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Subhankar Banerjee is a photographer, writer, curator, conservationist, and environmental humanities scholar who uses his art to address biological annihilation and climate breakdown through a place-based and community-engaged approach. His transition to photography in 2000, driven by a childhood love for painting and concern for wilderness and native cultures, followed an earlier scientific career, providing an interdisciplinary foundation for his advocacy work. His artistic projects span diverse ecological regions globally, including the Arctic, U.S.-Mexico desert borderlands, Pacific Northwest rainforests, and India's Sundarbans. He often collaborates with Indigenous communities to protect these areas and give voice to their struggles, as featured in publications like "Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life and Land." Today, Banerjee's practice is rooted in academia and institution-building, reflecting a conviction that art and education can drive meaningful change. He serves as the founding director of the University of New Mexico Center for Environmental Arts & Humanities and the Species in Peril project, fostering dialogue and scholarship on biodiversity and climate crises.

The artist biographies for Witness Nothing were collaboratively written by curatorial interns Julyet Carillo and Elisa Leyva, with the oversight of Henry Schulte Assistant Curator of Practice. The content was compiled from a variety of sources, including personal websites, institutional biographies, critical essays, artist interviews, and exhibition texts. A comprehensive bibliography of all sources used is provided below. It is important to note that Gemini, a Google AI, was utilized in the editing process to condense and refine the initial drafts into more concise paragraphs, using the prompt: "Use the following information to shorten each artist bio to one paragraph.” 

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