A family photo of three rock pillows with two positioned in the back and one in the center front against a white backdrop. Each rock has unique colors, shapes and textures, with rounded and more pointed sides. The front rock is primarily blueish light gray, the back left is primarily dark gray, and the back right is primarily light pink with black. Speckled and swirling granite and galaxy-like textures originating from close up photos of rocks are printed on cotton fabric creating a realistic appearance similar to a large rock you might find on the shorelines to stave off erosion.
Bedrock
Cotton Fabric, Polyester Fiber Filling, and Buckwheat Hulls
Dimensions Variable
One rock pillow sits on a white backdrop. It’s roughly just under two feet in diameter and made from different shapes sewn together. It has realistic crevices and ever so slightly visible seams. This rock is primarily dark gray but is intricately speckle
Bedrock
Cotton Fabric, Polyester Fiber Filling, and Buckwheat Hulls
Dimensions Variable
A black velvet lap pad sits on a white background. It’s rectangular, an inch and a half thick, and a twisted cord trim wraps around its edges. In the center of the lap pad, in small red machine embroidery, it reads “NO REGRETS” in all caps. If you look cl
Lap Pad (no regrets)
Weighted Insert, Soft Fabrics, Cord Trim, and Embroidery Thread
22” x 10.5” x 1.5”
2024
A hand out of focus pulls open the bag to reveal various items nestled together in the fuzzy red lining of the sensory bag. Most items are also pink and red like the bag. All the visible items are described in the caption below.
Sensory Bag (pink and red) (detail)
Soft and Sheer Fabrics, Embroidery Thread, Anal Hook, Ear Defenders, Sun Glasses, Handheld Fan, Communication Pins, Hand Sanitizer, Painted Quilted Maple Wood, Painted Geode, Dried Lavender and Rose, Rose Quartz, Testosterone Vial, and Various Stim Toys
34.5” x 12” x 9”
2024
A close up shows the red machine embroidery on the delicate pink sheer fabric of the sensory bag. It reads “SENSORY BAG” in all caps and the embroidery matches the bag’s fuzzy red lining. Sunlight shines onto the bag from the left.
Sensory Bag (pink and red) (detail)
Soft and Sheer Fabrics, Embroidery Thread, Anal Hook, Ear Defenders, Sun Glasses, Handheld Fan, Communication Pins, Hand Sanitizer, Painted Quilted Maple Wood, Painted Geode, Dried Lavender and Rose, Rose Quartz, Testosterone Vial, and Various Stim Toys
34.5” x 12” x 9”
2024
A bed frame is installed in the corner of a gallery with white walls. The floor is painted "OSHA Safety Green", and the bed frame is painted in the same color. On top of it is a memory foam mattress topper covered in emerald green sherpa fleece. A second
Crash Pad (OSHA Safety Green)
Bed Frame, Mattress Toppers, Sherpa Fleece, Paint, Bed Rail, Baskets, the Artist’s Mother’s Dried Leaves, and Video on iPad
106” x 80” x 34”
2024
A video still shows a lush green backyard garden thriving in between the backs of apartment buildings, white horizontal panels to the left and metal railing and balconies to the right. A caption with a black outline around white text in the middle of the
Robin's Garden (video still)
Video
6 minutes 33 seconds
2024
A person cropped at their chest wearing a brown plaid button up shirt and jeans sits on a green bench on a green floor against white brick wall. They are using a lap pad and there is a second lap pad on their right folded on the bench. Both lap pads are m
Lap Pad (rocks turn into sand in the ocean) (left), Lap Pad (disconnection is an illusion) (right)
Polar Fleece, Embroidery Floss, Polyester Batting, Zipper and Part of echo’s Weighted Blanket
2024
The lap pad is a vertical rectangle and a couple inches thick. This side of the lap pad is a soft fleece printed with a photograph of a close up of the artist’s thigh as they are stacking a pile of small rocks on their leg on the beach. Their hand is pick
Lap Pad (rocks turn into sand in the ocean) (front)
Polar Fleece, Embroidery Floss, Polyester Batting, Zipper and Part of echo’s Weighted Blanket
25.75” x 18.75 x 1.5”
2024
This side of the lap pad is a light sand soft fleece. The lap pad is a vertical rectangle and a couple inches thick. A quote is hand embroidered with black embroidery floss. The quote is broken into one shorter and one longer paragraph, and the words “mou
Lap Pad (rocks turn into sand in the ocean) (back)
Polar Fleece, Embroidery Floss, Polyester Batting, Zipper and Part of echo’s Weighted Blanket
25.75” x 18.75 x 1.5”
2024
The lap pad is a vertical rectangle and a couple inches thick. This side of the lap pad is a soft fleece printed with a photograph of two mushrooms connected at their base pulled out of the earth, and lying among a brown crunchy pile of leaves and twigs a
Lap Pad (disconnection is an illusion) (front)
Polar Fleece, Embroidery Floss, Polyester Batting, Zipper and Part of echo’s Weighted Blanket
24” x 19” x 1.5”
2024
This side of the lap pad is a light sand color soft fleece. The lap pad is a vertical rectangle and a couple inches thick. A quote is hand embroidered with black embroidery floss. Each sentence of two is separated by a break. Mel Baggs’ name is embroidere
Lap Pad (disconnection is an illusion) (back)
Polar Fleece, Embroidery Floss, Polyester Batting, Zipper and Part of echo’s Weighted Blanket
24” x 19” x 1.5”
2024
A dark green wire basket, with a metal vine of leaves climbing up both sides of the rounded handle, holds a few dozen small pieces of bumpy textured burl wood The metal leaves on the basket have faded white edges. The basket has a wire pattern that looks
Sensory Basket (burls)
Metal Basket and Pieces of Maple Burl Wood
10” x 10” x 13”
2024
A dark green wire basket, with a metal vine of leaves climbing up both sides of the rounded handle, holds a few dozen small pieces of bumpy textured burl wood. The metal leaves on the basket have faded white edges. The basket has a wire pattern that look
Sensory Basket (burls)
Metal Basket and Pieces of Maple Burl Wood
10” x 10” x 13”
2024
A light skinned hand with a forearm tattooed with an abstract curvy form reaches out from the right of the image to grab a bag hung on a white wall. The bag is a large saggy tote bag made of fuzzy dark green fabric and you can see a hint of the shiny gold
Sensory Bag (green and gold)
Plush and Satin Polyester Fabrics, Painted Utility Hooks, Ear Defenders, Sun Glasses, Hand Sanitizer, Rocks, Chamomile, and Various Stim Toys
20” x 8” x 36”
2024
A light skinned hand on the right of the image opens the sensory bag showing its contents and shimmery gold satin lining. Huddled together are various sizes of rocks, stretchy stim toys in mesh green and yellow bags, green and gold acupressure rings, an o
Sensory Bag (green and gold) (detail)
Plush and Satin Polyester Fabrics, Painted Utility Hooks, Ear Defenders, Sun Glasses, Hand Sanitizer, Rocks, Chamomile, and Various Stim Toys
20” x 8” x 36”
2024
A green bench is sits on a green floor, and a rolling metal tray is placed in front of it with its shaft also painted in the same cool toned green. On the bench is a large lumpy fleece pillow that is printed with an image of a large pile of small rocks. T
Rocks for Mel (Autispeak)
Fleece, Polyester Fiber Filling, Glass Mircobeads, Bench, Rolling Metal Tray, Dirt from Right Outside, Blue Marbles, Rocks, Hand Sanitizer, an Audio Recording of the Artist Reading Mel Baggs’ Poem “To My Friend Who Is Hurting” and a Printed Transcript on
Dimensions Variable
2024
A close up shot of a slice of a maple burl against a white wall. It’s curvy and bumpy and organic shaped. It's grayish light brown but dark brown in it's grooves. It's the cap of a burl with the bark removed which leaves it covered in small spikes that ha
effleurage (detail)
Maple Burl Wood and Hardware
Dimensions Variable
2024
A light skinned hairy forearm tattooed with an abstract curving form reaches out from the right of the image to cup the bottom of a piece of burl wood spotlit on a white wall. The piece of wood is a warm light brown with lots of little bumps all over. The
effleurage (detail)
Maple Burl Wood and Hardware
Dimensions Variable
2024
A wide shot of a long white wall and green floor. Spotlights above shine onto 8 pieces of burl wood mounted on the wall. The leftmost piece is placed in the corner, and another larger piece of piece burl is placed flat on the floor to the right of the bur
effleurage
Maple Burl Wood and Hardware
Dimensions Variable
2024
Sunflower
Sunflower
Ergonomic Kneeling Chair, Embroidery Floss and Paint
32” x 19” x 20.5”
2023
Sunflower (detail)
Sunflower (detail)
Ergonomic Kneeling Chair, Embroidery Floss and Paint
32” x 19” x 20.5”
2023
An antique coffee grinder is mounted on a white wall. It’s dark brown, covered in rust and has a rounded body with flanges protruding from the sides with matching rust color screws. A curved crank with a wood handle extends from the center of the coffee g
Circadia
Antique Coffee Grinder, Glass Jar, and Cannabis Ashes
12” x 6.5” x 9”
2023
A photograph shows a nude light skinned person lying on white bed sheets. Sunlight shines across their body from their left side and the top of the image. Shot from above, their navel is directly in the center of the square dimensions. Their arms are rais
Burlwood
Digital C-Print
30" x 30”
2023
A portable massage chair with dark brown upholstery and it’s metal structure painted gold sits on a concrete floor in front of a white wall. Coffee beans have been glued in a row around each seam of the chair, and from every few beans a long gold thread h
ACCRESCENCE
Coffee Beans, Portable Massage Chair, Thread and Paint
42” x 46” x 63”
2023
A close up of the middle of the chair's adjustable structure shows the coffee bean strands hovering above the upholstered legs of the chair and also shows how the beans are glued together in pairs on the gold threads.
ACCRESCENCE
Coffee Beans, Portable Massage Chair, Thread and Paint
43.5” x 63” x 45”
2023
Reflecting Pool
Reflecting Pool
Used Memory Foam Mattress Topper and Office Chair Mat
60” x 46” x 3”
2022
A memory foam mattress topper lies flat on a dark gray floor. On top of the memory foam is a thin clear plastic office chair mat with a lip. The image shows a close up cropped view of the lip which is a rectangular shape protruding from one edge of the ma
Reflecting Pool (detail)
Used Memory Foam Mattress Topper and Office Chair Mat
60” x 46” x 3”
2022
On a black wall, two vertical monitors, about a foot apart, show the identical scene of a tabletop of various herbs and plants with captions in Spanish and English on both monitors. In front of the screens is a reddish pink bench with three round cushions
Arranged with Care
2 Channel Video, Herbs, Airplane Pillowcase, and the Color of Horchata Lojana
Dimensions Variable
2022
A combined video still of the same image from both monitors, one with audio in English and the other in Spanish. Over a dozen plates have been placed on a dinning room table covered with a brown striped Ecuadorian tablecloth. Arranged with care, each plat
Arranged with Care (video still)
2 Channel Video, Herbs, Airplane Pillowcase, and the Color of Horchata Lojana
Dimensions Variable
2022
A wooden cable reel, which looks like an oversized spool, sits horizontally on it's side on a concrete floor in front of a white wall. The cylindrical middle of the cable reel is fully covered by layers of coffee beans, which have been glued together in p
EXTRAHERE
Coffee Beans, Thread, and Cable Reel
20" x 16" x 16"
2021
A wooden cable reel, which looks like an oversized spool, sits horizontally on it's side on a concrete floor in front of a white wall. The cylindrical middle of the cable reel is fully covered by layers of coffee beans, which have been glued together in p
EXTRAHERE
Coffee Beans, Thread and Cable Reel
20" x 16" x 16"
2021
A close up of the center of a wooden cable reel, laying horizontally, is fully covered by layers of countless coffee beans, which have been glued together in pairs on a continuous red thread like beads on a necklace.
EXTRAHERE (detail)
Coffee Beans, Thread and Cable Reel
20" x 16" x 16"
2021
An off-white pillowcase has been split open revealing a doubling of stains from where a head might rest. It’s hung high and horizontally on a white wall, the fabric dips slightly in the middle. Cascading from the fabric are numerous strands of handspun go
Regalos
Used Pillowcase, Handspun Thread, Hair
94" x 46"
2020
Zoomed into a section of several of the golden threads, numerous short locks of dark brown hair are knotted all along each of the threads. They twist and turn, dancing in space.
Regalos (detail)
Used Pillowcase, Handspun Thread, Hair
94" x 46"
2020
On a grey floor, against a white wall is a black bed frame shot at a 3/4th angle. The bed frame has built-in storage cubbies, 6 are visible. Inside of each cubby are various objects and ephemera, all intentionally placed, sculptures within the sculpture.
At Work (Grounding Tactics)
Diamond Plate Rubber Flooring, Bed frame, Books, Stim Toys, Rocks, Wood, Candle, Hourglass, Tarot Cards, Heating Pad, Memory Foam, and Various Objects
77" x 56" x 14"
2020
This is a detail shot of At Work (Grounding Tactics) of the middle cubby on the end of the bed frame. On the right side Next World Tarot by Cristy Road and a jar of green salve sit on a yellow fabric doily. Scattered in front are some small rocks and rose
At Work (Grounding Tactics) (detail)
Diamond Plate Rubber Flooring, Bed frame, Books, Stim Toys, Rocks, Wood, Candle, Hourglass, Tarot Cards, Heating Pad, Memory Foam, and Various Objects
77" x 56" x 14"
2020
This is a detail shot of At Work (Grounding Tactics) of the middle cubby on the side of the bed frame. Two books are propped up in a pile of shredded memory foam, Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure by Eli Clare and No Right to Be Idle: The Invent
At Work (Grounding Tactics) (detail)
Diamond Plate Rubber Flooring, Bed frame, Books, Stim Toys, Rocks, Wood, Candle, Hourglass, Tarot Cards, Heating Pad, Memory Foam, and Various Objects
77" x 56" x 14"
2020
A top-less light skinned person, cropped from their neck to their belly button, leans against a beige couch in front of a white wall. Their right hand is positioned with their thumb, index and middle finger up and their ring and pinky finger down. This is
Chiron
Digital C-Print
Dimensions Variable
2020
A figure rests on the ground in an open field. We see him from behind tall grass. He faces away from us and towards green trees, bushes, and a mountain in the distance with several houses at its base. A power line runs across the field. The sky is bright
El Dios Acostado (video still)
Video
10 minutes 52 seconds
2020
A grey-scale photograph. Black diamond plate rubber flooring covers a bed. Behind the bed are blank walls except for a one light switch at the right edge of the frame. On top of the rubber covered surface is a figure hidden underneath bedding with a visib
At Work (Rise) no.2
Digital C-Print
Dimensions Variable
2020
Image Description: A sweat stained pillowcase hangs on a white wall. The fabric dips in the middle creating V shaped folds. It has been split open and appears as a continuous sheet of fabric. In the center of the fabric is small text stitched in black thr
ISO:
Used Pillowcase, Thread and Found Text
36.75” x 30”
2020
A close of up white sweat stained pillowcase. In the center of the fabric is text stitched in black thread. It reads: (first line) Pl3ase be d.i.s.c.r.e.e.t (second line) c@refu11y dis.gui.sing (third line) @ny m3dicat!on w0rdz
ISO: (detail)
Used Pillowcase, Thread and Found Text
36.75” x 30”
2020
A square throw pillow sits upright on a white shelf against a gallery wall seen from a 3/4ths view. The pillow is off-white with marks from use. Wrapped around the entirety of the seams are unraveled and pleated joint filters sewn into the pillow. They ar
Offering
Used Joint Filters and Pillow
21" x 20" x 5.5"
2020
A square throw pillow lies upright against a white background. The pillow is off white with marks from use. Wrapped around the entirety of the seams are unraveled and pleated joint filters sewn into the pillow. They are a range of sh
Offering
Used Joint Filters and Pillow
21" x 20" x 5.5"
2020
A close up of the bottom right corner of an off-white square throw pillow without a pillow case lies against a white background. Sewn into the seams of the pillow are unraveled and pleated joint filters. They are a range of shades, white, tan and differen
Offering (detail)
Used Joint Filters and Pillow
21" x 20" x 5.5"
2020
10 pillowcases, stained from use, sit vertically huddled together, overlapped and lined up on a gray floor in a corner against a white wall, all reaching upwards. The pillowcases are different shades of white, beige, and cream. One pillowcase, intended fo
Pillow Fight
Used Pillowcases and Used Medical Supplies
Dimensions Variable
Eight pillowcases, stained from use, sit vertically huddled together on a wood floor in a corner by a column. They lean against the white museum walls reaching upwards. One pillowcase, intended for a body pillow, reaches the highest. They are all filled w
Pillow Fight
Used Pillowcases and Used Medical Supplies
Dimensions Variable
Four pillowcases, stained from use, sit vertically huddled together in a corner, on a grey tile floor. They reach upwards and lean against purple walls with a white trim at the bottom. One pillowcase is the size of a long body pillow. They are filled with
Pillow Fight
Used Pillowcases and Used Medical Supplies
Dimensions Variable
Four pillowcases, stained from use, sit vertically huddled together in a corner, on a brownish grey concrete floor. They lean against white walls, reaching upwards. One pillowcase is the size of a long body pillow. They are filled with medical ephemera wh
Pillow Fight
Used Pillowcases and Used Medical Supplies
Dimensions Variable
At Work (In Protest and in Care) lies on a dark gray museum floor and is shot straight on and centered in the image. The used memory foam mattress topper is covered by a white fabric cover and placed underneath black diamond plate rubber flooring which ha
At Work (In Protest and in Care)
Used Memory Foam Mattress Topper and Diamond Plate Rubber Flooring
75" x 54" x 2"
2018
Resting in the middle of a wooden floor and surrounded by white museum walls, a mattress topper with a white fabric cover can be seen from underneath black diamond plate rubber flooring which has been cut to fit the dimensions of the mattress topper. The
At Work (In Protest and in Care)
Used Memory Foam Mattress Topper and Diamond Plate Rubber Flooring
75" x 54" x 2"
2018
On a grey floor, yellow memory foam peaks through a tear in the seam of a white fabric mattress topper cover. The edges are frayed. Black diamond plate rubber flooring lies flat on top of the fabric covered foam.
At Work (In Protest and In Care) (detail)
Used Memory Foam Mattress Topper and Diamond Plate Rubber Flooring
75" x 54" x 2"
2018
A grey-scale photograph. Black diamond plated rubber flooring lies on top of a bed, The bed is horizontal in the frame, and no bed frame can be seen. On the left of the image, the covered bed.bulges where pillows are usually placed. It is against a bedroo
At Work (Rest) no.1
Digital C-Print
Dimensions Variable
2019
A grey-scale photograph. Black diamond plated rubber flooring lies on top of a bed, The bed is horizontal in the frame, and no bed frame can be seen. It is against a bedroom wall with only a light switch, and is in between two doors. The left door is whit
At Work (Rest) no.2
Digital C-Print
Dimensions Variable
2019
A grey-scale photograph. Black diamond plate rubber flooring lies on top of a bed. The crop of the frame cuts off the bottom and ends of the bed turning it into an ambiguous shiny textured surface. On top lies a pillow and the background only contains a
At Work (Rest) no.3
Digital C-Print
Dimensions Variable
2019
Two glass show globes sit next to each other on a clear Plexiglas shelf in front of a white wall. They are filled with a range of medical ephemera such as injection needles, testosterone bottles, pill bottles, pills, and wrappers. The show globes have a f
Perfect Lovers
Antique Glass Show Globes and Medical Ephemera
Dimensions Variable
Two glass jars sit side by side on a shelf draped with medical gowns. The jars contain an array of medical ephemera including used needles and prescription bottles. The piece is installed on a white wall. Coming in like a dream from the upper left at an a
Perfect Lovers
Glass Jars and Medical Ephemera
Dimensions Variable
Two hair clips sit next to each other on a rounded ornate shelf with chipped white paint. The shiny metal can be seen from behind the objects that adorn the end of the clip. Gauze feathers out from underneath white pill bottle caps. On top of the caps is
Dolores
Gauze, Ecuadorian Horchata Herbs, Pill Bottle Caps, Lexapro, and Metal Hair Clips
4” x 2.5” x 1.5” each
2018
Two hair clips sit next to each other on a rounded ornate shelf with chipped white paint. The shiny metal can be seen from behind the objects that adorn the end of the clip. Gauze feathers out from underneath white pill bottle caps. On top of the caps is
Dolores
Gauze, Ecuadorian Horchata Herbs, Pill Bottle Caps, Lexapro, and Metal Hair Clips
4” x 2.5” x 1.5” each
2018
Strips of black shiny material wrap across two silver metal rods which extend outwards from a white wall and are anchored with square flanges. The piece is installed in a corner and the twist of the material creates a bow tie shape, with the middle of the
Bond
Bondage Tape and Steel
30" x 18" x 14"
2018
Strips of black shiny material wrap across two silver metal rods which extend outwards from a white wall and are anchored with square flanges. The piece is installed in a corner and the twist of the material creates a bow tie shape. The form shifts depend
Bond
Bondage Tape and Steel
30" x 18" x 14"
2018
Pillow Talk
Pillow Talk
Stained Pillowcases, Yarn, Memory Foam, Used Injection Needles and Syringes
Dimensions Variable
2017
Two pillowcases sit in a corner on a wood floor against a white wall. Both are white with pale red stains, the left has injection needles (with caps) stuck through the bottom half of the fabric and the right has short strands of black yarn speckling the
Pillow Talk
Stained Pillowcases, Yarn, Memory Foam, Used Injection Needles and Syringes
Dimensions Variable
2017