Cody Herrmann

Background

About Cody Herrmann

Cody Herrmann is an artist and community organizer based in Flushing, Queens, NYC. She combines socially engaged art, political advocacy, and community science to create participatory art works and public programs. Guided by her interest in public space, participatory design methods, and urban resilience Cody’s work explores urban planning processes while applying an iterative, human centered approach to ecological problem solving. Since 2014 her work has focused on her hometown of Flushing, creating projects critiquing policy related to land use and environmental planning in areas surrounding Flushing Bay and Flushing Creek. Cody has been the recipient of the apexart International Fellowship, Culture Push Climate Justice Fellowship, Human Impacts Institute Impact Artist Fellowship, More Art Engaging Artists Fellowship, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning Artist in Residency Fellowship, and Works on Water Residency. She has been awarded a Queens Art Fund New Work Grant, Waterfront Alliance City of Water Day Award, and Social Practice Queens Action Art Award. Her work has been featured in Hyperallergic, and she has given presentations at Open Engagement, Pratt Institute, LaGuardian Community College, Queens College, and the Godwin-Ternbach Museum. Cody holds an MFA from Social Practice Queens at CUNY Queens College, and undergraduate degree from Parsons School of Design.