the most important women artists making environmental art

Maya Lin, “Ghost Forest,” 2021, 49 Atlantic white cedars.

A grove of tall slender trees rises from a grassy urban park where visitors sit and relax among the trunks.

Making climate-conscious art at scale and in public is arduous, expensive and often exhausting. Agnes Denes, Mary Mattingly and Maya Lin and their peers have built substantial careers, sustain themselves through their practices and hold places in major collections, yet haven’t shied away from creating works that help the planet.

the most important women artists making environmental art