Lily Shaffer 1996
Salt Lake City, Utah

lilyshaffer63@gmail.com

My work engages with a language of metamorphosis, exploring forms that exist in a state of flux—between emergence and decay, the organic and the synthetic. I construct hybrid ecosystems that evoke speculative biologies: imagined landscapes where boundaries blur and transformation unfolds as a continuous process.

These forms act as mirrors, reflecting the subtle interplay between human intervention and natural evolution. They embody the tensions of a world shaped by touch, time, and change—where the artificial intertwines with the organic and creation gives way to erosion. Each piece exists as both a fragment of an unraveling past and a gesture toward an imagined future.

At the core of my practice is an inquiry into the thresholds that define our relationships with the world around us: the spaces where distinctions between the human and the non-human dissolve. These works invite viewers to consider their place within evolving systems, asking how we might perceive transformation not as an endpoint, but as an essential mode of being.

Through this process, I create a space where ambiguity thrives—a space that resists fixed interpretations and instead offers fluid possibilities. By embracing rupture and renewal, I hope to suggest that within cycles of fragility, there lies the potential for connection, reinvention, and a deeper, more intuitive understanding of the interconnected worlds we inhabit.

hybridity, intuition, materiality, ambiguity, interconnection, process, emergence, presence, fluidity, reinvention


Education: BFA 2D Media, Weber State University

Exhibitions: Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Bountiful Davis Art Center, Tropical Contemporary, MIRA Festival, Polygon Palm, Light-Harvesting Complex, Final Hot Desert, God Hates Robots, Love Letter, Balloon Tooth Gallery