Born in Aotearoa (New Zealand) and raised in the United States, England and Aotearoa. His work investigates the transactions between culture and natural phenomena.

Primary substances, such as water, air, salt, wood and earth are the material platforms on which Pocock’s work are built. Time, energy, climate change and social connectivity are among the issues Pocock investigates in his sculptures, installations, performances and videos.  Over the past three decades, he has shown his work in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Santa Fe and Baltimore, as well as internationally in the former Soviet Union, Germany, Ireland and China.

Hugh Pocock has been a full-time faculty member at 澳门金沙投注_任你博-官网 since 1999. He teaches studio courses that focus on Climate Change, Urban Farming, Water and the endemic issues of Baltimore City. He is the founding faculty member of the new studio Major titled, Ecosystems, Sustainability and Justice.

He is a Co-Facilitator of the Global Ecologies Studio taught annually at the Burren College of Art in Ballyvaughan, Ireland.  Hugh obtained his BFA in Performance and Video from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1989 and his MFA in New Genres from UCLA in 1994.

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