Rimer Cardillo: Deep Ecology | On view from Thursday 22 January - Sunday 22 February 2026

The Rourke is pleased to announce that Rimer Cardillo's Deep Ecology is now on view in the Duane K. Mickelson Memorial Gallery and Southwest Gallery, in collaboration with Plains Art Museum. 

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​     For more than five decades, Rimer Cardillo's artwork has offered a powerful commentary on the intersection of politics, economics, and ecological degradation. Deep Ecology suggests that the systemic oppression of Indigenous communities is linked to the destruction of ecosystems, wildlife, and biodiversity. The artist's work challenges viewers to reconsider their relationship with nature and underscores the moral imperative to protect it.
     Support for this exhibition is provided in part by the Judith Whitney Godwin Foundation for the Arts.

​     Cardillo studied at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes in Montevideo, the Berlin Weibensee School of Art, and the Leipzig School of Graphic Arts. He has lived in the US since 1979 and taught printmaking at the State University of New York at New Paltz. Cardillo was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1997, represented Uruguay at the Venice Biennale in 2001, and has exhibited extensively throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. His work is held in many private and public collections around the world.