Campaigns for Nature
Whilst living in the USA, Deb Hoy began using art as a vehicle for raising awareness about environmental degradation and the damage caused by heavy industrial processes. As the fight for climate justice has escalated in recent years, Deb’s work has focused on celebrating the value of our dwindling natural resources, drawing attention to humanity’s reliance on them.
As a form of education through art, these campaigns include an element of scientific research, learning from the structures and processes that underpin the natural order of the Earth.
Lungs of the Earth, Westonbirt Arboretum, UK
Alchemical Column, Philadelphia, USA
We Didn't Start the Fire, Washington DC
Sugar Accumulation, Central Park, New York City, USA
“ Deb Hoy’s work juxtaposes the natural and the industrial in an attempt to have them co-exist, pointing a way to the possibility of post- industrial transformation.”
— Amy Lipton, Curator for Tip of the Iceberg at Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Philadelphia, USA