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March 09, 2006
Gabriel Harp
Gabriel Harp is a biologist, writer, artist, and teacher. He was born and raised in Detroit, MI during the economically difficult yet culturally enriched period of the 1970s and 80s. Gabriel is broadly interested in community evolution- from interspecies and intersexual relationships to the ways in which contemporary art and scientific practices mediate perception and life history evolution. Having obtained his B.A. and M.A. from the prestigious Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior program at Indiana University, Bloomington, Gabriel is now pursuing an MFA at the University of Michigan School of Art & Design. His recent projects include co-organizing the exhibition Endless Forms: Engaging Evolution- the first contemporary art exhibit devoted to representing mechanisms of biological evolution. Gabriel is also engaged in multiple projects that question prevailing representations of genes in society- from metaphors to images. In the near future, Gabriel hopes to devote more time to studying contemporary art practice as social behavior in an evolutionary context.
Posted by gharp at March 9, 2006 11:30 PM