Yasmeen Märker

Yasmeen Märker is a bio-artist, anti-disciplinary researcher and PhD
candidate in plant invasion ecology/ environmental microbiology. Their
practice challenges existing binaries, systems and classification and
provides creative art-science research projects involving public art
presentations, talks, and participatory workshops. They have won
numerous awards and residencies such as Creative Bursary, Belfast City
Council 2023/24, Freeland's artist program 2019-21, Rapid Residency
Program Science Gallery Dublin 2019.  Yasmeen has participated in
exhibitions in Ireland/ UK and abroad. Exhibitions include Terrascope,
Mother Tongue, MAC Belfast 2024, Microbial Fables, If We Could Ourselves
As Others See Us with Dumbworld, Solstice Arts Centre, 2023, From
Culture to Culture, IMMA Ireland 2023. They offer workshops to both
children and adults e.g. Sex and City, 2023, city nature walk exploring
non-human reproduction, Slime Dynamics, 2019, workshops on slime-moulds
and gentrification, NI Science Festival 2018, Mycelium as Sustainable
Art Material, 2018.