Thinking With Plants: Ecofeminism and Contemporary Art

This talk introduces ecofeminism as an imaginative and critical way of thinking about plants, ecology, and contemporary art. Drawing on feminist and ecological thinking, it explores how artists engage plant life not as a scientific object, but as a site of relation, memory, care, and political meaning. Bringing works from Plant Dreaming into dialogue with broader currents in contemporary art and curatorial practice, the talk reflects on storytelling, myth, embodiment, and traditional knowledges as ways of reimagining human–plant relationships in the context of ecological crisis, displacement, and environmental injustice.

To book your place, email art.gallery@leeds.gov.uk, limited spaces available. This is a Give What You Can event.

Bio

Marianna Tsionki, PhD, is a curator and art theorist whose research explores the intersections of contemporary art, ecology, and the curatorial as a site of critical inquiry. She is Associate Professor and University Curator at Leeds Arts University, where she leads the curatorial programme at Blenheim Walk Gallery, with a focus on environmental discourse, material ecologies, and post-industrial histories.