I’m excited to announce my new role as Visualist for UNICEF’s Giga program and their forthcoming NFT2.0 initiative. To inaugurate this campaign, I participated in a two-part auction hosted by CfC St. Moritz in partnership with UNICEF Switzerland and Liechtenstein and Christie's to benefit Giga. Check it out below!
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'a forest of thoughts in quick succession' at Praz Delavallade
My new solo exhibition ‘a forest of thoughts in quick succession’ is on view at Praz Delavallade in Los Angeles.
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'We Are They: Glitch Ecology and the Thickness of Now' at Honor Fraser Gallery
I’m participating in quite a fascinating show at Honor Fraser in LA. We Are They: Glitch Ecology and the Thickness of Now charts the blurry boundaries between human networks, ecological systems, and the technologies that give form to our so-called “man-made” geological epoch.
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'Storage Wars' at The Hole
My work is being shown at a very interesting show at The Hole in LA entitled Storage Wars. The show grants visitors a peek inside the shipping crate, a hand-fabricated vessel that protects and all too often—when left for years in a storage facility, archive or freeport—entombs some of the best and most precious work of art.
Read More'a floating island (2015-2023)' debuts with Verse in London
This week my project a floating island (2015-2023) debuts with Verse. The first five works of the series become available online on April 4th at 6pm GMT and physically with a simultaneous reception in London as part of the exhibition (Probably) All in My Mind. Read on for a full description of the work, visual samples and its trailer.
Read MoreCollector's Corner and Digitally Rare Podcasts
Recently, I chatted with the lovely folks from both Collectors Corner and Digitally Rare about a range of topics, including new generative project ‘chaos comes with the summer haze’.
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from a spring’s bloom to a summer chaos
from a spring’s bloom to a summer chaos - an explanation of the progression from ‘the spring begins with the first rainstorm’ to ‘chaos comes with the summer haze’.
Read More'chaos comes with the summer haze' drops with Art Blocks
Vale Magazine, Whitewall, and Contemporary Art Issue coverage for 'thirsty while drowning' at Villanova
I sat down with Vale Magazine, Whitewall, and Contemporary Art Issue to discuss my newest exhibition, thirsty while drowning, at Villanova. Check it out!
Read Morethirsty while drowning at Villanova University
I’m very excited to announce that Villanova University is presenting my campus-wide exhibition thirsty while drowning. Keep reading to learn more about the exhibition and many of the ideas and conceptual principles behind the show.
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Elle Magazine (in Singapore) & Autre Magazine (in LA)
Excited to share a couple nice articles, Elle Magazine visiting with me during my exhibition at Yeo Workshop in Singapore and a great summation of my exhibition at Praz Delavallade in LA from Autre.
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departed for the curve at Praz Delavallade (Los Angeles)
Check out ‘departed for the curve’ my new solo exhibition at Praz Delavallade in LA…
Read Moremy first generative project is dropping with Art Blocks!
my TED talk is online!
to join the larger raindrop of the ocean at Yeo Workshop, Singapore
I’m excited to announce that my solo exhibition, to join the larger raindrop of the ocean, is open through May 1st, 2022 at Yeo Workshop in Singapore. Read on to learn about the conceptual grounding of the show and to see some of the installation imagery.
Read MoreCalifornia Dreamin' now available with Exhibition A
Excited about this special edition I’ve made with Exhibition A!
The California Dreamin’ series explores the possibilities originating from a circa 1650 map of California as an island. The works hint to natural environmental forces and humankind’s grand dreams. They broadly represent my project ‘The Free Republic of California’ in which he enacts an agitprop public movement via exhibitions, dedicated website, propaganda factory, educational program and presentation of a comprehensive legal and budgetary system to demonstrate what a more enlightened society could look like.
Dimensions: 15" x 20" Medium: Archival pigment print, acrylic and watercolor on Hahnemuhle German etching paper, Details: unique and hand-embellished series of 16, 2022, Signed and dated by the artist en verso.
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My First Summer in The Sierra by John Muir, as Re-visualized by Cole Sternberg
I’m very happy to announce that my re-visualization of John Muir’s '‘My First Summer in the Sierra’ published by Hat & Beard Press is now in stores and available online.
Read MoreA speedy-ish walkthrough of Freestate at ESMoA
In case you haven’t seen it in person, here’s a little walk-through of my exhibition Freestate (and some insight into the origins of the Free Republic).
Live on Sunset Boulevard...my videos!
I’m excited to announce two presentations of my video work on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, with support from WeHo Arts and the City of West Hollywood!
The City of West Hollywood proudly presents THE FREE REPUBLIC OF CALIFORNIA, an exhibition of the work of Cole Sternberg, on two digital exhibition locations on the Sunset Strip. THE CONSTITUTION, a unique multi-channel work, plays at the top and 30 minutes past the hour at 8410 Sunset Blvd. and FORWARD MOMENTUM plays every 10 minutes throughout the hour at 9039 Sunset blvd. From February 1st- March 31st, 2021.
During the last 10 months of our existence, we have clung desperately to the phrase ‘in this unprecedented time’ because descriptions fail us. As if awoken from a spell, the rest of the United States has begun to see what many in West Hollywood already knew: the continued propagation of institutionalized inequity and the violence and insurrection at the Capitol, laid bare the fragility of our principles and republic. Like the City of West Hollywood, Artist Cole Sternberg understands that humoring exclusion, abuse and mendacity leads to collapse. As the nation tips towards an uncertain future, THE FREE REPUBLIC OF CALIFORNIA offers refuge. Sternberg has presciently fashioned the ultimate utopian, environmentally friendly, life raft. When there is no greater act of self-preservation than isolation, Sternberg explores the extrapolation of that tantalizing notion. Secession from the United States of disinformation promises a peaceful, just and environmentally sustainable path forward. THE FREE REPUBLIC OF CALIFORNIA is the rejoinder.
Freestate: The Free Republic of California at ESMoA
The Free Republic’s origin story, told at ESMoA is now viewable view virtual tour and installation images here.