artist overview
Janet Laurence is a renowned Sydney-based artist whose work explores the intersection of art, science, and nature. Through painting, sculpture, installation, photography, and video, she examines humanity’s complex and often conflicting relationship with the environment. Her immersive works highlight themes of ecological interconnection, loss, and healing, particularly in the face of climate change. Using evocative materials such as living plants, minerals, ash, and taxidermy specimens, Laurence creates site-responsive installations that blur the boundaries between natural and human-made landscapes.
For over 35 years, Laurence has transformed both gallery spaces and public sites with her thought-provoking environmental art. Drawing inspiration from natural history collections and scientific research, she brings attention to endangered species, fragile ecosystems, and the need for ecological restoration. Her work, included in major museum and corporate collections worldwide, serves as both a poetic reflection on nature’s beauty and a call to action in the Anthropocene era.
