Emma Percy
Clarence, New York
Clarence, New York
Bio: Emma Percy is an eco-artist and facilitator from Western New York. They graduated from Alfred University in 2017 and worked as the Artist-in-Residence at the Adirondack Interpretive Center before moving to Buffalo, where they currently live and work in relationship with the urban landscape.
Statement: My creative practice is rooted in a curious and spiritual relationship to the landscape that sustains me. Every living thing is a body of carbon and water; each a different shape, but all fragile and eager to grow. I am interested in making art that gets to the heart of the shift I think our society desperately needs--to see the world and ourselves as a wonderfully entangled web of relationships which ultimately make up a whole being, rather than as a jumble of isolated components in opposition to one another. Each of my projects begins with observation and research into an element of the environment that I believe has a message to share with the human audience, and the art-making process is about distilling and translating that information.
Printmaking, bookmaking, and papermaking are the focal material processes I work with. Books and other multiples embody an enchanting paradox: they are designed for reproduction and dispersal, but to experience them is an intimate act, a communion between the creator and the audience across space and time. The substrate itself can hold meaning as well--plant fiber is transformed into a blank sheet, a new surface open for possibility, and yet the origins of the material remain present. Overall, I am committed to continually developing art practices that work in tandem with natural processes to ensure that my creative work reflects my values.
Statement: My creative practice is rooted in a curious and spiritual relationship to the landscape that sustains me. Every living thing is a body of carbon and water; each a different shape, but all fragile and eager to grow. I am interested in making art that gets to the heart of the shift I think our society desperately needs--to see the world and ourselves as a wonderfully entangled web of relationships which ultimately make up a whole being, rather than as a jumble of isolated components in opposition to one another. Each of my projects begins with observation and research into an element of the environment that I believe has a message to share with the human audience, and the art-making process is about distilling and translating that information.
Printmaking, bookmaking, and papermaking are the focal material processes I work with. Books and other multiples embody an enchanting paradox: they are designed for reproduction and dispersal, but to experience them is an intimate act, a communion between the creator and the audience across space and time. The substrate itself can hold meaning as well--plant fiber is transformed into a blank sheet, a new surface open for possibility, and yet the origins of the material remain present. Overall, I am committed to continually developing art practices that work in tandem with natural processes to ensure that my creative work reflects my values.