s.a.nebeker@gmail.com (801) 363-8616     



    I am an interdisciplinary artist who is curious about the structure and formation of patterns embedded in natural forms, such as the branching patterns of arborescence as seen in corals, trees, or river deltas. I create sculptures as meditations on shape and form, and investigate the functional intentions of the organic system from a biological perspective.

    I use cast bronze to mimic these expanding patterns, to hold onto their intricate and ephemeral structures. I want to share the physical weight of the thing in hopes that the viewer will look closer at the details to create a new relationship with the phenomena.

    Recently I investigated coral morphology to reinterpret human connection to our oceans. I utilized 3D printers and high magnification microscopes to collect patterns and shapes, ultimately to create sculptural objects to be held in the palm of a hand. Through this multi-modal approach, I share the wonder and beauty intrinsic to natural systems.


C.V.


Education


Bachelor of Arts in Art

Bachelor of Arts in Biology

College of Creative Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Spring 2020


Art


 Solo Exhibitions

2020 MacroMicro, UCSB Glassbox Gallery, Santa Barbara

2019 ABACO 2019, UCSB Glassbox Gallery Barbara

2017 So It Goes, UCSB Glassbox Gallery, Santa Barbara


Group Exhibitions

2020 Remote Amalgamation virtual show

UCSB Art undergrad virtual show

Curated Kindling, Glass Box Gallery Space, Santa Barbara

Alliance of Women in Media Arts and Sciences Conference, Santa Barbara

2019 UCSB Art Undergrad show, Art Design & Architecture Museum, Santa Barbara

SHE-DEN Feminist Art Exhibition, Red barn Project Space, Santa Barbara

2018 UCSB Art Undergrad show, Art Design & Architecture Museum, Santa Barbara

Mid Residency Review, College of Creative Studies Art Gallery, Santa Barbara

2017 UCSB Art Undergrad show, Art Design & Architecture Museum, Santa Barbara

2016 “Iron, Gender, and Power” College of Creative Studies Art Gallery, Santa Barbara



Commissions

2020 Art director of The Dowager, a short independent film, Salt Lake City

Graphics for Toucan Ridge Ecological & Education Society

2019-ongoing Scientific Illustration for Dr. Craig Montell

2019 Graphics for Bimini Biological Field Station

Conservation poster for Dr. Graham Reynolds

2018 Illustrated field guide for Macolline Nature Preserve

2017-ongoing Scientific Illustration for Dr. Denise Montell



Internships + Workshops + Awards

2019-2020 Art Honors Program, UCSB, Santa Barbara

2019 Work-trade at Johnston Studios bronze foundry, Bahamas

2019 Sound in Contemporary Practice workshop with Lucky Dragons, Santa Barbara

2018-2020 Internship at UCSB’s Allosphere, Santa Barbara http://www.allosphere.ucsb.edu/

2018 Summer Undergraduate Research Fund (SURF),UCSB, Santa Barbara

2017 Internship under Peter Allen, retired Marketing Director of Depart. Engineering UCSB, Santa Barbara



Publications

2020 Figures in Montell, D., 2020 EMT, Integration of migratory cells into new site in vitro requires channel-independent functions of innexins on microtubules. Developmental Cellular Biology. National Library of Medicine.

2017 Figures in Montell, D., 2017 Unconventional ways to live and die. Annual Review Cellular Developmental Biology



Biology



Lab Work

2016 Dr. Craig Carlson Microbial Oceanography Lab, UCSB

2017 Dr. Deron Burkepile Community Ecology Lab, UCSB

2018 Dr. Hillary Young Community Ecology Lab, UCSB



Field Work

2017 Tatoosh School Field and coursework, Southeast Alaska

2018 Field work in Santa Barbara water shed under Dr. Hillary Young Lab

2019 Assist Dr. Aaron Shutlz, Bahamas

2019 Assist Bahamas Marine Mammal Research Organization, Bahamas



Internships

2021 Intern at Toucan Ridge Ecology and Education Society (T.R.E.E.S) 

2019 Intern for Bahamas Marine Mammal Research Organization, Bahamas

2019-2020 Invertebrate zoology intern at the Santa Barbara Natural History Museum under Dr. Daniel Geiger



Employment

2016 Scientific illustrations for Dr. Denise Montell (2016-ongoing)

2019 Scientific illustrations for Dr. Craig Montell (2019-ongoing)



Volunteering

2016 Volunteer with Cheadle Center for Biodiversity & Ecological Restoration (CCBER) at UCSB

2019 Volunteer with Friends of the Environment, Bahamas



Publications

2020 Figures in Montell, C., 2020 Drosophila sensory receptors—a set of molecular Swiss Army Knives. Genetics (in review).

2020 Figures in Montell, D., 2020 EMT, One of many morphological transitions in cellular phase space. Methods of Molecular Biology. National Library of Medicine.

2019 Figure in Shultz, A., 2019 Are juvenile ogaa on a diet in Lac Vieux Desert Lake? Ceded Territory Science



Awards + Certifications

2018 Recipient of Summer Undergraduate Research Fund (SURF) Fellowship

Presented at Research and Creative Activity Conference (RACA CON)

2019 Scuba open-water certified PADI (4 warm water/ 1 cold water), Bahamas