the most important women artists making environmental art

Agnes Denes, The Living Pyramid, 2015/2026, Installation view at Desert X, AlUla, Saudi Arabia.

A terraced, pyramid-like garden installation covered with greenery stands among palm trees in a desert landscape.

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