11 Artists Inspired by the San Francisco Bay Area

This collection of original artworks was commissioned for Gradient Canopy, a Google office in the San Francisco Bay Area. Each artwork draws inspiration from the areas' local ecology.

Some artists engaged directly with the site and its surroundings by foraging and scanning native plants, filming local skyscapes, and training models on regional satellite imagery.

Others recast scientific data, such as meteorological records and California botanical archives, to visualize family histories.

Artificial intelligence plays a unique role in each artist’s creative process: as a partner in sketching and writing, a translator, or a researcher.

For some, AI helped to share other perspectives, inviting us to view the world through the eyes of pollinators or machines.