Maggie
Coblentz is a researcher and artist from Canada. She works in the Science division at National Geographic. Maggie is also a Research Affiliate at the MIT Media Lab.
Previously, Maggie was a researcher with the Space Exploration Initiative at MIT, where she explored space food systems and human culture aboard the International Space Station. She has flown and conducted experiments on parabolic flights and led a microbiology study on the ISS.
Maggie has worked as a field logistician and led several Arctic field campaigns, including establishing an Arctic field school for MIT in Svalbard. Maggie is the founder of Fieldscape, an interdisciplinary field program that brings together scientists, engineers, artists, and designers, aiming to improve accessibility to remote research environments.
Maggie received a Master of Industrial Design from the Rhode Island School of Design. Her work has been exhibited internationally and featured in WIRED, The Economist, Scientific American, NPR, CNN, and more.
Previously, Maggie was a researcher with the Space Exploration Initiative at MIT, where she explored space food systems and human culture aboard the International Space Station. She has flown and conducted experiments on parabolic flights and led a microbiology study on the ISS.
Maggie has worked as a field logistician and led several Arctic field campaigns, including establishing an Arctic field school for MIT in Svalbard. Maggie is the founder of Fieldscape, an interdisciplinary field program that brings together scientists, engineers, artists, and designers, aiming to improve accessibility to remote research environments.
Maggie received a Master of Industrial Design from the Rhode Island School of Design. Her work has been exhibited internationally and featured in WIRED, The Economist, Scientific American, NPR, CNN, and more.
Exhibitions
2024
Convergence: Artistic Exploration from Nature to Society, curated by Po-hao Chi
National Applied Research Laboratories — Taipei, Taiwan
2023
Rescaling the World, curated by Po-hao Chi
Taipei Music Center — Taipei, Taiwan
2023
Science, Technology, and Society, curated by Caitlin Lai
Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab — Taipei, Taiwan
2023
Beyond the Cradle, curated by Jess Sousa
MIT Media Lab — Cambridge, US
2023
Technoscape, curated by Pippo Ciorra (MAXXI Architettura) and Maristella Casciato (Getty Research Institute)
MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century Art — Rome, Italy
2022
Gusto! Gli italiani a tavola. 1970-2050, curated by Massimo Montanari (Bologna University) and Laura Lazzaroni
Museo M9 Mestr — Venice, Italy
2022
Beyond the Cradle, curated by Xin Liu (MIT)
MIT Media Lab — Cambridge, US
2021
Future of Food Epochal Banquet, curated by Bompas & Parr and Sandra Ross
Expo 2020 Dubai — Dubai, UAE
2020
In Kepler’s Gardens, selected by Gerfried Stocker (Artistic Director)
Ars Electronica — Linz, Austria
2019
Beyond the Cradle, curated by Xin Liu (MIT)
MIT Media Lab — Cambridge, US
2019
The Future of Food, Usagi Gallery, curated by Julia Buntaine Hoel (SciArt)
Usagi Gallery — Brooklyn, US
2019
Out of the Box, selected by Gerfried Stocker (Artistic Director)
Ars Electronica — Linz, Austria
Residencies
2022
Norske Billedkunstnere (Norwegian Visual Artist)
Ny-Ålesund Research Station — Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard
2021
Artist in Residence
Spitsbergen Artists Center — Longyearbyen, Svalbard
2020
Visiting Researcher
Alchemist — Copenhagen, Denmark