Noah Scalin

Of America: Passenger Pigeon

Commercial stickers, acrylic on panel

“[This piece was] inspired by a plate from John James Audubon’s seminal ‘Birds of America.’ The Passenger Pigeon was at one point one of the most common birds in America, making up an estimated 25-40 percent of all birds in the country. The last living Passenger Pigeon, named Martha, died at 1 pm on September 1, 1914 at age 29, in the Cincinnati Zoological Garden. While it couldn’t be saved by laws that were enacted to protect it, the plight of the Passenger Pigeon served to bolster public support of stronger conservation efforts for endangered species…..I use commercially produced stickers to represent the cacophony of our modern American culture. My goal is to organize this noise into recognizable signals—ones that illuminate the things we should be prioritizing when we’re so easily distracted by the spectacle of our society."

— Noah Scalin

About the artist

Noah Scalin

American

Noah Scalin is the creator of the Webby Award winning project Skull-A-Day and the collaborative science fiction universe & performance art project League of Space Pirates. He was the Grand Prize winner of Artfields 2022 and his collaboration with Old Navy was one of the most viewed commercials of 2020. Noah was the inaugural artist-in-residence at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business and his fine art has been exhibited internationally, including installations in Times Square, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Mütter Museum and multiple solo exhibitions in Krause Gallery in NYC. His work has been commissioned by Old Navy, Capital One, and Goodwill; and has been featured in dozens of publications including Fast Company, Hi-Fructose, Juxtapoz, USA Today, The Telegraph, and the New York Times. Noah is the author of six books, a sought after public speaker on creativity, and was a co-host of the Emmy nominated VPM PBS program The Art Scene. He is also the founder of Another Limited Rebellion an art & innovation consulting firm which he co-runs with his sister and business partner, Mica Scalin.