greenwood @charlottegreenwood.art
Mariella Hall @mazzinherjazz
Łukasz Horbów @lukaszhorbow
Halima Husain @artbyhalima_hu
Rachel Jutkova @racheljutka
Zerek Kempf
Tim Kirman @timkirman
Jill Krutick @jillkrutickfineart
Christina Kyriakidou @space__shaman
Erato Kyriakidou @eratokur
Eva Joy Lawrence @evajoy_art
Antony Lucchesi @antonylucchesi
Anna Marchlewska @anna_marchlewska
Alexandra Mas & Marco Tassini @mastassinistudio
Marble Bee Alorque Mendoza @marblebeealforque
Leah Moodie @leah_moodie
Shadia Nilforoush @shadia_something
Sari Nordman @sarinordman
Svetlana Ochkovskaya @svetlanaochk
Gopesa Paquette @gopesapaquette
Luke Seward @lukeseward_
Fatima Shehmous
Sarah Smart @sarahsmart_
Kandi Spindler @kandispindler
Ioulitta Triantafyllou @/ioulitta__/
Kelsey Tynik@ktynik
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