Gallery Guide
MARCH 20 — JUNE 20, 2026
Kari Greer, Kincade Fire, Healdsburg, California, 2019
Introduction
Human Impact examines the pressing issues shaping the natural environment of New England and the broader global landscape. Bringing together nationally and internationally recognized artists—Diane Burko, Adriane Colburn, John Gerrard, Renée Greenlee, Kari Greer, Nicolei Buendia Gupit, Sallie Dean Shatz, and Rebecca McGee Tuck—the exhibition explores our shifting perspectives and evolving connection to the land during a time of profound ecological change and accelerated human development.
With nature’s lakes, forests, mountains, and oceans as subject and setting, the artists in Human Impact convey personal narratives and critical reflections on our complicated relationship with the environment—one that will shape the lives of future generations. By probing the complex social, political, and economic forces interwoven with our shared ecology, these artists examine questions of responsibility, stewardship, and collective action. Human Impact invites us to consider not only our power to influence the natural world, but how we might reimagine our place within it.
—Heather Ferrell, Curator and Director of Exhibitions
Rebecca McGee Tuck, High Flyer
Checklist
DIANE BURKO
Amazon series, 2024
Amazon Burning, 60 x 84 in Amazon Burnt, 60 x 60 in Amazon 27, 30, and 32, 20 x 20 in mixed media on canvas
60 x 164 in (overall dimensions)
Courtesy of the Artist and Cristin Tierney Gallery, NY NFS
Elegy Amazonas V, 2025
mixed media on panel
26 x 26 in
Courtesy of the Artist and Cristin Tierney Gallery, NY NFS
Elegy Amazonas VII, 2025 mixed media on panel
26 x 26 in
Courtesy of the Artist and Cristin Tierney Gallery, NY NFS
ADRIANE COLBURN
Permian Lines, 2023-2026
mixed media installation
96 x 208 x 9 in
Price Upon Request
KARI GREER
Kincade Fire, Healdsburg, California, 2019
digital photograph
16 x 24 in
$900
Thomas Fire, Montecito, California, 2017 digital photograph 16 x 24 in
$900
Thomas Fire, Camino Cielo above Montecito, California, 2017
digital photograph 16 x 24 in
$900
KARI GREER
August Complex, Mendocino National Forest, California, 2020 digital photograph 16 x 24 in
$900
Rocky Bear Prescribed Fire, Price Valley, Payette National Forest, Idaho, 2019 digital photograph 16 x 24 in
$900
Rocky Bear Prescribed Fire, Price Valley, Payette National Forest, Idaho (II), 2019 digital photograph 16 x 24 in
$900
NICOLEI BUENDIA GUPIT
In the Age of Abundant Scarcity, 2023-26 cast tree branches in air-dry clay coated with charcoal and acrylic; 44 resin sculptures: waste materials from local lakes and rivers in the Philippines encased in cast resin and illuminated 30x72x20 (table), 8.25 x 2.25 dia (ea. bottle)
Price upon Request
JOHN GERRARD
Petro National series, 2022
Petro National #191 (State of Palestine)
Petro National #85 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Petro National #149 (Myanmar) generative thin film refraction algorithm, online and onchain webgl 17 x 17 in each
NFS
RENÉE GREENLEE
State of Repair, 2026
cyanotype of silk, gold embroidery, and wooden/metal hoops
48 x 108 x 1 in
Price upon request
REBECCA MCGEE TUCK
Threshhold-fast, 2024 collected marine debris
42 x 72 x 6 in Price upon request
High Flyer, 2025
stump, coins, found objects and collected sea debris, growing grass
48 x 18x 16 in $1,800
We Are Lighthouse Keepers, 2025
marine rope, oyster net, and lobster trap remnants
42 x 26 x 9 in $2,500
Symbiosis, 2022-2026
collected single-use plastic, steel
67 x 60 in NFS
SALLIE DEAN SHATZ
Union Pacific’s Rock-filled Causeway, 2024
digital archival pigment print
24 x 36 in
Farmington Bay I, 2025
digital archival pigment print
24 x 36 in
Farmington Bay 2, 2025
digital archival pigment print
24 x 36 in
Compass Minerals Ogden’s
Evaporation Pools, 2024
digital archival pigment print
24 x 36 in
Human Encroachment into Wetlands and the Great Salt Lake, 2025
digital archival pigment print
24 x 36 in
Migration, 2025
digital archival pigment print
24 x 36 in
Aerial photography made possible by EcoFlight
$2,200 each
Human Impact: Contemporary Art and Our Environment, BCA Center installation, 2026
Biographies
DIANE BURKO received her BA from Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, and her MA from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Burko’s work has been exhibited and collected by institutions such as Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY; Tang Museum of Art, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY; Minneapolis Art Institute, Minneapolis, MN; National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.; Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.; and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK. The artist has received numerous awards and fellowships recognizing her work such as a Rockefeller Foundation Residence Fellowship; multiple grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Pennsylvania Arts Council, and the Independence Foundation; and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Women’s Caucus for Art. Burko lives and works in Philadelphia, PA, and is domestically represented by Cristin Tierney Gallery, NY.
ADRIANE COLBURN earned her BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, and MFA from Stanford University, CA. Colburn’s exhibitions include Berman Museum, Ursinus College, PA; John Beggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Grizzly Grizzly Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; Pensacola Museum of Art, FL; ERES Foundation, Munich, Germany; The Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China; and Royal Academy of the Arts, London, UK. Grants and awards include Bard College Research Fellowship; Franklin Research Fellowship, American Philosophical Society; New Jersey State Council for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship; and A.G Michael Award for Research, University of Georgia. Colburn’s residencies include the Headlands Center for the Arts, Marin County, CA; MASS MOCA, North Adams, MA; and MacDowell, Peterborough, NH, among others. Colburn is Artist in Residence at Bard College, NY and resides in Jersey City, NJ.
JOHN GERRARD received his BFA from Ruskin School of Art, Oxford University, UK, and MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL. A forerunner in the development of simulation within contemporary art, Gerrard has exhibited widely with work held in public and private collections including Simon Preston Gallery, New York, NY; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Germany; Museum Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain; Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China; National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan, Taichung; Royal Academy of Arts, London, England; and more. Gerrard’s select residencies include Junge Akadamie, Akademie der Kunst, Berlin, Germany; Ars Electronica Futurelab, Linz, Austria; and Irish Arts Council Leighton Residency, Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada, among others. Gerrard lives and works between Dublin, Ireland, and Vienna, Austria, and is domestically represented by Pace Gallery, NY.
RENÉE GREENLEE received her MA from Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA. Greenlee’s installations and photography have been exhibited at Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, VT; Vermont Supreme Court Gallery, Montpelier, VT; Chelsea Public Library, Chelsea, VT, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, VT; Stowe Arts Week, Stowe, VT, and THE FRAME, Waterfront Park, Burlington, VT. Awards include the 2023 Vermont Arts Council Creation Grant; Burlington City Arts Community Fund Grant; Friends of the Winooski River, ONE Good Deed Fund; The Community Engagement Lab; and The Pollination Project. Her engagement with the conversation around climate change extends beyond her artistic practice, including her volunteer work with Vermont’s Recovery After Floods Team (RAFT). She lives and works in Huntington, VT.
KARI GREER received her BA from Sacramento State University, CA. Greer’s photography has been exhibited nationally including Old Capitol Museum, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; Idaho State Museum, Boise, ID; Moscow Contemporary, Moscow, ID; Western Heritage Museum, New Mexico Junior College, Hobbs, NM; and Upcountry History Museum, Greenville, SC, among others. A former wildland firefighter, her photography has appeared in publications such as Outside Magazine, National Geographic Adventure, Wildland Firefighter, and The New York Times. Greer lives and works in Garden Valley, Idaho.
NICOLEI BUENDIA GUPIT received her BA from Williams College, Williamstown, MA, and MFA from Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. Gupit has exhibited her work at A.I.R Gallery, New York, NY; San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, San Jose, CA; Francis Colburn Gallery, Burlington, VT; The Painting Center, New York, NY; Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan; Altro Mondo Creative Space, Manila, Philippines; and spazioSERRA, Milan, Italy, among others. She has earned numerous residencies and awards for her work including from the University of Vermont, Vermont Studio Center, Penland School of Craft, Art Fair Philippines, and a U.S. Fulbright Grant to support a project focused on the climate crisis in the Philippines. Gupit lives and works in Burlington, VT, where she serves as Assistant Professor, School of the Arts, University of Vermont.
SALLIE DEAN SHATZ received her BA from University of Vermont, Burlington. Shatz has exhibited her photography in exhibitions sponsored by UNESCO and Amnesty International, Beirut, Lebanon; Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.; Aspen Chapel Gallery, CO; and a traveling exhibition curated by AL-LIQUINDOI, Spain. Her work has been published widely, including The New York Times, Harper’s Magazine, Index on Censorship, Middle East Report, Columbia Journalism Review, High Country News, and Democracy Now, Shatz’s long-term contributions to the global conversations on climate change includes serving as Director of Photography for the 2012 Doha UN Climate Change Conference, Qatar. Shatz currently serves on the School of the Arts Advisory Board, University of Vermont. She divides her time between Aspen, CO, and Salt Lake City, UT.
REBECCA MCGEE TUCK received her BA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, and is enrolled in the MFA program at Clark University, Worcester, MA. Tuck’s work has been exhibited at Gallery 01760, Natick, MA; New Bedford Whaling Historical National Park, New Bedford, MA; Project B Gallery, Framingham, MA; Arts Worcester, Worcester, MA; Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, MA; Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA; The Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT; and White Rocks Center for the Arts, Holmes, NY. Her awards and grants include Fiber Art Now Public Art Installation, Tatelbaum Fund/Leduc Center Grant for Public Art, UMass Dartmouth, and Featured Artist Award, Fitchburg Art Museum, MA, among others. Tuck’s select residencies include Studio Frodattir at Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ, CIAR Cuttyhunk Island Residency, MA, DNA Residency, Provincetown, MA. Tuck lives and works in Natick, MA.
Public Programs
BCA Center
135 Church Street
SPRING EXHIBITIONS ARTIST RECEPTION
Friday, March 20, 5-7 pm
Join BCA for drinks and light refreshments as we celebrate the artists behind our spring exhibitions.
FAMILY ART SATURDAY
Fourth Saturday of each month, 11 am-1 pm March 28, April 25 (Earth Day), and May 23
Get creative and make art together! Join BCA for a drop-in artmaking activity inspired by our spring exhibitions.
A CONVERSATION ON HUMAN IMPACT AND OUR ENVIRONMENT
Thursday, April 9, 6pm
Artists, City of Burlington experts, and community members discuss conservation and sustainability. Join BCA in person or register in advance for the Zoom livestream at burlingtoncityarts.org
ARTIST TALK WITH DIANE BURKO
Thursday, April 23, 2026, 6pm
Artist-activist Diane Burko explores the intersection of her creative practice and critical engagement with the scientists, people, and environs that inform her Amazon series. Join BCA in person or register in advance for the Zoom livestream at burlingtoncityarts.org
GROUP AND SCHOOL VISITS
BCA gallery educators lead inquiry-driven group tours that encourage close looking, critical thinking, and thought-provoking conversation. We connect these conversations with hands-on art activities that explore exhibition themes, materials, and artistic processes. We welcome public, private, and homeschool students in grades pre-K to 12 and beyond.
PROGRAM FEE: $15 per student for tour + activity. Groups and schools are invited to apply for a partial or full scholarship.
For more information and to reserve a visit, Contact Melissa Steady, Education Director, at msteady@burlingtoncityarts.org
MARCH 20 — JUNE 20, 2026
Artists
Diane Burko
Adriane Colburn
John Gerrard
Renée Greenlee
Kari Greer
Nicolei Buendia Gupit
Sallie Dean Shatz
Rebecca McGee Tuck
Human Impact: Contemporary Art and Our Environment is supported in part by the Mellon Foundation Public Humanities Labs Initiative on Migration through the Axinn Center for the Humanities at Middlebury College, UVM Office of Research and Economic Development, Gund Institute for Environment, UVM School of the Arts, Burlington Electric Department, and the Maslow Family Foundation. Hospitality sponsor: Lake Champlain Chocolates. Burlington City Arts is supported in part by the Vermont Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.