Juniper Harrower

Juniper Harrower’s research focuses on multispecies entanglements under climate change. Drawing from ecology, visual art, and the environmental humanities, she considers the ways that humans influence ecosystems while seeking reparative solutions that protect at-risk species and center environmental justice. Harrower received a PhD in plant ecology from UC Santa Cruz, an MFA in art practice from UC Berkeley, and a teaching credential focused on education for multicultural classrooms.

She has collaborated or exhibited with Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Berkeley Art Museum, the Getty, California Academy of Sciences, Santa Cruz Museum of Art, Wolf Museum, Wignall Museum, Cameron Art Museum, Museum of Art and History Lancaster, Fort Mason Center, Palm Springs Museum, RMIT Australia, Universidad Complutense Spain, Entre y Arte Buenos Aires, ISEA Montreal, and Joshua Tree National Park among other places.

Harrower has been supported or recognized by the Cota-Robles Fellowship, Andrew Mellon Foundation, Creative Capital, National Science Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Americorps Fellowship, Hammett Fellowship, UC Berkeley MFA Fellowship, and received the highest ranked dissertation award by Leonardo MIT press. She publishes in academic journals across disciplines and her research and artistic works have received wide exposure in popular media such as National Geographic, ArtForum, Lenscratch, The Modern Art Notes Podcast, Kunstforum International, KCET Artbound, Atlas Obscura, C magazine, the Associated Press, documentaries, music festivals and conferences. Harrower founded and directed the art+science initiative at UC Santa Cruz, has taught art at UC Berkeley, and is an assistant professor of studio art at Reed College.

She is a first generation community college transfer student and believes that junior college is a critically important resource to promote equity in education.