The Gowanus Dredgers are proud to present “ARRIVALS” by Jos Prol.

Jos Prol was born in the Garden State, fifteen miles west of the Hudson River.

Since early childhood he explored pockets of nature nestled in urban sprawl and paddled on waterways of the New York Metropolitan area like the Passaic, Raritan and Bronx Rivers. This fascination continued when he moved to New York in 2009 and ultimately led him to the home he found as a member of the Gowanus Dredgers.

Interests in mathematics, artistic expression and construction led him through an education in architecture and a career in structural engineering. Technical experience with the built environment, deep interest in the rhythms of nature and unique location in a place where all meet in a dramatic way has inspired his new work.

He explores the relationship of things comprehensively ordered by human hand with bodies guided by forces beyond human control. He looks for patterns of order that may exist in fields that initially present themselves as chaos. He wonders whether a human individual has more similarities with a piece of driftwood that floats into the Gowanus Canal than we might think.