Gal Nissim, Leslie Ruckman

Gal and Leslie are longtime collaborators, combining their unique backgrounds and shared interest in ecology, biology, and animals to create interactive works that use art and technology to explore scientific questions and themes. Their creative process explores the lives of non-human creatures in search of parallels that can illuminate aspects of our human experience and underscore the importance of biodiversity. Gal and Leslie’s work has been exhibited internationally at Made in NY Media Center, Science Gallery (Detroit), Print Screen Festival (Israel), and NYCxDesign Festival at Times Square. They are recipients of fellowships and grants from Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC), Culture & Animals Foundation, and Microsoft Design Expo Challenge.