Anna Von Mertens: Smithsonian Research Fellowship
Anna Von Mertens, Midnight until the first sighting of land, October 12, 1492, six miles off the coast of current-day San Salvador Island, Bahamas, 2006, hand-stitched cotton, 41 x 97.5"
Anna Von Mertens is one of fourteen artists to be awarded a fellowship from the Smithsonian as part of their 2021 Artist Research Program. Von Mertens will study how dark matter structures the cosmos, exploring the patterns formed between art and science.
Anna Von Mertens, Jupiter Rising, January 7, 1610, Padua Italy, 2008 (detail), hand-stitched, hand-dyed cotton, 55.5 x 99.5"