Skye Baptiste

Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, USA

Artist statement

My work is a reflection of my thoughts, feelings and my past. I’ve been creating since I was very young and it’s always felt natural and compulsive. Through thinking with my hands, I can create tangible representations of my thoughts and emotions which at times, I feel very disconnected from. Making is my way to process and learn about the world and all the crazy within it. I play a lot with using everyday items in unconventional ways, and augment their appearance through mashing regurgitating, and creating a unique and intricate frenetic build up. My fingers feel like they have eyeballs on them as I tap, rub, weld, pick, pull, grope and smooth my works. I’m drawn to creating organic forms, adding industrial materials like plastic, steel, foam and cement. I refer to most of my works as nests, because of my obsessive process, and that I use my body for scale. By exploring the connection of comfort and discomfort, found and created objects, natural and unnatural, one is able to find grounding through interaction, balance and love in spite of perceived chaos.

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