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Many Eyes Wondering (Copy)

"Many Eyes Wondering", a solo-exhibition presented at The Sculpture Center in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. November 21, 2025 - January 17 2026. Photos courtesy of Jacob Koestler

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ACT 1 - LIVING (Copy)

"Living, Building, Making," a two-month solo exhibition presented in three acts at Unit 270 in Toronto, Canada. Act 1 - Living (March 7-23) / Act 2 - Building (March 28-April 13) / Act 3 - Making (April 18-27). Curated by Giles Monette

  Feeeels   2025  Polypropylene twine, mercerized cotton, acrylic, and merino wool 77” x 78” x 6”   Ancestral Diet   2019  Plaster, sugar  4” x 4” x 1.25” (smallest), 4” x 4” x 2.25" (largest)   Ancestral Diet II   2022  Cement, brown sugar 6” x 4” x

Feeeels
2025
Polypropylene twine, mercerized cotton, acrylic, and merino wool 77” x 78” x 6”

Ancestral Diet
2019
Plaster, sugar
4” x 4” x 1.25” (smallest), 4” x 4” x 2.25" (largest)

Ancestral Diet II
2022
Cement, brown sugar
6” x 4” x 2.25”

  Ancestral Diet   2019  Plaster, sugar 4” x 4” x 1.25” (smallest), 4” x 4” x 2.25" (largest)

Ancestral Diet
2019
Plaster, sugar
4” x 4” x 1.25” (smallest), 4” x 4” x 2.25" (largest)

  Slightly Nutty, Sweet, and Peppery   2025  Cotton, linen, polymer gypsum, black pigment 26” x 14” x 1” (smallest), 26” x 14” x 2” (largest)

Slightly Nutty, Sweet, and Peppery
2025
Cotton, linen, polymer gypsum, black pigment
26” x 14” x 1” (smallest), 26” x 14” x 2” (largest)

  Ancestral Diet   2019  Plaster, sugar 4” x 4” x 2”

Ancestral Diet
2019
Plaster, sugar
4” x 4” x 2”

  Ancestral Diet   2019  Plaster, sugar  14” x 14” x 1.5” (largest), 4” x 4” x 2.25" (smallest)   Ancestral Diet II   2022  Cement, brown sugar 3” x 3” x 2.75” (smallest), 6” x 4” x 2.25” (largest)

Ancestral Diet
2019
Plaster, sugar
14” x 14” x 1.5” (largest), 4” x 4” x 2.25" (smallest)

Ancestral Diet II
2022
Cement, brown sugar
3” x 3” x 2.75” (smallest), 6” x 4” x 2.25” (largest)

ACT 2 - BUILDING  (Copy)

ACT 2 - BUILDING

  Rough Like The Winter, Soft Like The Summer   2025  Polypropylene twine, walnut dyed manila rope, alpaca, wool, silk 82” x 90” x 2”   Whole Combos   2022  Cast plasticine 4.5" x 3.25" x 2.5" (smallest), 9" x 4" x 1" (largest)

Rough Like The Winter, Soft Like The Summer
2025
Polypropylene twine, walnut dyed manila rope, alpaca, wool, silk
82” x 90” x 2”

Whole Combos
2022
Cast plasticine
4.5" x 3.25" x 2.5" (smallest), 9" x 4" x 1" (largest)

  Legend of the Cow   2025  Plaster, white and black pigment 4.25" x 13" x 2.75" (smallest), 18.25" x 12.25" x 4.25" (largest)   Familar, Fiction, Filllet   2024  Wax casts, pigment, oil paint 4.5" x 2.75" x 2" (smallest), 7.5" x 4" x 1.5" (largest)

Legend of the Cow
2025
Plaster, white and black pigment
4.25" x 13" x 2.75" (smallest), 18.25" x 12.25" x 4.25" (largest)

Familar, Fiction, Filllet
2024
Wax casts, pigment, oil paint
4.5" x 2.75" x 2" (smallest), 7.5" x 4" x 1.5" (largest)

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ACT 3 - MAKING (Copy)

ACT 3 - MAKING

  Not Black, but a Very Dark Brown   2024  Cotton, linen, wool, tencel, human hair (Filipino bundles) 125" x 60" x 4"   Cold Sweat (Phunkahwallah)   2022  Cast papaya soap, wood, paint 9.25" x 20.75" x 2.75"

Not Black, but a Very Dark Brown
2024
Cotton, linen, wool, tencel, human hair (Filipino bundles)
125" x 60" x 4"

Cold Sweat (Phunkahwallah)
2022
Cast papaya soap, wood, paint
9.25" x 20.75" x 2.75"

  Survival Fish   2020  Wool, linen, cotton, tencel, silk, yak, milk fibre, rami, bamboo 52.5" x 48" x 3.5"

Survival Fish
2020
Wool, linen, cotton, tencel, silk, yak, milk fibre, rami, bamboo
52.5" x 48" x 3.5"

  The Smell of Sunlight   2025  Cotton, linen, wool, natural dye (annatto, turmeric, avocado, onion skin, clay) 60" x 80.5" x 4"   Otherworlds   2025  8-page saddle stitch zine, tan letter-size paper 8.5" x 5.5"

The Smell of Sunlight
2025
Cotton, linen, wool, natural dye (annatto, turmeric, avocado, onion skin, clay)
60" x 80.5" x 4"

Otherworlds
2025
8-page saddle stitch zine, tan letter-size paper
8.5" x 5.5"

  Slow Violence   2025  Plaster, natural pigment (tobacco and bay leaves), gloss medium 28.5" x 18" x 5"

Slow Violence
2025
Plaster, natural pigment (tobacco and bay leaves), gloss medium 28.5" x 18" x 5"

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Land Be Mine (Copy)

Land Be Mine

2023
Locally foraged clay, sand, sandstone, postcards, stickers, magnifying lenses, wood, felt, found metal stand
47” x 47” x 50”

Installed at Franconia Sculpture Park in Franconia Commons.

Photos by Jane Borstad

  Big Boss   2023  Foraged clay and sand 15” x 8” x 10”

Big Boss
2023
Foraged clay and sand
15” x 8” x 10”

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 Download a copy of  Map For Wild Clay       here .

Download a copy of Map For Wild Clay here.

 Download a copy of  Sand Stories       here .

Download a copy of Sand Stories here.

 Download a copy of  A Vision For World Domination       here .

Download a copy of A Vision For World Domination here.

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  Whole Combos   2022  Cast plasticine 4” x 4” x 1” (smallest), 6” x 3” x 3” (largest)  Shown in the solo exhibition,  Savage Cookbook  at the Canadian Sculpture Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.   June 4 - July 8 2022  Photos by  Rachel Bright   M

Whole Combos
2022
Cast plasticine
4” x 4” x 1” (smallest), 6” x 3” x 3” (largest)

Shown in the solo exhibition, Savage Cookbook at the Canadian Sculpture Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

June 4 - July 8 2022

Photos by Rachel Bright

Made with the support of the Ontario Arts Council

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  Brutal Boogie   2022  Wood, cast-cement, powder pigment, indoor paint 72" x 36" x 24"

Brutal Boogie
2022
Wood, cast-cement, powder pigment, indoor paint
72" x 36" x 24"

I've Seen The Elephant (Copy)

I've Seen The Elephant

Installed at Franconia Sculpture Park in Shafer, Minnesota.

2021

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  The Elephant   2021    Marine vinyl, insulation foam, wood 53” x 84" x 100”

The Elephant
2021
Marine vinyl, insulation foam, wood
53” x 84" x 100”

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  Exports   2021  Ceramic, white glaze 8” (diameter) x 3"

Exports
2021
Ceramic, white glaze
8” (diameter) x 3"

Laundry Loads (Copy)

Laundry Loads

An installation of works presented in the MFA group exhibition, no time for laundry at the Tufts University Art Galleries in Medford, MA.

May 1 - 19 2019

photos courtesy of Natalia Leginowicz

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  Elsewhere   2019    Laser-cut mirrored acrylic 38” x 24” x 0.125”

Elsewhere
2019
Laser-cut mirrored acrylic
38” x 24” x 0.125”

  Medriñaque   2018    Polypropylene twine, gold metallic foil fringe 84" x 108" x 1”

Medriñaque
2018
Polypropylene twine, gold metallic foil fringe
84" x 108" x 1”

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  Ancestral Diet   2019    Plaster-sugar mix 4” x 4” x 1” (smallest), 12" x 12" x 4” (largest)

Ancestral Diet
2019
Plaster-sugar mix
4” x 4” x 1” (smallest), 12" x 12" x 4” (largest)

  FAM JAM   2019    Wood, paint, castor wheels 72” x 58” x 40”

FAM JAM
2019
Wood, paint, castor wheels
72” x 58” x 40”

  Natural Resources   2019    Resin, foam, iridescent powder pigment, sound exciter, amplifier, MP3 player 10” x 10” x 10”   Sound   Video Documentation

Natural Resources
2019
Resin, foam, iridescent powder pigment, sound exciter, amplifier, MP3 player
10” x 10” x 10”

Sound
Video Documentation

  Sweat Sweat   2019    Cast papaya soap 14” x 14” x 1”

Sweat Sweat
2019
Cast papaya soap
14” x 14” x 1”