2025 Triennial August 28 - October 26
The Works on Water 2025 Triennial is a multi-sited exhibition and series of public art interventions made on, in, and with urban bodies of water, created in response to our global climate crisis. Our third triennial, the 2025 edition is a dynamic invitation to New Yorkers to experience and reimagine the edges of our city through an exhibition, site-specific, participatory, time-based installations, events, conversations, and more. LMCC’s The Art Center on Governors Island will serve as the hub and central exhibition space for Triennial activities. A full schedule of events can be found here.
2020-2022 Triennial
Due to the COVID pandemic, we adapted our 2nd Triennial into a three-year exhibition consisting of multiple projects in multiple locations around the New York City waterfront, and in the gallery space and studios of the WowHaus on Governors Island.
2019 Events
Between triennials, Works on Water worked to actively support and grow the community of water artists in the greater New York City region, while also creating cross-disciplinary partnerships with urban planners, envrionmental scientists, and other water, environment and climate-related organizations and fields.
2018 Events
Between triennials, Works on Water worked to actively support and grow the community of water artists in the greater New York City region, while also creating cross-disciplinary partnerships with urban planners, envrionmental scientists, and other water, environment and climate-related organizations and fields.
2017 Triennial
The 2017 TRIENNIAL was the formal launch of Works on Water. Featuring theatrical productions, commissioned installations, field works, noontime events in Zucotti park, and community conversations, the show ran for the month of June and saw several hundred visitors.