To launch a series of performance art projects presented outside in South Florida’s subtropical landscape.
Winner: Naomi Fisher
Amount: $40,000
About the project: Artist Naomi Fisher will create a series of performance art pieces outdoors in South Florida's subtropical landscape. Through her work, Fisher will explore the relationship between nature and modern civilization. Fisher will do three to five performances over the next four years. The pieces will be videotaped and documented for a wider audience.
About the winner: Born and raised in Miami, artist Naomi Fisher has exhibited internationally including at the Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Pinchuk Art Center, Kiev; Halle fur Kunst, Luneburg; Kemper Museum, Kansas City; Kunsthalle Wein, Vienna; Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel; Deste Foundation, Athens; and the New Museum, NY. Fisher graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor's in Photography from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 1998, was New World School of the Arts' Alumni of the Year in 2001 and received the South Florida Cultural Consortium Grant in 2000. She also co-founded and jointly runs the Bas Fisher Invitational, an alternative art space. Fisher is represented by the Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami.