From the Ground Up explores relationships between people and their environments, as well as interactions between the natural and the man-made. ICA teen artists express ideas about the ways in which they experience nature, the most unusual places they’ve found nature, and where they’ve seen an absence of nature.

This exhibition was organized by the ICA’s Teen Exhibitions Program, a group of creative teens who work together to plan, organize, and install exhibitions in the ICA Teen Gallery. This gallery is a space for us to imagine new ways of presenting work, and to grow in our own creative practice by collaborating with one another and ICA staff.

The artists included in the gallery are members of other ICA Teen Programs, including AMP: Music Production, Fast Forward, Photo Collective, Special Focus, and Teen Arts Council. Special thanks to all the collaborators who made this happen, including many staff at the ICA. See the bottom of this page for a full list.

From the Ground Up: Nature and the Man-Made will be on view in the Teen Gallery at the ICA’s Seaport Studio through May 30, 2024.

Thank you to our collaborators

Adonis T., ICA Teen Artist
Amari B., ICA Teen Artist
Ana R., ICA Teen Artist
Andrew Y., ICA Teen Artist
Angela T., Principal Designer
Angelica M., Teen Exhibitions Program Member
Anja R., ICA Teen Artist
Anthony S., ICA Teen Artist
Ayden A., Teen Exhibitions Program Member
Betsy G., Director of Teen Programs
Coco Rosenberg, Teen Exhibitions Program Teaching Artist
Edwin A., Facilities Assistant
Emmett S., Teen Exhibitions Program Member
Fiona L., Teen Exhibitions Program Member
Isabel L., ICA Teen Artist
Joseph B., Teen Exhibitions Program Member
Juliana G., ICA Teen Artist
Kai Vlahos, Art Installer
Kris W., Director of Creative Content and Digital Engagement
Laura C., Teen Exhibitions Program Member
Layla P., Teen Exhibitions Program Member
Leandra B., Teen Exhibitions Program Member
Lee R., Teen Exhibitions Program Member
Leena A., Teen Exhibitions Program Member
Liv Biel, Exhibitions Coordinator
Luna L., Teen Exhibitions Program Member
Mariana A., ICA Teen Artist
Miguel E., ICA Teen Artist
Nate C., Teen Creative Leadership Alumni Assistant
Nathan A., Teen Exhibitions Program Member
Nohemi R., Teen Programs Manager
Olivia N., ICA Teen Artist
Precious O., ICA Teen Artist
Rune M., ICA Teen Artist
Ruth E., Barbara Lee Chief Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs
Sachelle S., ICA Teen Artist
Sam R., Teen Exhibitions Program Member
Samantha P., Teen Exhibitions Program Member
Shiloh H., ICA Teen Artist
Sienna A., ICA Teen Artist
Sol Y., ICA Teen Artist
Sydney L., Teen Exhibitions Program Member
Tim O., Chief Preparator