Anicka Yi opens Message from the Mud at Storm King
Published on 08/28/2026 at 14:19 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS
Anicka Yi is at Storm King with Message from the Mud. Storm King says the installation runs from May 17 to November 9, 2026, in New Windsor, New York, and presents it as her first large-scale outdoor project. Storm King exhibition page
What Storm King shows
The work centers on a shallow artist-designed pool and acrylic columns filled with organic matter. Storm King describes microbial growth, soil samples from its South Ponds, and a Winogradsky-based process that lets algae, cyanobacteria, and colonies emerge over time.
Why the practice matters now
Yi's larger project stays close to biology, material transformation, and non-human agency. A recent studio exhibition page says she works across sculpture, scent, image, machinery, algorithms, and video, with the organic and the artificial kept in active tension. Anicka Yi studio exhibition page
More news and background on Anicka Yi
Follow recent exhibitions, museum presentations, and studio updates on Anicka Yi across the AD HOC NEWS archive and official sources.
How the work is built
Anicka Yi uses installation as a field of perception rather than a neutral display format. Her work often joins living systems, synthetic materials, and speculative imagery, which makes the exhibition itself part studio, part environment.
Where the artist stands now
Anicka Yi currently has Message from the Mud on view at Storm King through November 9, 2026.
Key facts on Anicka Yi
- Artist: Anicka Yi
- Medium / Genre: Installation, sculpture, scent, video, algorithmic art
- Born: 1971, Seoul
- Place(s) of practice: New York
- Active since: 2000s
- Key work groups: Message from the Mud, Winogradsky Lightbox, Quantum Foam Paintings, Sunspool
- Current/last exhibition: Message from the Mud - Storm King Art Center, New Windsor, New York, May 17-November 9, 2026
- Major collections: Storm King Art Center
- Next date: November 9, 2026 - Storm King Art Center
Frequently asked questions about Anicka Yi
Where can I see Anicka Yi right now?
At Storm King Art Center in New Windsor, New York, where Message from the Mud is scheduled through November 9, 2026.
What is the main work in Anicka Yi's Storm King exhibition?
Storm King presents Message from the Mud as her first large-scale outdoor project, built around an artist-designed pool and acrylic columns filled with organic matter.
Which materials define Anicka Yi's current practice?
Storm King and Yi's studio page both point to biology, scent, sculpture, algorithms, and video as core elements in her work.
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