Stephanie Lindquist received her BA from Columbia University and recently finished her MFA at the University of Minnesota. Lindquist’s work has been exhibited at Google, Smack Mellon, the New York Public Library, the Allen Hospital, The New Museum, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, El Museo del Barrio, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, and Memorial Union Gallery of North Dakota State University.

“Through making, gardening, and cooking I am coming to know our ancient roots and diverse knowledge systems that provide insight to our modern challenges around sustainability and have been overlooked by western culture.

My work would not be possible without the great minds of many people including Japanese farmer-philosopher Masanobu Fukuoka, my mother who opened the first West-African restaurant in Los Angeles, Potawatomi scientist Robin Wall Kimmerer, Oglala Lakota chef Sean Sherman, Mandan Hidatsa Arikara traditionalist Waheenee, Kenyan scientist Mary Oyiela Abukutsu. I am also grateful to those who have shared images online of the plants I study.

Through ancient plants and the cultures they cultivate, I think about diaspora, race, gender, sexuality, technology, economy–and increasingly how food traditions and land stewardship are shared by elders over time.” -Stephanie Lindquist

More on Stephanie’s work can be found at www.stephaniealindquist.com