About Mary Miss

Redefining how art is integrated into the public realm since the early 1970s, Mary Miss has reshaped the boundaries between sculpture, architecture, landscape design, and installation art by articulating a vision of the public sphere where it is possible for an artist to address the issues of our time.

In 2009, Miss founded City as Living Laboratory, creating framework for making issues of sustainability tangible through the arts.

Interdisciplinary collaboration is central to her work, creating projects as diverse as designing a temporary memorial around the perimeter of Ground Zero, marking the predicted flood level of Boulder, Colorado, revealing the history of the Union Square Subway station in NYC and creating an atlas of water for the city of Milwaukee in her current project, WaterMarks. Miss’s work has been shown at the Guggenheim Museum (Contemplating the Void) in 2010, the Sculpture Center in 2008, Senior & Shopmaker Gallery, NY 2006, the Des Moines Art Center in 1996, the Architectural Association, London in 1987, among other locations.

Miss has been recognized by numerous awards, including a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the Urban Land Institute’s Global Award for Excellence and the 2017 Bedrock of New York City Award.