Dr. Jennifer Willet is the Director of INCUBATOR Lab and a Canada Research Chair in Art, Science and Ecology at the University of Windsor. She is also a member of the College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada.
Willet is an internationally recognized artist and curator in the emerging field of BioArt. Her research resides at the intersection of art and science, and explores notions of representation, the body, ecologies, and interspecies interrelations in the biotechnological field.
She taught in Studio Arts at Concordia University (2000-2007) and at the Art and Genomics Centre at the University of Leiden (2008) in the Netherlands. In 2009 she opened the first biological art lab in Canada, called INCUBATOR: Hybrid Laboratory at the Intersection of Art, Science, and Ecology at the University of Windsor. In January 2018 INCUBATOR Lab launched a new custom-built BSL2 facility that is both a functional biotech laboratory and a multi-media theatre and exhibition venue. This internationally unique facility includes a glass wall opening to a large atrium, theatrical lighting, sound and video capabilities, to enable live and online viewing of biotechnology/artworks and performances.
http://www.incubatorartlab.com
Recent Works
Jennifer Willet
"The Great Lakes Algae Organ"
in DEPTH curated by Mark Sullivan
Science Gallery Detroit at the Michigan Science Centre, Detroit USA
exhibition website: https://detroit.sciencegallery.com/depth
Daily news article: http://www.uwindsor.ca/dailynews/2019-06-07/bioartist%E2%80%99s-installation-featured-exhibition-michigan-science-center
Department: School of Creative Arts
Office: Room 225 ARMORIES Armouries and Freedom Way
Phone: +1 519 253 3000 x2833
E-mail: jwillet@uwindsor.ca