Maggie
Coblentz is an interdisciplinary researcher, artist, and designer, from Canada. Her work explores a broad range of subjects, including food, wildlife, and technology. Maggie’s practice has
included Arctic fieldwork, zero gravity flights, and an experiment in the International Space
Station. Maggie’s research often takes shape as photography,
writing, image-based books, and cooking.
Maggie led research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 2018-2022 with the Space Exploration Initiative. At MIT, Maggie also initiated an Arctic fieldwork program for students in Svalbard where she has been based for two years.
Maggie received a Master of Industrial Design from the Rhode Island School of Design. Her work has been exhibited internationally including Ars Electronica (Austria), MIT Media Lab (US), World Expo 2020 Dubai (UAE), and MAXXI (Italy). She has been invited to speak at institutions including Yale, New York University, Parsons School of Design, Basque Culinary Center, and Berklee College of Music.
Maggie led research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 2018-2022 with the Space Exploration Initiative. At MIT, Maggie also initiated an Arctic fieldwork program for students in Svalbard where she has been based for two years.
Maggie received a Master of Industrial Design from the Rhode Island School of Design. Her work has been exhibited internationally including Ars Electronica (Austria), MIT Media Lab (US), World Expo 2020 Dubai (UAE), and MAXXI (Italy). She has been invited to speak at institutions including Yale, New York University, Parsons School of Design, Basque Culinary Center, and Berklee College of Music.
Exhibitions
2023 Rescaling the World, Taipei Music Center,
curated by Po-hao Chi, Taipei, Taiwan 2023 Science, Technology, and Society, Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab, curated by Caitlin Lai, Taipei, Taiwan 2023 Beyond the Cradle, MIT Media Lab, curated by Jess Sousa, Cambridge, US 2023 Technoscape, MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century Art, curated by Pippo Ciorra (MAXXI Architettura) and Maristella Casciato (Getty Research Institute), Rome, Italy 2022 Gusto! Gli italiani a tavola. 1970-2050, Museo M9 Mestr, curated by Massimo Montanari (Bologna University) and Laura Lazzaroni, Venice, Italy 2022 Beyond the Cradle, MIT Media Lab, curated by Xin Liu (MIT), Cambridge, US 2021 Future of Food Epochal Banquet, Expo 2020 Dubai, curated by Bompas & Parr and Sandra Ross, Dubai, UAE 2020 In Kepler’s Gardens, Ars Electronica, selected by Gerfried Stocker (Artistic Director), Linz, Austria 2019 Beyond the Cradle, MIT Media Lab, curated by Xin Liu (MIT), Cambridge, US 2019 The Future of Food, Usagi Gallery, curated by Julia Buntaine Hoel (SciArt), Brooklyn, US 2019 Out of the Box, Ars Electronica, selected by Gerfried Stocker (Artistic Director), Linz, Austria |
Speaking
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2023 Talk, Matsympossium, Oslo, Norway 2023Talk, MIT, Art Culture & Technology Studio, Cambridge, US 2022 Workshop, International Astronautical Congress, Paris, France 2022 Talk, Trænafestivalen, Træna, Norway 2022 Talk, ArktiskMat, Hurtigruten, Norway 2022 Talk, 3000 Years Among Microbes Workshop, Taipei, Taiwan (virtual) 2021 Talk, International Conference on Environmental Systems, Lisbon, Portugal (virtual) 2021 Lecture, Basque Culinary Center, San Sebastián, Spain 2021 Lecture, RISD, Master of Industrial Design Studio, Providence, US 2021 Lecture, Parsons School of Design, Emigrant Food Futures, NYC, US 2021 Talk, Berklee College of Music, Music & Food, Boston, US 2021 Lecture, New York University, Biodesigning the Future of Food, NYC, US 2019 Workshop, Yale, Prototyping Our SciFi Space Future, New Haven, US 2019 Talk, International Astronautical Congress, Washington, D.C., US 2019 Lecture, RISD, Global Food Challenges, Providence, US 2019 Lecture, RISD, Master of Industrial Design Studio, Providence, US 2019 Lecture, Basque Culinary Center, San Sebastián, Spain 2019 Talk, Emerce eDay, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2019 Workshop, MIT Media Lab, Space Fermentation, Cambridge, US 2018 Workshop, MIT Media Lab, Space Food, Cambridge, US |
Education
2018 Master of Industrial Design, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, US
2011 Bachelor of Design, Metropolitan University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Residencies
2022 NBK Ny-Ålesund Research Station, Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard
2021 Spitsbergen Artists Center, Longyearbyen, Svalbard
Select Press
2020 Algae Caviar, Anyone? What We’ll Eat on the Journey to Mars, March Cover Story, WIRED
2021 Filling the Void, WIRED Japan
2021 What’s it like to design a meal that floats?, MIT The Tech