Exhibitions

Exhibition pages

Exhibitions with their own page, with photographs and texts.

All exhibitions 58

2026

• Horse | Tree | EarthCharles Rennie Mackintosh Society, Mackintosh Queen’s Cross, Glasgow, 25 November – 18 December 2026; opening Friday 27 November. The history of equine labour in Glasgow through historical images, publications and archival research, with documentation of the performance and tree planting at Hamiltonhill Claypits Local Nature Reserve (18 October and 15 November) and a final video by Helena Öhman. By Reiko Goto Collins and Collins + Goto Studio.Project: Horse | Tree | Earth

2024

• HAKOTO / portach / bogLeitrim Sculpture Centre, Ireland, 12 July – 10 August 2024, with Artificial – Bog – Intelligence. The outcome of the Landscape, Ecology & Environment Research residency (LEER); collaborators included Chris Malcolm and Noel Hefele. Curated by Seán O’Reilly.Exhibition Project: HAKOTO
• HAKOTO | Speaking Leaf, with Chris MalcolmCckpt • Sound Art • Data Sonification, a large group exhibition and series of performances: the Hofgarten, Düsseldorf, and three parks in Köln, 1–5 May 2024.Exhibition Project: HAKOTO
• HAKOTO at Glasgow Women’s LibraryGlasgow International 2024. The Peace Arbor with Yoko Ono: garden development and a HAKOTO performance by Reiko Goto Collins, with an indoor exhibition of the video HAKOTO: HAWTHORN 11.04.2024 and a reading area with a library of ecofeminist history and philosophy. Curated by Caroline Gausden.Exhibition Project: HAKOTO

2022

• Eco-Art Work: 11 Artists from 8 CountriesVarious Small Fires, Los Angeles, 25 June – 30 July 2022. Group exhibition organised by Newton Harrison, with Salma Arastu, Brandon Ballengée, Barbara Benish, Nathalie Blanc, the Harrisons, Jorgge Menna Barreto, Aviva Rahmani, Åsa Sonjasdotter, Ruth Wallen and Yangkura.Exhibition
• In Search of the PluriverseRotterdam, 23 May – 7 August 2022. Curated by Sophie Krier and Eric Wong.
• Visual Natures: The Politics and Culture of Environmentalism in the 20th and 21st CenturyMAAT, Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Lisbon, 29 March – 5 September 2022. Catalogue images from Groundworks (3 Rivers 2nd Nature), curated by Grant Kester.Museum Project: 3 Rivers 2nd Nature

2019

• PLEIN AIR | The Southern Appalachian ForestMayer Gallery, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina. Also shown in Resounding Change at the John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center, Western Carolina University.Turchin Center Project: Plein Air

2017

• A Caledonian DecoyIntermedia Gallery, CCA, Glasgow, February 2017. Presented by the Centre for Nature in Cities.Exhibition CCA Project: The Black Wood
• PLEIN AIR – Live at the Kibble PalaceKibble Palace, Glasgow Botanic Gardens.Catalogue (PDF) Project: Plein Air

2016

• A Tree is a LIVING Thing (The Piper–Schelling Experiments)In Future Stratigraphy, University of Sydney, Australia.Project: Plein Air
• PLEIN AIR at Common GroundThe Arts and Humanities Research Council’s Common Ground event, University of York: a performance over three days. Co-curated by Stacey Boldrick and Henry Chapman.Project: Plein Air

2015

• Sylva CaledoniaSummerhall (Genotype/Phenotype gallery), Edinburgh, with Gerry Loose, Morven Gregor and Chris Fremantle. Curated by James Howie (ASCUS) and Holly Knox Yeoman.Summerhall Project: The Black Wood
• The Breadalbane DeliberationDall Mill, Rannoch, 2–8 August 2015: a week’s exhibition and workshop around a 3 × 3 metre map of the region.Project: The Black Wood
• Sound of a TreeIn Visual Sounds: Bioakustische Musik, ON – Neue Musik Köln, Cologne, August 2015. Curated by Georg Dietzler.Project: Plein Air

2013

• Eden3: Trees are the Language of Landscape, with Chris MalcolmTent Gallery, Edinburgh College of Art, 22 April – 25 May 2013.Catalogue (PDF) Project: Plein Air
• Spirit in the Air: CO2 EdenburghWith Creative Carbon Scotland for the Edinburgh Festival, Tent Gallery, Edinburgh College of Art, 1–23 August 2013.Project blog
• The Forest is Moving / Tha a’ Choille a’ GluasadPerth Museum and Art Gallery.Catalogue (PDF) Project: The Black Wood

2011

• Too Shallow for Diving: The 21st Century is Treading WaterNine Mile Run and 3 Rivers 2nd Nature, with Noel Hefele, American Jewish Museum, Pittsburgh. Curated by Carolyn Speranza.Project: Nine Mile Run Project: 3 Rivers 2nd Nature

2010

• PLEIN AIR | The Ethical Aesthetic ImpulsePeacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen. Curated by Angela Lennon.Catalogue (PDF) Project: Plein Air

2007

• Called to Action: Environmental Restoration Projects by ArtistsArtsites, Riverhead, New York. Curated by Lillian Ball.

2006

• Ecological Practices of Contemporary ArtKaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan. Curated by Fang Li.

2005

• Groundworks: Environmental Collaboration in Contemporary Art3 Rivers 2nd Nature, with Noel Hefele, in the exhibition at the Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, autumn 2005. Curated by Grant Kester; fifteen collaborative projects across three floors.Catalogue (PDF) Project: 3 Rivers 2nd Nature

2004

• Breath Between Shadow and LightIn the Geumgang Nature Art Biennale, South Korea. Curated by Anke Mellin.

2002

• Nine Mile Run and Slag GardenIn Ecovention, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio. Curated by Sue Spaid and Amy Lipton. With Bingham.Project: Nine Mile Run

2000

• Nine Mile Run: Conversations in the Rust BeltMiller Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh. With Bingham, Pell and Stephen.Project: Nine Mile Run
• CarnegieIn Introductions, Tryon Center Artists in Residence, Spirit Square Galleries, Charlotte, North Carolina.

1999

• WatermarkIn Natural Realities, Ludwig Museum, Aachen, Germany.
• Nine Mile Run, the Final DialogueWood Street Gallery, Pittsburgh. With Bingham, Stephen and others.Project: Nine Mile Run

1998

• The Nine Mile Run ProjectAn installation in Art and Nature, RICO Gallery, Santa Monica, California. Curated by Tricia Watts. With Bingham.Project: Nine Mile Run
• Carnegie and ThistleIn Regional Exchange, The Brew House Gallery, Pittsburgh.

1995

• The Kelvinator Pact, a cryogenic solution to excess national prideAn interactive installation with Reiko Goto for Latent August: The Legacy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese American Historical Society, San Francisco.
• A Liquid Evaluation of the Brooklyn WaterfrontA collaborative installation with Reiko Goto for the Brooklyn Bridge Anchorage and Creative Time, New York.
• PalingenesisA collaborative interactive installation with Reiko Goto for Eco Nation – Patriots of the Earth, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California.
• The Icebox Collection – A Watershed for PittsburghAn interactive installation for the Carnegie Mellon University Faculty Exhibition, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts.

1993

• A Unified Analysis of Liquid Phenomenon; or KanawaiAn installation for REUSE–REFUSE, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Hawaii.

1992

• Aqua de Unum, Levitate and FoundationThree installations for the Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, California.

1991

• An Apology for Not Paying Attention to Those Things That Really MatterAn installation for the San Francisco Zen Center Hospice program, with Reiko Goto.
• Like Oil and WaterA collaborative installation with Reiko Goto, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California.

1990

• PotentialA collaborative installation for the home, with Reiko Goto, Secession Gallery, San Francisco.
• HomeostasisA multimedia installation with Rebecca Solnit, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco.
• Is Man the Perfect Measure and Pattern of All Things?With Reiko Goto, for Earth Day 1990, Palo Alto Cultural Center, California.
• Bluebird, An Alternative Housing ProjectA permanent collaborative project with Reiko Goto and the teachers and students of the Athenian School, Danville, California.

1989

• FLYWith Reiko Goto, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, California.
• Five Days on Oahu or The Waters of Kane Versus the Pleading Cries of ChildrenWith Reiko Goto, for Corporeality, Campus Center Gallery, University of Hawaii at Manoa.

1988

• Offshore Residence (Everyone’s Home by the Bay)Temporary public work on the Embarcadero Promenade, San Francisco, for the Capp Street Project.
• Water Rock FleshAn installation for Artists at the Rock, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco.
• The Sea Was Wet As Wet Could Be…With Reiko Goto, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco.

1987

• What You Don’t See Can’t Hurt YouWith Reiko Goto, for Elementally My Dear, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery.
• Tidal WellTemporary public work with Mark Thompson for Public Art Works Marin, Bayfront Park, Mill Valley, California.
• A Room With A View and Dream The Way HomeInstallation and object for the Headlands Center for the Arts Open Studio Exhibitions, Sausalito.

1986

• Nobodies Home For Every OneTemporary public project for the San Francisco Arts Commission Public Art Festival, Civic Center Plaza, San Francisco.
• Ocean StateInstallation, University of Rhode Island Fine Arts Gallery, Kingston, Rhode Island.
• He Never Ate Solid FoodFor the HOTEL project, curated by Jo Babcock, Oakland, California.
• Black Fish Gold 2 YouFor the San Francisco Arts Commission Awards of Honor Banquet, Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco.
• CUREInstallation, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco.

1985

• Concentrated ConcentricityInstallation for Open Studios, San Francisco.
• H2OMESan Francisco Art Institute Graduate Show.

Entries before 2013 and the extra detail for 2024 are from Tim Collins’s 2025 CV; collaborators are named as the CV names them. The 2026 entry is from the studio’s poster and project text (October 2026).

Performances, talks and residencies are posted on the News page; catalogues are listed under Publications.