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"Studios on High Gallery presents Ben Sostrom's innovative sculptural collection designed for artistic collaboration with non-human participants -- deer carpenter bees, squirrels, songbirds, small hibernating rodents, insects. The wood and paper sculptures provide shelter, protection, food and play for a variety of local wildlife species, and through this interaction, each piece is reshaped by its users over time."
--press release, Studios on High Gallery
"...All this wildlife interaction with his wooden creations gave him an idea: “What if I did pieces not only for animals, but also designed to prompt them to collaborate — to prompt them to do something interesting with the piece?” Sostrom’s idea comes to fruition in a new exhibition on view now at Studios on High Gallery in the Short North, “These Are Not For You,” featuring five pieces meant for the outdoors and five for indoors."
-- "Ben Sostrom encourages animal collaboration on 'These Are Not For You'", Columbus Alive, 5/4/21
Awards:
"Outpost: Squirrel Drey," Honorable Mention at "The View" Exhibition at Rosewood Art Center
--press release, Studios on High Gallery
"...All this wildlife interaction with his wooden creations gave him an idea: “What if I did pieces not only for animals, but also designed to prompt them to collaborate — to prompt them to do something interesting with the piece?” Sostrom’s idea comes to fruition in a new exhibition on view now at Studios on High Gallery in the Short North, “These Are Not For You,” featuring five pieces meant for the outdoors and five for indoors."
-- "Ben Sostrom encourages animal collaboration on 'These Are Not For You'", Columbus Alive, 5/4/21
Awards:
"Outpost: Squirrel Drey," Honorable Mention at "The View" Exhibition at Rosewood Art Center
