Broadway Stages’ 2024 Arts Residency Award Recipient | Seema Lisa Pandya

Congratulations to Seema Lisa Pandya on being named Broadway Stages' 2024 Arts Residency Award Recipient.

Brooklyn-based Pandya is a multidisciplinary artist. Her wide-ranging work includes fine art, public art, sculpture, painting, photography, woodworking, light sculptures, kinetic interactive sculptures, and building-integrated installations. She aims to connect audiences with an experiential awareness of nature and primordial forms with its roots in sustainability, biology, and physics.

In addition to being a practicing artist, Pandya is an accomplished sustainability consultant and green building educator. In her capacity as an educator, she teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in sustainability at FIT SUNY and is currently at the New York School of Interior Design.

Her featured work this summer is "Resonant Nature," a sculptural installation devised for the Kingsland Wildflowers Green Roof. This work features vertical sculptures that echo nature's vibration patterns. The sculptures integrate into the rooftop ecosystem with bird perches and insect shelters.

The size and spacing of the sculptural work are designed using the golden ratio and the Fibonacci Sequence, mathematical proportions found everywhere in nature. Moreover, the primary sculptural material “Richlite” was chosen for its sustainability. It is a strong paper stone made from 100% post-consumer recycled paper fiber and phenolic resin. Its composition remains sustainable but is also made to withstand the elements.

"Resonant Nature" will be unveiled at the inaugural event of this year's We Are Nature series by NOoSPHERE Arts on June 22. On this occasion, Pandya will discuss the work and her inspiration. This is a donation-based event, and tickets are available here.

The Broadway Stages' Arts Residency Award is granted with a consideration of both artistry and ecology. We are proud to sponsor Seema Lisa Pandya and her work “Resonant Nature.” Be sure to stop by Kingsland Wildflowers this summer during their open hours (Friday evenings, 5 to 8 p.m.) to get fully immersed in the installation!