Visual Art
Art and gardens. The pairing dates back millennia. Each year, the Santa Fe Botanical Garden partners with artists across the nation to bring sculpture and visual art to the Garden.
Current Exhibitions
Past Exhibitons
Piñon Country: Illuminating the Interdependence of Life in the Iconic Woodlands of the West
April 29, 2023 – November 26, 2023
This exhibition is an educational and photographic exhibit that shares the value and beauty of piñon-juniper landscapes.
Capturing the Light: Glass Art Inspired by Nature
June 1, 2021 – June 22, 2022
This exhibition features artists who based their creations on elements in the natural world, both in their use of materials and in the intellectual content.
Human Nature: Explorations in Bronze
May 25, 2019 – May 10, 2020
This exhibition featured artists Allan Houser, David Pearson, and Jonathan Hertzel.
Gardens Gone Wild – Sculpture by Dan Ostermiller
May 26, 2018 – May 12, 2019
This exhibition featured whimsical animals cast in bronze.
Wilderness Acts III
September 1 – October 28, 2018
Presented in partnership with Axle Contemporary, Wilderness Acts featured sculpture and poetry installations by 13 artists at the Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve.
Conception, Abstraction, Reduction: Artwork of Dan, Arlo and Michael Namingha
June 10, 2017 – May 13, 2018
This exhibition featured powerful sculptures that reflect the Hopi/Tewa culture of the Namingha family.
Visual Poetry: Bill Barrett Sculpture
June 1, 2016 – May 14, 2017
The featured works resulted from contrasting inspirations including the 9/11 attacks, the panoply of human emotions, and nature’s richness.
The Power of Place
May 15, 2015 – May 1, 2016
Featured artists included Bill Barrett, Kevin Box, Doug Coffin, David Destefano, Tammy Garcia, Phillip Haosouz, Allan Houser, Estella Loretto, Frank Morbillo, Arlo Namingha, Dan Namingha, Michael Naranjo, Bill Prokopiof, David Pearson, and Roxanne Swentzell.
Morphing Nature
November 14, 2014 – April 26, 2015
Students from the Institute of American Indian Arts and the Santa Fe University of Art and Design created site-specific sculptures made from recovered plant materials.
Origami in the Garden
April 25 – October 25, 2014
Large-scale outdoor sculpture exhibition created by Santa Fe artist Kevin Box.
Birds in the Garden
December 4, 2013 – May 31, 2014
Porcelain birds with cobalt images and text silk-screened and fired onto them, investigating aspects of humanity, specifically around war and peace by Christy Hengst.
Year round Sculpture in the Garden
The Santa Fe Botanical Garden is committed to the presentation of visual art. Throughout the years, we have been generously given sculpture for our collection.
DAN OSTERMILLER
‘Panzon’
Bronze
1989
Courtesy of Nedra Matteucci Galleries
Given by Roddey Burdine
KATHY TASLITZ
‘What Lies Between’
Blackened Bronze
2010
Given by Douglas Becker
BILL BARRETT
‘Lexeme VIII’
Carrara Marble
2007
DAVID DESTEFANO
‘The Big Yes’
8 ft. Stone
Courtesy of Arnold and Doris Roland
CANDYCE GARRETT
‘Emergence’
California Black Academy granite
Given by Blaine Gutermuth, in memory of Shirley Gutermuth
KEVIN BOX
‘Crane Rising’
Powder coated cast bronze on steel
2005
Given by Diana Pace and Ray August (Ray August, 1944-2004)
