STATEMENT
I have always been an artist who loves science and embraces the natural world. Reading about scientific discoveries and observing wild environments are how I first started my sculptural body of work surrounding the search for traces of life and possibilities of what life might look like beyond Earth. I construct fossils and skeletal forms to commemorate departed lifeforms. I work with bismuth, glycerin, mycelium, and bacteria. These materials allow forms to appear and disappear, the same way new organisms evolve and are discovered as well as become extinct and are preserved. By combining scientific techniques and sculptural practices, I can also collaborate with microbes to cultivate sustainable materials and living works of art.
From my perspective, art and science are similar in process, discovery, and concept. Both are trailblazers, both are peer reviewed, both have to fight for funding, and both are critical for human progress. It is important for science to have a strong role in our culture, which is why many artists, including myself, are trying to bring science into art with the hope of creating a deeper appreciation of science, a strong protection of the natural environment, and an overwhelming support for the art and science communities.
I have always been an artist who loves science and embraces the natural world. Reading about scientific discoveries and observing wild environments are how I first started my sculptural body of work surrounding the search for traces of life and possibilities of what life might look like beyond Earth. I construct fossils and skeletal forms to commemorate departed lifeforms. I work with bismuth, glycerin, mycelium, and bacteria. These materials allow forms to appear and disappear, the same way new organisms evolve and are discovered as well as become extinct and are preserved. By combining scientific techniques and sculptural practices, I can also collaborate with microbes to cultivate sustainable materials and living works of art.
From my perspective, art and science are similar in process, discovery, and concept. Both are trailblazers, both are peer reviewed, both have to fight for funding, and both are critical for human progress. It is important for science to have a strong role in our culture, which is why many artists, including myself, are trying to bring science into art with the hope of creating a deeper appreciation of science, a strong protection of the natural environment, and an overwhelming support for the art and science communities.