Located in DUMBO, Brooklyn, A.I.R. Gallery is a feminist, artist-directed, nonprofit arts organization and alternative exhibition space for women and non-binary artists. Founded in 1972, A.I.R. is the longest-running alternative space for women artists in the United States.

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In Memory of Barbara Roux (1946–2025)

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of artist Barbara Roux.

A member of A.I.R. for over thirty years, Roux primarily dealt with issues of ecology in her work and was influenced by both conservation and natural history. She had eleven solo exhibitions at the gallery, including Fragile Area (1993), Society of Plants (2002), Growing Evidence (2013), and most recently Under Story (2021). Roux was proud of her decades of affiliation with A.I.R., first as a New York Member (1990–2009) and later as an Adjunct Member (2009–2025).

Roux's work has been featured in solo exhibitions at numerous institutions, including the Hofstra University Museum of Art, Queens College Art Center, the Lyman Allyn Art Museum, the Islip Art Museum, and the Heckscher Museum of Art, as well as in group shows in the United Kingdom, Korea, Romania, Argentina, Germany, and elsewhere.

Roux said her hope was that through her work people may become interested in the mysteries inherent in wild places. From interest, a desire to protect may follow.

To learn more about Roux's life and work, please visit www.barbararoux.com.