American artist Peter Fend (born 1950) founded the Ocean Earth Construction and Development Corporation ("OCEAN EARTH") in 1980, a legally incorporated successor to an artist venture initiated in 1979 to deliver art ideas and practices to real-world clients. The firm launched its worldwide business with a 1982 show at The Kitchen, NY called "Art of the State." After six years, Western governments shut its operations down. Since then, Fend has presented multidisciplinary projects at documenta in Kassel and biennials in Beijing, Yinchuan, Osaka, Venice, Liverpool, and Sharjah, all toward practical solutions to economic and
ecological crises.
