Escape Velocity 2021
Found Styrofoam TV packaging, partially eaten/degraded by mealworms 252 x 140 x 140 inches   Iris in the Anthropocene 2020
Watercolor, acrylic, partially eaten/degraded Styrofoam powder with mealworm trails, watercolor panels 48 x 108 inches     Narendra Haynes is an interdisciplinary artist who engages in interspecies collaboration to explore human exceptionalism and the ecological crisis. Working with mealworms to repurpose and decompose Styrofoam waste, Haynes produces paintings, sculptures, videos, and installations that challenge us to think differently about the material conditions of our shared planet and our relationship to non-human life. 


Haynes was born in Detroit, MI, and received his BFA from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. As an MFA student at The University of Pennsylvania he received the Stuart Egnal Scholarship Award and earned a Certificate in Emerging Design and Research.