Alexis Rockman, a painter based in Warren, Connecticut, is an environmental activist who began making paintings and works on paper to build environmental awareness in the mid-1980s, embarking on expeditions to distant locations like Antarctica and Madagascar in the company of professional naturalists. His work tells stories of natural histories confronting the dystopian future of the biodiversity crisis, global warming, and genetic engineering.

Rockman’s work has been exhibited around the world and showcased at prestigious galleries and museums including the Venice Biennale, Carnegie Museum of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Serpentine Galleries, and many more. Rockman also worked on the 2012 movie Life of Pi with Ang Lee, as “Inspirational Artist” Alexis Rockman: Oceanus, a major exhibition premiered at Mystic Seaport Museum and Mark Dion and Alexis Rockman: Journey to Nature’s Underworld, opens at the Tang Teaching Museum on July 13th, 2024, the first two-person exhibition of these closely allied artists. The show will tour to four additional museums.