About
Farrenkopf’s artistic practice is centered on fostering global connection and a deep engagement with the natural world. Through performance, public installations, placemaking, and community involvement, her work invites audiences to reconsider memory and interact with their surroundings and each other, creating spaces for dialogue and exchange. As the founder and director of ArtHouse Alliance, a non-profit organization dedicated to bridging divides through art and conversation, she promotes cross-cultural understanding. Farrenkopf’s exhibitions have spanned the globe, including “You Are My Relative” at the World Center in Berlin and “We Are All Related” at the Rodchenko Multimedia Art Museum in Moscow.
Current work "We Are All Related," an interactive public sculpture installation at the Chinese National Convention Center in the Beijing Olympic Complex, demonstrates her commitment to global interconnectedness. This powerful sculptural experience invites viewers to consider the shared bonds that unite instead of separate us. Through her work, Farrenkopf highlights the transformative potential of art to cultivate empathy and strengthen our collective connection to nature.
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Works
Education
Syracuse University MFA Interdisciplinary Arts, with Honors
Berlin Art Residency award, Syracuse University, Berlin, Germany
Student of Ovanes Berbarian, Russian Impressionist Painter, Idaho & France
Syracuse University, BFA, summa cum laude, Competitive Art Scholarship
London College of Communication - University of the Arts London, London, England, Scholarship
Experience/ Projects
Living in the Hood Program, Syracuse, NY, art and food supplying underserved community.
Art Masks, Covid-19 response, community network for mask making distribution nationwide
The Return, plant propogation project, post Hurricane Irma, St. John, VI
Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy Journalist/Podcast producer
Yale University Radio,WYBCX, Praxis Center Interview Magazine, Podcast producer for Artist Archive
Contributing Journalist, Arte Canale, the Italian Arts Channel, July, 2019, Italian Pavilion
Eat, Love, Play, synaesthetic art program, Syracuse, NY, relating music and art, while providing meals
ArtHouse Alliance Founder and Director, Syracuse, NY
Sound Gallery Installation/ Collaborative Performance, Setnor School of Music, Syracuse, NY
Wilson Art Center, Wilmington, NC, Guest lecturer
Everson Museum of Art, Instructor, Art Photography Instructor
Cortland Art Institute, Cortland, NY, Instructor Film and Animation
Marshal University, guest lecturer, Margaret-Bourke- White Exhibition
Solo Exhibition
Eclipse 2017, Wilma F. Daniels Gallery, Wilmington, NC
Second Journey, Public Installation and Performance, Syracuse, NY
Inspirare II, Public Art, Kripalu Center, Lenox, MA
Inspirare, Hendricks Chapel, Syracuse, NY
You Are My Relative; Public Performance, Alexanderplatz, City Center, Berlin Germany
Bajo de Sol Gallery, St. John, Virgin Islands
Wanderlust, Checker Cab Gallery, Wilmington, NC
The Nursing Home, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
Massillon Art Museum, Solo Show, Massillon, OH
Selected Shows
Point of Contact Gallery, Syracuse, NY, Six Graduates
Art Helix, Brooklyn, NY, Hidden in Plain Sight
Art of Illumination, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC
Colere, Bajo de Sol Gallery, St. John, VI
Nursing Home, Spark Gallery, Syracuse, NY
Portfolio Moscow, Rodchenko Art School, Moscow, Russia
Transhuman Motivation, Kreuzberg Pavillon, Berlin Germany
Talib, Newcomer, Téte Gallery, Berlin Germany
Attuning, Point of Contact Gallery, Syracuse, NY
TAG Gallery, High Point, NC, Cover artist 2016 Gala and Exhibit
Bajo de Sol Gallery, VI, Virgin Islands Centennial Exhibit
Michael Banzhof Gallery, St. John, VI
San Juan Preservation Trust Art Show, Paint Out, Orcas Island, WA
Portrait of a Neighborhood; ArtRage Gallery, Syracuse, NY
Paint a Future, No Boundaries International Art Colony, Wilmington, NC
The Closing of an Amusement Park, Canton Art Institute, Canton, OH
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Permanent Collections
Meyers Park, "The Ticket", Canton Art Institute, Canton, Ohio, Photography
Gallery Representation
Bajo de Sol Gallery, St. John, VI
TAG Gallery, High Point, NC
Maho Gallery, St. John, VI
Michael Banzhof Gallery, St. John, VI
Crow Valley Art Gallery, Orcas Island, Eastsound, WA
CheckerCab Gallery, Wilmington, NC
Awards
Phi Beta Delta, International Honor Society
Duke University, Portfolio Scholarship, Center for Documentary Studies, Durham, NC
The Gertrude S. Carraway Award of Merit, NC, extraordinary leadership, research and
philanthropy in historic preservation
Pat Earl Award, Environmental Excellence, restoration, NY
Experience
Restoration historic houses, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Wilmington, NC
Restoration historic houses, Hawley-Green Historic District, Syracuse, NY
Everson Museum, Instructor, Art Photography, Syracuse, NY
Cortland Art Institute, Cortland, NY, Film and Animation Instructor
Marshall University, Guest Artist, Margaret-Bourke- White Exhibition, Huntington, WV
Commercial
Lufthansa German Airlines, In Flight publication photography, Frankfurt Germany
US Army, Newsweek advertising photography, New York, New York
Etzel Brewery, Brewery Centennial Book, photography, Amorbach, Germany
Sponsors
Lyrica Fest Boston, Boston, MA
Central New York Arts Council, Syracuse, NY
Cora Foundation, ArtRage Gallery
Leica Corporation, UPI, API Press Pool