Extinction — Ava Fedorov

Artist, writer, activist, professor, world traveler

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Artist Statement & Process

Installation & Exhibition

Dark Matter, 2017

Ink, Charcoal, Print

A victim of rampant poaching, despite protections, scientists searched for any signs of the rhino's existence in 2006 and came up empty.

The Black Rhinoceros

Observing Caribbean 'sea wolves' on the coast of Santo Domingo in 1494, Christopher Columbus promptly ordered his crew to kill eight of the animals for food, paving the way for exploitation of the species through the 20th century, with hunters somet

The Caribbean Monk Seal

"Lonesome George" was the name given to the very last Pinta Island Tortoise on earth.

Lonesome George

The Poʻouli or Black-faced Honeycreeper was one of Hawaii’s earliest native inhabitants.

Po'ouli

The Mamo was a Hawaiian endemic species of honeycreeper that became extinct due to habitat loss.

Ma'amo

After building the animal sculptures, I took them out into the natural world, and photographed the unnerving juxtaposition of nature and these unnatural plastic-stuffed animals.

Polaroids (Finite Frames)