Invisible Dust

Award-winning art, science and environment organisation based in the UK. Executive Director Adam Cooper.

Invisible Dust works with leading artists and scientists to produce unique and exciting works of contemporary art and new scientific ideas exploring our environment and climate change. Invisible Dust is an award winning charity that in 2020 was one of 30 UK art, sciences & technology teams selected for Festival 2022 R&D. Our March 21 event included artists Joan Jonas, Jeremy Deller, Corn

elia Parker, Usman Haque, Adam Chodzko and Kasia Molga alongside Scientists and other thinkers. ‘Unnatural History’ our exhibition exploring science and nature took place in May to Aug at the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum as part of the Coventry City of Culture 2021. Founded in 2009 by Artistic Director Alice Sharp; previously curator of the Fourth Plinth with Antony Gormley and Yinka Shonibare.

10/06/2026

A first peek at Climate Clock. Our Artistic Director, Alice Sharp has curated a major new public art trail that opens this week in Oulu, Finland. Part of Oulu2026 - European Capital of Culture 2026 , ‘Climate Clock’ reflects on our relationship to time, nature and climate warming, and seeks to awaken us to the rhythms of the earth.

Spanning natural and urban settings, leading international and Finnish artists are creating site-specific artworks in collaboration with scientists and local communities. Artists include Ranti Bam (UK/Nigeria), Rana Begum (UK/Bangladesh), Takahiro Iwasaki (Japan), Gabriel Kuri (Belgium/Mexico), Antti Laitinen (Finland), SUPERFLEX (Denmark) and Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen (Finland).

“The Climate Clock is ticking, the snow is melting, and we are learning anew what our forebears knew – that time is not ours to command; that nature keeps its own time.” – Alice Sharp

With thanks to the project's International Programmer Claudia Woolgar, technical advisor Sam Collins, support and production Oulu26, Oulu Art Museum and Urban Environmental Services of Oulu City.

Launching with community events on 13 June 2026: https://oulu2026.eu/tapahtuma/?localhub_page_id=68a42935a4eaa26f9fadaaa9&localhub_origin_widget_id=69786f0a0148ee6e47f862bf

Image: Gabriel Kuri, 'Risk assessing risk assessment' 2026, photo by Alice Sharp.

13/05/2026

Don't miss our upcoming event at Glasgow International, 5th June 4-6pm, featuring Licida Vidal. Free tickets are going fast!

Licida Vidal works include effective but also playful water filters and 'experiments' which work to improve our environment. She works with re-usable and waste materials, ceramics, natural materials such as jute and often nature itself; to create installations, videos and sculptures. Having recently presented her work at the TBA21-Academy Ocean Space in April, she will be showing a video and be in conversation at our GI event at Kelvin Hall Cinema.

During the past year, Licida's artwork has been set under water, working with indigenous mussel fishermen, supported by Pivô and São Paulo Ocean Institute scientists. Reached only by boat, the installation is part of the indigenous mussel farm and set in the Atlantic Ocean in Ubatuba in Brazil. She is experimenting with natural water filters such as mussels and seaweeds in Ubatuba with a high number of tourists. New water cleaning solutions are needed as more visitors will create more sea water pollution problems. This issue is echoed throughout the world and is linked to water companies and waste, highlighted in our previous programme 'Forecast Turkey: Memory of Water' in 2025.

Book your tickets here: https://invisibledust.com/event/gievent/

Part of the British Council and Instituto Guimarães Rosa UK/Brazil official Season of Culture 2025–26 with the Consulate General of Brazil in Edinburgh. ‘The Ocean’s Edge’ is a collaboration of Pivô and Invisible Dust with TBA21-Academy.

Images:
1. Licida Vidal, Filter Lamp, 2023
2. Licida Vidal, Shadow Zones, 2024
3. Licida Vidal, Raft for times without shores, 2024

25/04/2026

British Nigerian artist Ranti Bam, one of the ‘Climate Clock’ artists, is opening her first solo institutional exhibition at South London Gallery next week.

Ranti Bam works with sculpture, performance, film and photography. She explores our relationship to the environment through touch, spirituality and healing. For ‘Sacred Groves’ Bam has two connected series of sculptures, the Ifas and Abstract Vessels, and will also debut a new film produced in Osun-Oshogbo, a sacred site of the Yoruba fertility goddess Osun. The film tracks the river’s path and human impact on the landscape. ‘Sacred Groves’ is at the SLG, 1 May – 23 Aug.

Opening on 13 June 2026, as part of Oulu2026’s European Capital of Culture programme, ‘Climate Clock' is a permanent public art trail curated by Invisible Dust’s Artistic Director, Alice Sharp. ‘Climate Clock’ reflects on our relationship with nature and climate warming, and awakens us to the rhythms of the Earth.

Photo: Ranti Bam, Portrait. Image courtesy the artist, James Cohan, New York. Photo by Laura Stevens.

21/04/2026

The Jameel Arts & Health Lab and the WHO Regional Office for Europe have organised a special panel event marking the launch of a new policy brief in the Arts and Health series: “Highlighting the role of arts and culture in addressing the health impacts of climate change.” What if the key to tackling the climate crisis lies in our culture – in what we create and imagine and how we connect with one another?

This session will bring together actor and climate advocate Mark Ruffalo, Invisible Dust's Artistic Director Alice Sharp, and international experts to explore how arts and culture can support communities to understand, respond to, and take action on the health challenges posed by climate change. The discussion will highlight the role of creativity in fostering wellbeing, strengthening connection, and building resilience.

As Mark Ruffalo has noted:
“This is our moment. The solutions are right in front of us—we have all the energy and technology needed right here on the surface of the earth. If we invest our resources in our communities, we could ensure that all of us have access to green spaces, healthy foods, health care, and clean air.” - Time Magazine, 2023

Online: 29 April, 13:30 - 15:00 BST register your free ticket: https://invisibledust.com/event/who-panel/

08/04/2026

We are really excited that marine life will be part of our Glasgow International artists screening on 4th June.

Atlantic Ocean species including a black seadevil fish from the Porcupine Abyssal Plain, a flower coral from Barbados and leatherback turtle hatchlings from Trinidad selected by Mike G. Rutherford, Curator of Zoology & Anatomy, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, will be displayed from the museum’s collections. In October, the artists saw live adult leatherback turtles, the largest of all living turtles, in a sanctuary in Ubatuba, Brazil. The Hunterian involvement forms part of the art and science interdisciplinary collaboration of 'The Ocean's Edge' programme.

'The Ocean's Edge', Glasgow International event will screen works by artists Alberta Whittle, Letícia Ramos and Licida Vidal followed by a chat with Invisible Dust’s Artistic Director Alice Sharp. Inspired by the pioneering environmentalist and writer Rachel Carson, 'The Ocean's Edge' uncovers the Atlantic Ocean from Scotland to Brazil, weaving together poetry, decolonial ancestral knowledge, climate change and marine science.

Book your free tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/glasgow-international-talk-screening-the-oceans-edge-tickets-1985364960040?aff=oddtdtcreator

Images: A large flower coral from Barbados; Leatherback turtle hatchlings from Trinidad, A black seadevil fish from the Porcupine Abyssal Plain, Atlantic Ocean,all courtesy of Mike G. Rutherford, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

Part of the British Council and Instituto Guimarães Rosa UK/Brazil official Season of Culture 2025–26 with the Consulate General of Brazil in Edinburgh. ‘The Ocean’s Edge’ is a collaboration of Pivô and Invisible Dust with Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary.

19/03/2026

Alberta Whittle, Licida Vidal and Letícia Ramos screening and talk Glasgow International! We are thrilled that ‘The Ocean’s Edge’ Brazilian artists Letícia Ramos and Licida Vidal, alongside Alberta Whittle who represented Scotland at Venice in 2022, will screen their films and be in conversation with Alice Sharp. They will uncover the Atlantic Ocean from Scotland to Brazil, weaving together poetry, decolonial ancestral knowledge, climate change and marine science.

Friday 5 June, 4-6pm at the Kelvin Hall Cinema, Glasgow.
Book your free tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/glasgow-international-talk-screening-the-oceans-edge-tickets-1985364960040?aff=oddtdtcreator

Part of the British Council and Instituto Guimarães Rosa UK/Brazil official Season of Culture 2025–26 with the Consulate General of Brazil in Edinburgh. ‘The Ocean’s Edge’ is a collaboration of Pivô and Invisible Dust with Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary.

Images: Alberta Whittle, 'Where the tide greets memory', 2023. Photo: National Galleries of Scotland; Artists headshots (l-r) Letícia Ramos, Alberta Whittle, Licida Vidal; Alice Sharp.

27/02/2026

At Invisible Dust, the sea is a vital thread in our work, including recent projects across Scarborough and North Yorkshire, so we’re delighted to see 'Of Land and Sea' opening today at Scarborough Museums and Galleries

From rugged shorelines to rolling hills, the exhibition draws on Scarborough’s collections to trace how artists have interpreted the beauty and drama of these landscapes over time. It also features historic objects on loan from the Scarborough Maritime Heritage Centre, helping preserve and share the town’s rich seafaring past.

From Invisible Dust's public art commissions, including Jeremy Deller’s 'Roman Mosaic c. 2025' at Scarborough's Seawatching Station, to our international programme , we work to deepen conversations around marine ecologies, climate, and the stories held within our shorelines.

'Of Land and Sea' continues until 2 May 2026. If you're in Scarborough don't miss it!

Works pictured:
Robin Hood's Bay by Richard E. Clarke (1878–1954) © Scarborough Museums and Galleries
Castle Rock, Scarborough by Robert Ernest Roe (1851–1930) © Scarborough Museums and Galleries
Westwood Glade by Ivon Hitchens (1893–1979), (detail) © the artist's estate. Image credit: Scarborough Museums and Galleries
Installation views, 'Of Land and Sea' exhibition, 2026 at © Scarborough Museums and Galleries

20/02/2026

Artist Rana Begum recently opened 'Reflection' at The Gallery at Windsor, Florida, building on her acclaimed US museum debut at SCAD Museum of Art and marking a major moment in her international practice.

Reimagined for Windsor’s striking architecture and tropical setting, the exhibition spans more than a decade of work. Using automobile light reflectors, safety tape, glass, metal panels and chain-link fencing, Begum transforms everyday industrial materials into luminous compositions that shift with light, movement and environment.

Looking ahead to , curated by Alice Sharp Artistic Director of , opening in Oulu, Finland in June 2026 as part of , Begum will take this dialogue into the public realm. 'No.1574 Stone' will see five monumental sculptures rise through Kauppurienaukio Square, referencing glaciers and sea ice beneath the city surface. Developed with glaciologist Alun Hubbard (University of Oulu; featured on Frozen Planet), the work captures the shimmer of Arctic ice, connecting urban life with the accelerating realities of climate change.

Images:
Rana Begum, No.1463 Louvre; No.1462 Louvre; No.1464 Louvre; No.1465 Louvre; No.1472 Louvre, all works 2025. Courtesy of Rana Begum and Kate MacGarry Gallery, London. Photography: Philip White.
Rana Begum, No.1511 Mesh (Taipei), 2025
Rana Begum, Reflection installation, 2025. Courtesy of Rana Begum and The Gallery at Windsor, Florida. Photo: Aric Attas.

'Reflection' at The Gallery at Windsor is curated by Daniel S. Palmer, Chief Curator of the SCAD Museum of Art in Savannah, and continues until 8 May 2026.

18/02/2026

°:•.🐠*.•🪸.•:° 'For All At Last Return', a major group exhibition now open at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, explores different marine ecosystems, from near-shore and intertidal zones to coral reefs, the open ocean and the deep sea, considering our relationships with these fragile environments and their dependent communities.

Featuring work by Brazilian artist Letícia Ramos – who is participating as part of our programme 'The Ocean's Edge / Litoral do Limite' – alongside British and international artists who work at the intersection of art and ecology, and for whom the health of the ocean is an enduring concern.

Don't miss it, the exhibition continues to 7 June 2026.

Artists: Monira Al Qadiri / Michele Allen / Bianca Bondi / Shezad Dawood / Taloi Havini and Michael Toisuta / Joan Jonas / Otobong Nkanga / Katja Novitskova / Kristina Õllek / Letícia Ramos / Emilija Škarnulytė / Rob Smith

Exhibition Partner: Schmidt Ocean
Photography by Colin Davison

'The Ocean's Edge / Litoral do Limite' is an initiative of Pivô Salvador and Dust , supported by the British Council and Instituto Guimarães Rosa, as part of the UK/Brazil Season of Culture 2025–26.

16/02/2026

Hockney's 'Year in Normandie' – how art connects us with nature's time

His paintings and digital artworks are celebrated for their close observation of seasons, slowness of nature, changing weather and light; this reconnection with our natural surroundings and temporality is a common theme we have been developing with the 'Climate Clock' artists.

David Hockney will present 'A Year in Normandie and Some Other Thoughts about Painting' at , London (opening 12 March 2026), including his monumental 'A Year in Normandie' 90-metre frieze (2020-21), inspired by walking along the Bayeux Tapestry and capturing the changing seasons at the artist’s former studio in Normandy, including this timbered thatched Seventeenth century farmhouse, alongside a number of new works.

"Hockney believes that everyday cycles, like a sunrise, are worth celebrating...[his] digital painting tools allow him to capture the essence of each scene, skilfully recording changes in light and weather en plein air."

Hockney is also creating a new Sunley Window commission at Turner Contemporary, Margate, opening 1 April 2026, which will transform the gallery’s iconic floor-to-ceiling window overlooking Margate’s beaches and the North Sea.

Follow – the permanent art trail opening this June in Oulu, Finland, curated by Alice Sharp of Invisible Dust for Oulu2026 - European Capital of Culture 2026 – intertwining art, science and nature to inspire environmental awareness and a renewed connection with nature’s time.

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