Dawn is Always Possible

About this work

I was one of 32 artists from around the world selected for the 2026 Geumgang Nature Art Biennale in Gongju, South Korea. The work was installed at the Nature Art Museum Ko in September of 2026.

The Dawn is Always Possible: an Indoor Sky at Sunrise is composed of suspended sculptural cloud forms treated with persimmon tannin, royal Logwood pigment, oak gall, and iron liquor. The forms range in tone from cool gray to warm amber to stark white. Some of the most majestic moments of dawn come just before or after a storm, when amber beams of light drift through the purple-blacks of the storm. Given the current moment of unsettled weather and a chaotic and volatile political climate, I intended to make a work that acknowledges the moment in its hues, but also brings the hope, calm, and promise of a new dawn. In this way, the work responds directly to the Biennale's theme, Urban Nature Art: Let the Sunlight in through My Window.